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This case was the beginning of the plenary power legal doctrine that has been used in Indian case law to limit tribal sovereignty. Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884) An Indian cannot make himself a citizen of the United States without the consent and the co-operation of the United States Federal government. United States v.
v. t. e. Lists of case law cover instances of case law, legal decisions in which the law was analyzed to resolve ambiguities for deciding current cases. They are organized alphabetically, by topic or by country.
Court historians and other legal scholars consider each chief justice who presides over the Supreme Court of the United States to be the head of an era of the Court. These lists are sorted chronologically by chief justice and include most major cases decided by the court.
Lists of landmark court decisions. Landmark court decisions, in present-day common law legal systems, establish precedents that determine a significant new legal principle or concept, or otherwise substantially affect the interpretation of existing law. " Leading case " is commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth jurisdictions ...
Firearm case law in the United States is based on decisions of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. Each of these decisions deals with the Second Amendment (which is a part of the Bill of Rights ), the right to keep and bear arms , the Commerce Clause , the General Welfare Clause , and/or other federal firearms laws.
Delligatti v. United States. 23-825. Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force. June 3, 2024. (November 12, 2024) Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc. 23-900.
Constitutional law of the United States; Overview; Articles; Amendments; History; Judicial review; Principles; Separation of powers; Individual rights; Rule of law
Cort, 369 U.S. 367 (1962) Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez, 372 U.S. 144 (1963) – the Court struck down a law revoking citizenship for remaining outside the United States in order to avoid conscription into the armed forces. Rosenberg v. Fleuti, 374 U.S. 449 (1963) Foti v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 375 U.S. 217 (1963) Thompson v.