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2006-07 Supreme Court Previews

ACS is pleased to provide these resources on the following Supreme Court cases for the 2006-2007 October Term. ACSBlog previews are short (500-700 word) briefings on the issues at stake in the case.

  • Philip Morris USA v. Williams: To what extent a court may impose punitive damages on a company engaged in "highly reprehensible" acts
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency: Whether the Clean Air Act imposes a mandate on the EPA to issue rules restricting greenhouse gas emissions
  • Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.: How quickly a victim of race, gender or religious discrimination in the workplace must initiate an action against a discriminatory employer in order to obtain relief
  • Gonzales v. Carhart: Whether a woman, whose health is endangered by her pregnancy, has a constitutional right to a safe abortion
  • Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District & Meredith v. Jefferson County Public Schools: Whether the Constitution denies local school districts the authority to voluntarily integrate racially segregated schools
  • Davenport v. Washington Education Association & Washington v. Washington Education Association: Whether the First Amendment protects the right of unions to spend shop fees collected from non-members on political activity
  • Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation: Whether alleged violations of the Establishment Clause by the Executive Branch may be challenged by taxpayers
  • Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.: Whether a manufacturer may fix a minimum price for their goods and require retailers to comply with this price by contract
  • BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Whether federal anti-discrimination law prohibits “rubber stamp” firings—where a junior supervisor, motivated by racial or other prohibited animus, influences a senior manager to fire an employee
  • Panetti v. Quarterman: Whether a state may execute a mentally ill individual who does not understand the reason they are being executed.
  • FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life and McCain v. Wisconsin Right to Life: Whether restrictions placed on “electioneering communications” by corporations and unions are permissible under the First Amendment
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