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   Federal Courts - U. S. Supreme Court - January 10 - January 16, 2006

  
Evans v. Chavis, No. 04-721, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 10, 2006, Decided
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Overview: The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's finding that a California prisoner's request for appellate review made three years after a lower state court ruled against him was timely for the purposes of tolling the AEDPA time limitations for habeas petitions was not consistent with United States Supreme Court precedent.

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United States v. Georgia, (No. 04-1203), (No. 04-1236), SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 10, 2006 * , Decided * Together with No. 04-1236, Goodman v. Georgia et al., also on certiorari to the same court.
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Overview: was an unequivocal expression of Congress's intent to abrogate state sovereign immunity. The inmate's claims for money damages against the state under Title II of the ADA were evidently based, at least in large part, on conduct that independently violated the provisions of, which incorporated theguarantee against cruel and unusual punishment., included the power to abrogate state sovereign immunity by authorizing private suits for damages against the states. Thus, insofar as Title II of the ADA created a private cause of action for damages against the states for conduct that actually violated the, Title II of the ADA validly abrogated state sovereign immunity. The Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing the inmate's Title II of the ADA claims that were based on such unconstitutional conduct.

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Volvo Trucks N. Am., Inc. v. Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc., No. 04-905, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 10, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Where a truck dealer asserted that a manufacturer granted greater wholesale price concessions to other dealers for purposes of competitive bidding on truck sales, absent actual competition with a favored dealer of the manufacturer, the dealer was unable to show the competitive injury required under the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act.

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Brown v. Sanders, No. 04-980, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 11, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Where death penalty eligibility factors were invalid, an inmate was not entitled to habeas relief under 28 U.S.C.S. § 2254, because the consideration of the invalid special circumstances gave rise to no constitutional violation since other sentencing factors enabled the sentencer to give aggravating weight to the same facts and circumstances.

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Florida v. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, No. 05-757 (R46-011)., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 11, 2006, Decided
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Dixon v. United States, No. 05-7053., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 13, 2006, Decided
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Allen v. Ornoski, No. 05-8639 (05A639)., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 16, 2006, Decided
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Allen v. Ornoski, No. 05-8658 (05A646)., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 16, 2006, Decided
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In re Allen, No. 05-8659 (05A647)., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, January 16, 2006, Decided
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