Supreme Court Cases

Blessing v. Freestone - Determined the ability of plaintiffs to use a federal law that prohibits state officials from violating constitutional or statutory rights to sue the state for failing to provide child support enforcement services mandated under federal law. April 1997

Board of Directors, Rotary International v. Rotary Club of Duarte - Determined whether a club is considered a business establishment, and would therefore be subject to the Unruh Civil Rights Act. May 1987

Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County, OK v. Brown - Determined whether municipalities can be held liable for hiring employees who injure someone. April 1997

Board of Trustees of the Univ. of Alabama v. Garrett - Determined whether Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment authorized Congress to enact Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to the extent that it allows states to be sued for violating the ADA and allows Congress to enforce the ADA against the states. February 2001

Boureslan v. Arabian American Oil Co. - Determined the international application of Title VII to prevent employment discrimination in American companies abroad. February 1990

Bowers v. Hardwick - Determined the constitutionality of state anti-sodomy laws. June 1986