| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia, S. A. v. Hall |
1984 |
Purchases in the United States by a non-resident corporation are insufficient under the minimum contacts test to establish in personam jurisdiction |
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Delgado |
1984 |
Fourth Amendment requirements for administrative searches |
| Oliver v. United States |
1984 |
reaffirmed open fields doctrine in a case where the defendant grew marijuana in his field |
| United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden |
1984 |
Privileges and Immunities clause |
| Calder v. Jones |
1984 |
minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction based on a libelous publication |
| Lynch v. Donnelly |
1984 |
public religious display on private property |
| Grove City College v. Bell |
1984 |
acquiescence to federal anti-discrimination regulations through acceptance of federal funds |
| McKaskle v. Wiggins |
1984 |
standby counsel does not violate criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to present his own case in a criminal trial |
| Southland Corp. v. Keating |
1984 |
Federal Arbitration Act applies to actions in state courts |
| Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios |
1984 |
copyright, VCR "time-shifting", fair use |
| Michigan v. Long |
1983 |
“adequate and independent state ground” |
| Barefoot v. Estelle |
1983 |
Admissibility of psychiatrist's testimony about a criminal's future dangerousness |
| Marsh v. Chambers |
1983 |
Establishment Clause does not forbid state legislatures from employing chaplains |
| Jones v. United States |
1983 |
verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity is sufficiently probative of mental illness and dangerousness to justify involuntary commitment |
| Solem v. Helm |
1983 |
life without parole for passing bad checks is cruel and unusual punishment |
| Oregon v. Bradshaw |
1983 |
protections of Miranda v. Arizona when the suspect reinitiates conversation with the police |
| INS v. Chadha |
1983 |
unconstitutionality of the legislative veto |
| United States v. Place |
1983 |
dog sniff is not a search under the Fourth Amendment |
| City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health |
1983 |
requiring abortions to be performed in a hospital, restricting abortion to girls over 16, and requiring a doctor to impart certain information before performing an abortion are all unconstitutional |
| Illinois v. Gates |
1983 |
validity of searches conducted pursuant to warrants predicated on an informant's tip |