Univ. of Tex. Sw. Med. Ctr. v. Nassar

Holding that application of the " ‘because’ of" requirement of Title VII's antiretaliation provision requires proof of "but-for" causation

Gonzalez v. Crosby

Holding that a Rule 60(b) motion challenging a district court's application of the statute of limitations was not successive

Pioneer Investment Services Company v. Brunswick Associates Limited Partnership

Holding that clients must be held accountable for the acts and omissions of their attorneys

Landgraf v. USI Film Prods.

Holding that a statute may apply retroactively when "clear congressional intent favor such a result"

Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson

Holding that a now-private corporation could not assert sovereign immunity in a suit involving events that occurred when the entity was owned by a foreign sovereign

Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales

Holding that Section 1231's "removal period" does "not begin until the date of the Court's final order"

Ackermann v. United States

Holding that petitioners were not entitled to relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) when they made a "free, calculated, deliberate choic[e]" not to appeal

Smalls v. U.S.

Holding that “the fact that in seeking the correction of a military record the plaintiff may, if successful, obtain monetary relief from the United States in subsequent administrative proceedings is insufficient to deprive the district court of jurisdiction” and noting that “the phrase ‘retirement benefits' connotes a host of benefits to which no monetary value can be attached”

Kramer v. Gates

Vacating grant of Rule 60(b) motion deeming plaintiffs "employees" under the Back Pay Act, because plaintiffs' failure to request retroactive employee status "was clearly a litigation choice"

Computer Pro. v. U.S. Secret Service

Holding that the district court erred in refusing to grant the Secret Service's Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion to rehear arguments about the applicability of FOIA Exemptions 7(C) and 7(D) in light of the Secret Service's belatedly proffered proof of a promise of confidentiality, noting that the case was "not the ordinary one," since "it involves not only the interests of the Secret Service, but that of a third party whose identity and information are expressly protected by FOIA"

Rule 60 - Relief from a Judgment or Order

Granting relief from the operation of a judgment

Rule 59 - New Trial; Altering or Amending a Judgment

Allowing a party to move to alter or amend a judgment "no later than 28 days after the entry of the judgment"

Section 1809 - Criminal sanctions

Prohibiting electronic surveillance under color of law, but providing a defense to "a law enforcement or investigative officer engaged in the course of his official duties" conducting electronic surveillance per a search warrant or court order

Section 1871 - Semiannual report of the Attorney General

Section 1872 - Declassification of significant decisions, orders, and opinions

Requiring disclosure of FISC opinions that are declassified