Miranda v. Arizona

Holding that statements obtained by custodial interrogation of a criminal defendant without warning of constitutional rights are inadmissible under the Fifth Amendment

Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Assoc. of the United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co.

Holding that " `settled course of behavior embodies the agency's informed judgment that, by pursuing that course, it will carry out the policies [of applicable statutes or regulations]'"

Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.

Holding that the term “employees” carries a different meaning in different sections of Title VII

Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources Council

Holding that courts must defer to the "informed discretion" of federal agencies where the agencies’ decisions require "a high level of technical expertise" (quoting Kleppe v. Sierra Club , 427 U.S. 390, 412, 96 S.Ct. 2718, 49 L.Ed.2d 576 (1976) )

Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co.

Holding that where Congress has listed some categories of people as to successor liability under 26 U.S.C. § 9706, those not included in the list are not liable because Congress could have included them "clearly and explicitly"

United States v. Rodgers

Holding that a criminal statute was not "absurd" even though, "giv[ing] the statute a ‘literal interpretation’ " resulted in harsher punishment for one who "informally volunteer[ed] an untrue statement to an F.B.I. agent than" for one who "relate[d] the same story under oath before a court of law"

Occidental Engineering Co. v. I.N.S.

Finding that plaintiff's editing role was not equivalent to a specialty occupation because he did not supervise journalists

Bowen v. American Hospital Assn

Deciding on procedural grounds that HHS lacked authority to promulgate mandatory rules regarding health care for handicapped infants, and declining to decide whether the Rehabilitation Act applies to individual medical treatment decisions involving such infants

S.E.C. v. Joiner Corp.

Holding that leasehold interests in property adjacent to exploratory oil wells were "securities"

Tourus Records v. D.E.A

Holding that, although a court may not accept appellate counsel's post hoc rationalizations for agency actions, it may consider contemporaneous documents outlining the agency's reasoning

Section 841 - Prohibited acts A

In § 841 prosecutions, then, it is the fact that the doctor issued an unauthorized prescription that renders his or her conduct wrongful, not the fact of the dispensation itself.

Section 922 - Unlawful acts

Finding that "even before the sale of a firearm, the gun, its component parts, ammunition, and the raw materials from which they are made have considerably moved in interstate commerce"

Section 101 - Definitions

Defining "securities clearing agency" by reference to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Section 706 - Scope of review

Granting courts jurisdiction to "compel agency action unlawfully held or unreasonably delayed"

Section 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

Holding that the Court's entering of a “Stipulation and Order” approving the parties' terms of dismissal did not amount to a “court-ordered consent decree” that would render the plaintiff the prevailing party

Section 1001 - Statements or entries generally

Making false statements

Section 3729 - False claims

Holding liable "any person" who knowingly causes false claims to be presented

Section 552a - Records maintained on individuals

Finding that it is a Department of Justice component that has as its principal function the enforcement of criminal laws includ[ing] correctional authorities

Section 9601 - Definitions

Adopting the definition of “disposal” contained in the Solid Waste Disposal Act

Section 1251 - Congressional declaration of goals and policy

Designating the Administrator of the EPA to "administer this chapter"

Section 581.3 - Army Board for Correction of Military Records

Providing that an "application may be returned without action if . . . [t]he ABCMR does not have jurisdiction to grant the requested relief

Section 60.3 - Agencies with authorized personnel

Including the U.S. Postal Inspection Service among the agencies that have law enforcement officers authorized to request search warrants

Section 635.12 - Amendment of records