Summaries of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

Professor Rory Little publishes summaries of all U.S. Supreme Court criminal law-related decisions at the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section website. These short, but detailed summaries cover every opinion in a case, including dissents,concurrences, and so on. Professor Little writes these summaries within 24-48 hours of the opinion release and the ABA then sends them to everyone on its criminal justice listserve, which includes 14,000 lawyers nationwide.

August 2011 - 2011 Supreme Court Summaries
June 24, 2010 - Skilling v. United States; Black v. United States; Weyhrauch v. United States; and Magwood v. Patterson (Warden)
June 21, 2010 - Holder (Attorney General) v. Humanitarian Law Project et al
June 18, 2010 - Dillon v. United States and City of Ontario v. Quon
June 14, 2010 - Carachuri-Rosendo v.Holder; Dolan v. United States; and Holland v. Florida
June 9, 2010 - Barber v. Thomas and United States v. Juvenile Male
June 2, 2010 - Berghuis v. Thompkins and United States v. Carr
May 17, 2010 - United States v. Comstock and Graham v. Florida.

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