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  Harris v. McRae: The Background In 1965, the United States Congress established the Medicaid Program through the passing of Title XIX of the Social Security Act. The purpose of Medicaid was to provide federal financial assistance to states that opted to reimburse certain costs of medical care for the less fortunate. Starting in 1976, the U.S. Congress passed s..

  Hill v. Wallace: Background The case of Hill v. Wallace was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that effectively overturned the legal of the Future Trading Act of 1921. The Future Trading Act of 1921 was a piece of legislation that imposed a 20 cent per bushel tax on grain futures that were explicitly not regulated nor registered by the United ..

Hills v. Gautreaux: Background The case of Hills v. Gautreaux was the nation’s first public housing desegregation lawsuit. In this landmark Supreme Court case, a number of Chicago families living in housing projects were given Section 8 vouchers. These vouchers allowed them to move to suburban areas of Chicago as compensation for housing project’s poor condit..

  Hollingsworth v. Virginia: Background The amendment to the United States Constitution by which the judicial power of the nation was declared not to extend to any suit prosecuted or commenced by a citizen or citizens of another state or by foreign subjects against states prevented the exercise of jurisdiction in any case in the past or future. The case of H..

  Imbler v. Pachtman   In 1962, a man named Paul Kern Imbler was sentenced to die by the State of California, following his murder conviction for the murder of a grocery store owner in a botched holdup attempt.  After receiving his death sentence, he attempted to obtain a stay—and one was granted, just a week before his execution was to have ..

  In re Aimster Copyright Litigation This case was brought to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit after multiple owners of copyrights in the recording industry brought a case against a file-sharing website called “Aimster,” which was renamed “Madster.”   After the creator of the website, John Deep, and ..

  INDOPCO Inc. v. Commissioner: The Background The case of INDOPCO Inc. v. Commissioner was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court Case in which the Court ruled that expenditures incurred by a target corporation during a friendly takeover are taxed as nondeductible capital expenditures. The case of INDOPCO Inc. v. Commissioner was argued on N..

  International News Service v. Associated Press: The Background The case of International News Service v. Associated Press involves questions of unfair competition with regards to two news companies. The matter involving International News Service v. Associated Press was heard by the United States Supreme Court. In International News Service v. Associated Press..

  Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati: Background Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati was a crucial and early case heard by the United States Supreme Court. The decision of Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati helped lay the framework for what would become American administrative law. The case of Interstate Commerce Commission v. Ci..

  What is J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B.? J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. is a landmark Supreme Court Case which held that making peremptory challenges based solely on a prospective juror’s sex is wholly unconstitutional. The case of J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. stated that intentional discrimination on the basis of sex on part of the state during jury se..

  Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.   Public utilities, like electric companies, are often regulated heavily by governmental authorities.  However, does that regulation mean that someone who has a utility shut off should be entitled to due process rights as if it was a governmental agency turning off the utility?  That is the question that th..

  Jarecki v. G.D. Searle & Co.: The Background   The case of Jarecki v. G.D. Searle & Co. was a landmark matter heard before the United States Supreme Court. The case of Jarecki v. G.D. Searle & Co. was heard before the United States Supreme Court on March 21st and 22nd of 1961 and decided on June 12th of the same year..

  Joey Piscitelli One of the most prominent cases concerning sexual abuse of young boys by a member of the Catholic Church was brought forth in 2003 by Joey Piscitelli. His case was one of 2,000 lawsuits that year in the state of California. Out of these, the vast majority were settled out of court. Only five received a trial by jury in San Francisco, and of the..

  Jones v. City of Opelika (1943)   In the common law system (used in federal courts as well as courts in every state except Louisiana), decisions are made based upon the principle of stare decisis—“let the decision stand.”  Once a precedent has been set in a case, that precedent will typically stand for a very long time, or at le..

  Kansas v. Crane Kansas v. Crane is an important case concerning the standards which must be applied in order to institutionalize a sexual offender. The case of Kansas v. Crane had its origin in two incidents which occurred in 1993. The defendant, Michael Crane, entered a tanning salon and exposed himself to the attendant working there. After exiting, he entere..