District Judge (Entry Level) Vacancy at Telangana State Judicial Service The High Court for the State of Telangana invites applications for the position of District Judge (Entry Level) through Direct Recruitment in the Telangana State Judicial Service. Position: District Judge…
The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay invites online applications for the position of Assistant Registrar (Legal). Position: Assistant Registrar (Legal) Number of Vacancies: 1 Essential Qualifications and Experience: How to Apply: For further details and to access the official notification,…
The National Green Tribunal invites applications for the position of Assistant (Judicial). Position: Assistant (Judicial) Number of Vacancies: 5 Essential Qualifications and Experience: How to Apply: For further details and to access the official notification, click here. Note: Ensure your…
The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission invites online applications for the following positions at the Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Limited: 1. Manager Grade – III (Legal) Number of Vacancies: 2 Essential Qualifications: 2. Senior Officer (Legal) Number of Vacancies:…
Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45; 53 S. Ct. 55; 77 L. Ed. 158 (1932) Facts—Petitioners, nine African American youths, were indicted for the rape of two white girls. A jury tried them six days after the day they were…
Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79; 106 S. Ct. 1712; 90 L. Ed. 2d 69 (1986) Facts—A Circuit Court in Jefferson County, Kentucky, refused to discharge a jury where the prosecutor had used peremptory challenges to strike African American jurors…
Duren v. Missouri, 439 U.S. 357; 99 S. Ct. 664; 58 L. Ed. 2d 579 (1979) Facts—A Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, indicted Duren for first-degree murder and first-degree robbery. He contended that a provision of the Missouri law…
Burch v. Louisiana, 441 U.S. 130; 99 S. Ct. 1623; 60 L. Ed. 2d 96 (1979) Facts—Burch and a corporation were both found guilty under the Louisiana criminal code of a nonpetty criminal offense (obscenity) and convicted by a five-person…
Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145; 88 S. Ct. 1444; 20 L. Ed. 491 (1968) Facts—Duncan, a black youth, was convicted of simple battery, a misdemeanor punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a $300 fine. He had slapped a white…
Norris v. Alabama, 294 U.S. 587; 55 S. Ct. 579; 79 L. Ed. 1074 (1935) Facts—Norris was one of nine African American youths, known as “the Scottsboro boys,” who were indicted in 1931 in Jackson County, Alabama, for the crime…
Hurtado v. California, 110 U.S. 516; 4 S. Ct. 111; 28 L. Ed. 232 (1884) Facts—The plaintiff was charged by the district attorney with murder, by means of an information, in a California county court. The plaintiff was tried, the…
Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc, 129 S. Ct. 2252 (2009) Facts—A West Virginia jury found Massey Coal liable for $50 million in compensatory and punitive damages. West Virginia held an election for the State Supreme Court of Appeals,…
Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, 537 U.S. 393; 123 S. Ct. 1057; 154 L. Ed. 2d 991 (2003) Facts—Scheidler and other members of the Pro-Life Action Network (PLAN) were sued in 1986 for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
DeShaney v. Winnebago Social Services, 489 U.S. 189; 1095 S. Ct. 998; 103 L. Ed. 2d 249 (1989) Facts—Four-year-old Joshua DeShaney was the victim of continuing physical abuse by his father that eventually left him with permanent injuries leaving him…
Bordenkircher v. Hayes, 434 U.S. 357; 98 S. Ct. 663; 54 L. Ed. 2d 604 (1978) Facts—Kentucky charged Hayes with uttering a forged instrument of just over $88. The district attorney offered him five years if he pled guilty but…
O’Connor v. Donaldson, 422 U.S. 563; 95 S. Ct. 2486; 45 L. Ed. 2d 396 (1975) Facts—For almost fifteen years, the Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee confined Kenneth Donaldson as a mental patient “for care, maintenance and treatment.” He had…
Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497; 74 S. Ct. 693; 98 L. Ed. 884 (1954) Facts—This companion case to Brown v. Board of Education arose out of the District of Columbia, where, because it is controlled by the national government,…
Tumey v. Ohio, 273 U.S. 510; 47 S. Ct. 437; 71 L. Ed. 749 (1927) Facts—Tumey was arrested and brought before Mayor Pugh of North College Hill, Ohio, on the charge of unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor. The mayor, under statutes…
Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania, 123 S. Ct. 732; 2003 U.S. LEXIS 748; 71 U.S.L.W. 4023 (2003) Facts—Pennsylvania law requires that a jury must consider aggravating and mitigating factors in the verdict phase of a capital crime. If the jury does not…
Coy v. Iowa, 487 U.S. 1012; 108 S. Ct. 2798; 101 L. Ed. 2d 857 (1988) Facts—Iowa law provided for a screen to be employed when juveniles testified against their accusers in sexual cases. In the case at hand, two…
United States v. Lanza, 260 U.S. 377; 43 S. Ct. 141; 7 L. Ed. 314 (1922) Facts—The state of Washington passed a prohibition law before the passage of the National Prohibition Act. Lanza was charged in the federal court of…
Safford Unified School District # 1 v. Redding, 129 S. Ct. 2633; 174 L. Ed. 2d. 354; 009 U.S. LEXIS 4735 (2009) Facts—An assistant principal escorted thirteen-year-old Savana Redding from her middle school classroom to his office where he confronted…
Thornton v. United States, 541 U.S. 615; 124 S. Ct. 2127; 158 L. Ed. 2d 905 (2004) Facts—After Marcus Thornton exited his car, Officer Deion Nichols of the Norfolk, Virginia, Police Department stopped him for having improper license tags. After…
Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822; 122 S. Ct. 2559; 153 L. Ed. 2d 73 (2002) Facts—Pottawatomie County School District in Oklahoma instituted a Student Activities Drug Testing Policy…
Knowles v. Iowa, 525 U.S. 113; 119 S. Ct. 484; 142 L. Ed. 2d 492 (1998) Facts—An officer stopped Knowles for speeding. He issued Knowles a citation but did not arrest him. He did, however, perform a full search of…
