Arizona Free Enterprise Club vs. Bennett:
In a 5-4 decision, the justices found that Arizona’s matching-funds provision for publicly financed candidates facing privately funded rivals runs afoul of the First Amendment.
FCC vs. Fox Television Stations:
The court agreed to decide the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission policy on indecency on broadcast television.
U.S. vs. Jones:
The court agreed to decide whether police need a warrant to install a GPS device on a vehicle to track a suspect’s movements.
Saleh vs. Titan Corp:
Justices rejected an appeal from alleged abuse victims at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison who wanted to sue private defense contractors over their treatment.
Philip Morris USA vs. Jackson:
The court refused to disturb a $270 million judgment against tobacco companies in a long-running class-action lawsuit on behalf of smokers in Louisiana.
National Meat Association vs. Harris:
It agreed to consider whether federal law trumps a California law requiring slaughterhouses to put sick animals down right away.
Von Saher vs. Norton Simon Museum of Art:
The court declined to get involved in a dispute over the ownership of two 500-year-old paintings that were seized by the Nazis and now hang in a Southern California art museum.
Spain vs. Cassirer:
The justices rejected an appeal to step into another art fight, between the heirs of German Jews who fled the Nazis and a Spanish museum over a 114-year-old painting by impressionist Camille Pissarro. The Associated Press
