Important Decisions of the Supreme Court's 1994-95 Term

In the term now concluded (with the decisions of June 29) the Supreme Court handed down decisions with full opinion in 82 cases. All have been added to party name tables in the LII Supreme Court collection. In addition, LII editors have added available print citations to their records in this site's searchable index of opinions and have up-dated the decision lists for the Court's nine justices.

Signficant among this past term's decisions were the following:

• Striking Down Federal Statutes on Constitutional Grounds
  • Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm (Separation of Powers - Article III)
  • United States v. Lopez (Commerce Clause)
  • Rubin v. Coors Brewing Co. (First Amendment)
  • United States v. National Treasury Employees Union (First Amendment)
• Striking Down a State Statute on Constitutional Grounds
  • U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton (Congressional Qualifications Provisions - Article I)
• Dealing with Discrimination and Affirmative Action
  • Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena
  • McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co. (Age Discrimination in Employment Act)
  • Miller v. Johnson (Voting Rights Act)
  • Missouri v. Jenkins
• Concerning First Amendment Issues
  • Religion
    • Capitol Square Review & Advisory Bd. v. Pinette
    • Rosenberger v. University of Virginia
  • Speech
    • Florida Bar v. Went for It, Inc.
    • Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group of Boston
    • McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission
    • Rubin v. Coors Brewing Co.
    • United States v. National Treasury Employees Union
• Concerning Fourth Amendment Issues
  • Arizona v. Evans
  • Vernonia School District v. Acton
  • Wilson v. Arkansas
• Involving Due Process, Criminal Prosecutions and Appeals
  • Kyles v. Whitley
  • O'Neal v. McAninch
  • Sandin v. Conner
  • Schlup v. Delo
  • United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc.
  • Witte v. United States
• Dealing with Commercial Law Issues
  • American Airlines, Inc. v. Wolens (Airline Deregulation Act)
  • Nationsbank of North Carolina v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. (National Bank Act)
• Involving Intellectual Property
  • Qualitex v. Jacobsen Products (Lanham Trademark Act)
• Dealing with Environmental Law
  • Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Greater Oregon (Endangered Species Act)