Each summer, Preview highlights the key rulings from every Supreme Court decision handed down throughout the term. These case highlights are arranged both by case name and topical area and include the vote breakdown and an excerpt from the majority or plurality opinion. (In the interest of readability, most citations and internal quotes are omitted from these opinion excerpts.)

Case Name

Alaska v. United States

American Trucking Associations Inc. et al. v. Michigan Public Service Commission et al.

Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States

Ballard et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue and
Estate of Kanter et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Bates et al. v. Dow AgroSciences LLC

Bell v. Cone

Bell v. Thompson

Bradshaw v. Stumpf

Brosseau v. Haugen

Brown v. Payton

Castle Rock v. Gonzales et al.

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma et al. v. Leavitt and
Leavitt v. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

City of Sherrill, New York v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York et al.

Clark et al. v. Martinez and
Benitez v. Rozos

Clingman et al. v. Beaver et al.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Banks and
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Banaitis

Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc.

Cutter et al. v. Wilkinson et al.

Deck v. Missouri

Devenpeck et al. v. Alford

Dodd v. United States

Dura Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al. v. Broudo et al.

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services Inc. et al. and
Ortega et al. v. Star-Kist Foods, Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corp. et al. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.

Florida v. Nixon

Gonzalez v. Crosby

Gonzalez v. Raich

Grable & Sons Metal Products Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing

Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States ex rel. Wilson

Granholm et al. v. Heald et al.
and
Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Ass'n v. Heald et al.
and
Swedenburg et al. v. Kelly

Halbert v. Michigan

Howell v. Mississippi

Illinois v. Caballes

Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education

Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Johanns et al. v. Livestock Marketing Association et al. and
Nebraska Cattlemen, Inc. v. Livestock Marketing Association

(Garrison) Johnson v. California et al.

(Jay) Johnson v. California

Johnson v. United States

Kansas v. Colorado

Kelo et al. v. City of New London et al.

Koons Buick Pontiac GMC Inc. v. Nigh

KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc. et al.

Kowalski et al. v. Tesmer et al.

Leocal v. Ashcroft

Lingle et al. v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

Mayle v. Felix

McCreary County, Kentucky v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky

Medellin v. Dretke

Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd. et al.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster Ltd.

Mid-Con Freight Systems, Inc. et al. v. Michigan Public Service Commission et al.

Miller-El v. Dretke

Muehler et al. v. Mena

National Cable & Telecommunications Association et al. v. Brand X Internet Services et al.
and
Federal Communications Commission et al. v.
Brand X Internet Services et al.

Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. James N. Kirby, Pty Ltd., DBA Kirby Engineering et al.

Orff et al. v. United States et al.

Pace v. DiGuglielmo et al.

Pasquantino et al. v. United States

Rancho Palos Verdes et al. v. Abrams

Rhines v. Weber

Rompilla v. Beard

Roper v. Simmons

Rousey et ux. v. Jacoway

San Diego et al. v. Roe

San Remo Hotel et al. v. City and County of San Francisco

Shepard v. United States

Small v. United States

Smith et al. v. City of Jackson et al.

Smith v. Massachusetts

Smith v. Texas

Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.

Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co.

Tenet v. Doe

Tory et al. v. Cochran et al.

United States v. Booker and
United States v. Fanfan

Van Orden v. Perry et al.

Whitfield v. United States and
Hall v. United States

Wilkinson et al. v. Austin, et al.

Wilkinson et al. v. Dotson et al.

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