CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-Continued.
2. Congressional redistricting plan.-District Court's plan for Geor- gia's congressional districts, which gives State only one majority-black district, is constitutional, since court took into consideration traditional state districting factors and remained sensitive to equal protection re- quirements. Abrams v. Johnson, p. 74.
3. Redistricting plan for state legislature.-A new plan to redistrict Florida Legislature did not unconstitutionally subordinate traditional dis- tricting principles to race. Lawyer v. Department of Justice, p. 567.
VI. Establishment of Religion.
Federally funded remedial education programs-Sending public school teachers to parochial schools.-Because New York City's program sending public school teachers into parochial schools to provide remedial instruction to disadvantaged children under Title I of Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 does not violate Establishment Clause, Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U. S. 402, and a portion of School Dist. of Grand Rapids v. Ball, 473 U. S. 373, are overruled, and relief from District Court's order enjoining use of Title I funds for such program is granted under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(5). Agostini v. Felton, p. 203.
State Sexually Violent Predator Act.-Kansas Act does not constitute impermissible ex post facto lawmaking. Kansas v. Hendricks, p. 346.
1. Commercial speech-Generic advertising required by federal law.— Requirement, set forth in marketing orders promulgated under Agricul- tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, that respondent California tree fruit producers finance generic advertising of their products does not vio- late First Amendment under Central Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp. v. Public Serv. Comm'n of N. Y., 447 U. S. 557. Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc., p. 457.
2. Communications Decency Act of 1996-Internet transmission of sexually explicit materials to minors.—Act's provisions prohibiting “in- decent transmission" or "patently offensive display" of sexually explicit materials to minors on Internet violate First Amendment. Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, p. 844.
IX. States' Immunity from Suit.
Dispute between Indian Tribe and State-Ownership of submerged lands.-Doctrine of Ex parte Young, 209 U. S. 123, does not apply to elimi- nate Idaho's Eleventh Amendment immunity from a Tribe's suit for declar- atory and injunctive relief to preclude state officials from interfering with
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-Continued.
Tribe's ownership of submerged lands beneath navigable waters. Idaho v. Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho, p. 261.
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act-Background checks by local law enforcement officers.-Act's interim provisions compelling local law enforcement officers to conduct background checks on prospective hand- gun purchasers and to perform related tasks are unconstitutional. Printz v. United States, p. 898.
CONTEMPT OF COURT. See Habeas Corpus, 2.
CRIMINAL LAW. See Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1966; Constitutional Law, II; VII; Habeas Corpus, 1. DEATH PENALTY. See Habeas Corpus, 1.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY. See Constitutional Law, II.
DUE PROCESS. See Constitutional Law, III.
EDUCATION PROGRAMS. See Constitutional Law, VI.
ELECTION JUDGE SELECTION. See Voting Rights.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. See Constitutional Law, VI.
ELEVENTH AMENDMENT. See Constitutional Law, IX.
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS DAMAGES. See Federal Employers' Liabil- ity Act.
EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEES. See Federal Employers' Liability Act; Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. ENFORCEMENT POWER. See Constitutional Law, IV.
EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS. See Constitutional Law, V. ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION. See Constitutional Law, VI. EX PARTE YOUNG DOCTRINE. See Constitutional Law, IX. EX POST FACTO LAWS. See Constitutional Law, VII.
FEDERAL COURTS. See Jurisdiction.
FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT.
Asbestos exposure-Recovery of emotional distress damages.—A rail- road worker exposed to asbestos cannot recover under FELA for negli- gently inflicted emotional distress unless he manifests symptoms of a disease; employee here is also not entitled to recover related medical monitoring costs. Metro-North Commuter R. Co. v. Buckley, p. 424.
FEDERALLY FUNDED REMEDIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. See Constitutional Law, VI.
FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. See also Constitutional Law, VI.
Class action-Asbestos-related claims.-A class-action certification sought to achieve global settlement of a large number of current and fu- ture claims alleging injury or death from exposure to asbestos is invalid under Rule 23. Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor, p. 591.
FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS. See also Constitutional Law, X.
Alaska coast-Ownership of submerged lands.-Alaska's exceptions to Special Master's recommendations on ownership of submerged lands along State's Arctic Coast are overruled, and United States' exception to recom- mendation on ownership of coastal submerged land in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is sustained. United States v. Alaska, p. 1.
FIDUCIARY DUTY. See Securities Exchange Act of 1934. FIFTH AMENDMENT. See Constitutional Law, V, 2.
FIRST AMENDMENT. See Constitutional Law, VI; VIII.
FLORIDA. See Constitutional Law, V, 3; Jurisdiction.
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT. See Constitutional Law, II-V, 1, 3. "FRAUDULENT CONCEALMENT" DOCTRINE. See Racketeer In- fluenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH. See Constitutional Law, VIII.
FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION. See Constitutional Law, IV.
FRUIT PRODUCERS. See Constitutional Law, VIII, 1.
FUTURE DANGEROUSNESS. See Habeas Corpus, 1.
GENERIC ADVERTISING REQUIREMENTS. See Constitutional Law, VIII, 1.
GEORGIA. See Constitutional Law, V, 2.
GUN CONTROL. See Constitutional Law, X.
HABEAS CORPUS. See also Antiterrorism and Effective Death Pen- alty Act of 1966.
1. Capital murder-Sentencing-Future dangerousness finding- "New" rule.-Rule of Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U. S. 154-that a capital defendant may inform his sentencing jury that he is parole ineligi- ble if State argues future dangerousness-is "new" under Teague v. Lane,
489 U. S. 288, and cannot be used to disturb O'Dell's death sentence. O'Dell v. Netherland, p. 151.
2. Contempt of court-Summary conviction.-Because Ninth Circuit misinterpreted constitutional requirements for imposing a summary con- tempt order, its decision granting respondent's habeas petition and invali- dating her state-court summary contempt conviction for her open-court conduct is reversed. Pounders v. Watson, p. 982.
HANDGUN CONTROL. See Constitutional Law, X.
IDAHO. See Constitutional Law, IX.
IMMUNITY FROM SUIT. See Civil Rights Act of 1871; Constitu- tional Law, IX.
INDECENT MATERIALS. See Constitutional Law, VIII, 2.
INDIAN-STATE RELATIONS. See Constitutional Law, IX.
INTERNET. See Constitutional Law, VIII, 2.
JOB-RELATED INJURIES. See Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
Federal District Court-Redistricting plan for state legislature—Ap- proval of settlement agreement.-Court was not required to declare un- constitutional Florida's current redistricting plan for its state legislature before approving a settlement agreement drawing a new plan. Lawyer v. Department of Justice, p. 567.
KANSAS. See Constitutional Law, II; III, 2; VII.
"LAST PREDICATE ACT" RULE. See Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
LEGISLATORS' STANDING TO SUE. See Constitutional Law, I.
LIMITATIONS PERIOD. See Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Or- ganizations Act.
LINE ITEM VETO ACT. See Constitutional Law, I.
LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT.
Work-related injury-No diminution in wage-earning capacity.—A worker is entitled to nominal compensation under LHWCA when his work-related injury has not diminished his present wage-earning capacity under current circumstances, but there is a significant potential that injury will cause diminished capacity under future conditions. Metropolitan Ste- vedore Co. v. Rambo, p. 121.
MEDICAL MONITORING COSTS. See Federal Employers' Liabil-
MURDER. See Habeas Corpus, 1.
NEW RULES. See Habeas Corpus, 1.
NEW YORK. See Constitutional Law, V, 1; VI.
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. See Constitutional Law, VI.
PRECLEARANCE. See Voting Rights.
PRISON GUARDS. See Civil Rights Act of 1871.
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY FROM SUIT. See Civil Rights Act of 1871. RACIAL GERRYMANDERING. See Constitutional Law, V, 2, 3;
RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS АСТ.
Civil actions-Limitations period.-"Last predicate act" rule is not proper rule to use in determining when a RICO civil action accrues and limitations period begins to run; a plaintiff who is not reasonably diligent in discovering his cause of action may not assert "fraudulent concealment" doctrine to extend limitations period. Klehr v. A. O. Smith Corp., p. 179. RAILROAD WORKERS. See Federal Employers' Liability Act. REDISTRICTING. See Constitutional Law, V, 2, 3; Jurisdiction. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT OF 1993. See Consti- tutional Law, IV.
RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS. See Constitutional Law, VI.
REMEDIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. See Constitutional Law, VI. RETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF NEW LAWS. See Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1966.
RIGHT TO VOTE. See Constitutional Law, V, 2, 3; Jurisdiction; Voting Rights.
SECTARIAN SCHOOLS. See Constitutional Law, VI.
SECTION 10(b). See Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
SECTION 1983. See Civil Rights Act of 1871.
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Section 10(b)-Trading based on misappropriated confidential infor- mation.-An "outsider" who trades in securities for personal profit, using
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