Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (scotus)

Counsel may not refuse to file a notice to appeal, even if the defendant waived the right to appeal.

Errors were made in a determination of competence for death.

Lambert’s 23b filing was untimley.

Dead judges votes can not be counted if the opinion is filed after their death.

States can not have tax breaks that discriminate against federal employees who otherwise meet the qualifications for said tax break.

8th Amendment prohibition on excessive fines IS incorporated against states via the 14th amendment.

Rulling that Mr. Moore is intelectually disabled enough to be ineligible for the death penalty.

“On sale” exception to patents.Also, i had no idea how to pronounce “palonosetron”, close ‘nuff i reckon.

Court holds an independent contractor truck driver can not be forced into arbitration because the 1925 arbitration act excludes transportation workers who are engaged in interstate commerce.  Also holds that “independent contractors” are considered to have signed “contracts of employment” even though they are not in an explicit employer employee relationship.Full disclosure: as a long time truck driver, i have long known companies like new prime, swift, and cr england, to be engaged in preying on brand new truck drivers with their “lease purchase, independent contractor” agreements.Most of the industry knows it, and if you sat down at any truck stop lunch counter and said “i’m thinking of signing a lease with [one of the previously mentioned companies]” you would quite litterally hear a chorus of veterans telling you not to — an instant groan, and a bunch if people truly trying to help the new guy from making a huge mistake.So i’m quite glad this went the way it did.

Robbery is a violent offense for purposes of the ACCAs sentence enhancments. 

The 25% cap on social security attorney fees only covers in court representation, not representation before the agency.

Arbitration agreements that contractually deligate questions of arbitrarily to an arbitrator do exactly that — no matter if the request seeking to compell arbitration is “wholy groundless”.

Court rules that “right to be free of excessive force” is a bit to highly generalized to be considered “clearly established law” in regards to stripping qualified immunity.Court also holds you can’t reinstate an excessive force claim, without any proof or even discussion, as to if the defendant even touched the plaintiff — especially after it has already been decided by another court that the defendant did not, because of body camera video footage proving no contact. (Sadly, not a joke).

Mostly a decision that 2254 (d) (1) apeals can not use court cases that didn’t exist at the time of the origin of the appeal.

Burglary can include mobile residences and or vehicles adapted for sleeping.

The Dusky Gopher Frog case.Regarding designation of critical habitat.

Court hold that ADEA numerosity limitation does not apply to state government subdivisions.

Decision from 2016, in re gay couples and birth certificates.

Opinion from 2016, just to keep the feed active Court holds Missouri can not deny a grant to a church based on the fact it is a church. (RJ likes this one because his beloved mother was a teacher at a lutheran pre-school for most of her life).

Court upholds part of a gerrmandering solution.