Term recap
October Term 2002 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 2002, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
84
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
32
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down October 15, 2002 and the last on June 26, 2003. The busiest single day was May 19, 2003 with 6 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 2002 · 1 decision
November 2002 · 5 decisions
December 2002 · 5 decisions
January 2003 · 7 decisions
February 2003 · 3 decisions
March 2003 · 16 decisions
- Clay v. United States
- United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
- United States v. Navajo Nation
- Boeing Co. v. United States
- Moseley v. v. Secret Catalogue, Inc.
- Ewing v. California
- Lockyer v. Andrade
- Smith v. Doe
- Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe
- Cook County v. United States Ex Rel. Chandler
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers
- Woodford v. Garceau
- City of Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye Community Hope Foundation
- Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington
- Archer v. Warner
- Branch v. Smith
April 2003 · 11 decisions
- Kentucky Assn. of Health Plans, Inc. v. Miller
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell
- Virginia v. Black
- PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. v. Book
- Jinks v. Richland County
- Clackamas Gastroenterology Associates, P. C. v. Wells
- Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson
- Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt
- Massaro v. United States
- Demore v. Kim
- Roell v. Withrow
May 2003 · 13 decisions
- Kaupp v. Texas
- Illinois Ex Rel. Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc.
- City of Los Angeles v. David
- Breuer v. Jim's Concrete of Brevard, Inc.
- Price, Warden v. Vincent
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Walsh, Acting Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services
- Kansas v. Nebraska
- Inyo County, California v. Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop Community of the Bishop Colony
- Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord
- Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
- Chavez v. Martinez
- National Park Hospitality Association v. Department of the Interior
- Bunkley v. Florida
June 2003 · 23 decisions
- Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
- Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson
- Citizens Bank v. Alafabco, Inc.
- Entergy Louisiana, Inc. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission
- Fitzgerald v. Racing Assn. of Central Iowa
- Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa
- Hillside Dairy Inc. v. Lyons
- Nguyen v. United States
- Dow Chemical Co. v. Stephenson
- Virginia v. Hicks
- Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont
- Overton v. Bazzetta
- Sell v. United States
- Gratz v. Bollinger
- Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle
- United States v. American Library Assn., Inc.
- Grutter v. Bollinger
- American Ins. Assn. v. Garamendi
- Georgia v. Ashcroft, Attorney General
- Lawrence v. Texas
- Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
- Nike, Inc. v. Kasky
- Stogner v. California
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