• 30 Sep 2019

    People v. Anthony

    Affirmed and remanded.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Pa. v. Ritchie

    The court affirmed the judgment remanding the case for the court to determine if the contents of the confidential file contained material, exculpatory evidence which would warrant a new trial. The court reversed the judgment on the remaining issues, since defendant had no right to statutorily confidential information, unless the court first determined that it contained material, exculpatory evidence.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs.

    The Court reversed the appellate court's order and remanded the case for further proceedings.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    New York Univ. v. Cont'l Ins. Co.

    The court reversed the lower court's order, granted the insurer's motion to dismiss the insured's second through fifth causes of action and the demand for attorney fees, and denied the insured's cross motion to dismiss the insurer's affirmative defenses.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira

    Decision affirmed; 8-0 Decision; 1 Judge not participating; 1 Concurrence.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Mandarin Trading Ltd. v. Wildenstein

    The order of the intermediate appellate court was affirmed.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    In re Winship

    The judgment that a determination of whether a juvenile committed an act was to be based on a preponderance of the evidence was reversed. The constitutional safeguard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt was required during the adjudicatory stage of a delinquency proceedings, and the New York statute providing to the contrary was unconstitutional.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Graham v. Florida

    The judgment affirming the defendant's sentence was reversed, and the case was remanded for further proceedings. 6-3 Decision; 2 Concurrences; 2 Dissents.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Garza v. Idaho

    Judgment reversed. 6-3 decision; 1 dissent.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Espinal v. Melville Snow Contrs.

    The order of the intermediate appellate court was affirmed.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc.

    The judgment was reversed and the case was remanded for further proceedings.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Donohue v. AMN Services, LLC

    Judgment affirmed.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    District of Columbia v. Wesby

    Judgment reversed and case remanded. 9-0 Decision; 2 concurrences in part.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Crowe v. De Gioia

    The court reversed and remanded an order of the appellate division, which vacated an order of the lower court granting plaintiff female partner's request for interim support and other relief against defendant male partner. Equity mandated the awarding of interim support to plaintiff.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Coolidge v. N.H.

    The Court reversed and remanded and held that the search was unconstitutional since the warrant was not issued by a neutral and detached magistrate and the search did not come within the plain view or automobile exceptions to the warrant requirement nor did the search constitute a search incident to a valid arrest.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Conley v. Gibson

    The Court reversed the lower appellate court's decision and remanded the case for further proceedings not inconsistent with the Court's opinion.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Brill v. City of New York

    The appellate division order was reversed and the city's motion for summary judgment was denied.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Bmw of N. Am. v. Gore

    The denial of a motion to set aside the punitive damages award was reversed where the Court held that petitioner distributor's conduct was not particularly reprehensible because it only caused minor economic harm and a 500 to 1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages was not reasonable.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Bell v. Wolfish

    The Court reversed the decision and held that the lower court erred in applying the compelling necessity standard to determine whether the conditions infringed on respondents' rights. The proper standard was to determine whether the conditions amounted to punishment so as to violate the detainees' due process rights. The conditions did not amount to punishment and served a legitimate governmental purpose in insuring...
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Batson v. Kentucky

    The Court reversed petitioner's conviction and remanded the case to the trial court for a determination of whether the facts established a prima facie case for purposeful discrimination in the prosecution's use of peremptory challenges in jury selection; the requirement of proving a systematic pattern of discrimination was overruled.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Vance v. Ball State Univ.

    The Supreme Court affirmed the appellate court's judgment. 5-4 Decision; 1 Concurrence; 1 Dissent.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Tiara Condo. Ass'n v. Marsh & McLennan Cos.

    The supreme court answered the certified question in the negative and returned the case to the court of appeals.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

    The Court reversed and remanded the judgment holding that the employee was entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Shade Foods, Inc. v. Innovative Products Sales & Marketing, Inc.

    The judgments for punitive damages were reversed because there was no clear and convincing evidence that defendant insurers' conduct was "despicable." The judgments for compensatory damages were partially reversed, and the case was remanded for liability to be allocated severally among the defendants. The judgment was otherwise affirmed.