Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

Holding in Rule 23 context that “[w]ithout some glue holding the alleged reasons for all those decisions together, it will be impossible to say that examination of all the class members' claims for relief will produce a common answer”

New Hampshire v. Maine

Holding that under the doctrine of judicial estoppel, “New Hampshire is equitably barred from asserting—contrary to its position in the 1970's litigation—that the inland Piscataqua River boundary runs along the Maine shore”

Coppedge v. United States

Holding that a district court's certificate that an appeal is not taken in good faith "is not conclusive, although it is, of course, entitled to weight"

Shady Grove Orthopedic v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Holding that rules of civil procedure allowing multiple claims to be litigated together "neither change plaintiffs' separate entitlements to relief nor abridge defendants' rights; they alter only how the claims are processed"

North Carolina v. Pearce

Holding that neither the Double Jeopardy Clause nor the Equal Protection Clause imposes an absolute bar to a more severe sentence upon reconviction, thus affirming defendant's higher sentence on being reconvicted, after he had been tried and convicted, appealed, and won a new trial

R.A.V. v. St. Paul

Holding the government may not "license one side of a debate to fight freestyle, while requiring the other to follow Marquis of Queensberry rules"

Devlin v. Scardelletti

Holding that members of a class who have objected to the proposed settlement of a class action are considered parties for purposes of appealing a judgment that rejects their objections and approves the settlement

Lindsey v. Normet

Holding that the state has no obligation to provide adequate housing

Flight Attendants v. Zipes

Holding that where there is no finding of liability under a federal statute, there can be no award of attorneys' fees

Reynolds v. Beneficial Nat. Bank

Affirming denial of fee award to objectors who offered no unique arguments

Section 2412 - Costs and fees

Limiting the eligibility of individuals and entities to claim attorney's fees under EAJA to those who "net worth" is under specified amounts

Rule 24 - Proceeding in Forma Pauperis

Recognizing that "[t]he simple and expeditious motion procedure" set forth in Fed.R.App.P. 24, "rather than an appeal from . . . the certification of lack of good faith, [is] the proper procedure for calling in question the correctness of the action of the district court"

Section 1927 - Counsel's liability for excessive costs

Granting courts the power to charge "excess costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees reasonably incurred" due to "unreasonabl[e] and vexatious" conduct

Section 15 - Suits by persons injured

Granting private right of action to anyone who has been injured "by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws ..."

Rule 62 - Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment

Granting of stay is discretionary

Rule 38 - Frivolous Appeal-Damages and Costs

Allowing the court to award damages and costs for a frivolous appeal upon "a separately filed motion"

Rule 8 - Stay or Injunction Pending Appeal

Referring to interim relief from “the judgment or order of a district court pending appeal” as “a stay”

Rule 39 - Costs

Imposing no direct limitations on the court's ability to "orde[r] otherwise"

Rule 30 - Appendix to the Briefs

Requiring the appellant to serve the appellee with such a designation in the absence of an agreement with the appellee

Form 7 - Declaration of Inmate Filing