Term recap
October Term 2004 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 2004, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
79
Merits decisions
0
Cert-stage statements
0
Emergency applications
30
Decision days
The term's first merits decision came down November 9, 2004 and the last on June 27, 2005. The busiest single day was June 13, 2005 with 6 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
November 2004 · 4 decisions
December 2004 · 8 decisions
January 2005 · 7 decisions
February 2005 · 3 decisions
March 2005 · 14 decisions
- Roper v. Simmons
- Cherokee Nation of Okla. v. Leavitt
- Tenet v. Doe
- Shepard v. United States
- Ballard v. Commissioner
- Wilkinson v. Dotson
- Muehler v. Mena
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams
- Brown v. Payton
- Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
- City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY
- Rhines v. Weber
- Smith v. City of Jackson
- Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.
April 2005 · 7 decisions
May 2005 · 9 decisions
June 2005 · 27 decisions
- Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
- Alaska v. United States
- Gonzales v. Raich
- Johnson v. California
- Bradshaw v. Stumpf
- Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.
- Wilkinson v. Austin
- Miller-El v. Dretke
- Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing
- Mid-Con Freight Systems, Inc. v. Michigan Public Service Commission
- American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Michigan Public Service Commission
- Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson
- Rompilla v. Beard
- Dodd v. United States
- San Remo Hotel, L. P. v. City & County of San Francisco
- Mayle v. Felix
- Halbert v. Michigan
- Orff v. United States
- Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc.
- Gonzalez v. Crosby
- Kelo v. City of New London
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.
- McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky.
- Bell v. Thompson
- Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales
- Van Orden v. Perry
- National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services
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