68 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 236,174 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 216,278 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"
  3. Padilla v. Kentucky

    559 U.S. 356 (2010)   Cited 8,613 times   131 Legal Analyses
    Holding that counsel has a duty under the Sixth Amendment to inform a noncitizen defendant that his plea would make him eligible for deportation
  4. District of Columbia et al. v. Heller

    554 U.S. 570 (2008)   Cited 3,459 times   50 Legal Analyses
    Holding it irrelevant to the constitutionality of D.C.'s "handgun" ban that the law allowed citizens the possession of substitutes, like "long guns"
  5. United States v. Salerno

    481 U.S. 739 (1987)   Cited 5,397 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "extensive safeguards" are necessary "to repel a facial challenge"
  6. Landgraf v. USI Film Prods.

    511 U.S. 244 (1994)   Cited 3,798 times   32 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute may apply retroactively when "clear congressional intent favor such a result"
  7. Clark v. Jeter

    486 U.S. 456 (1988)   Cited 575 times
    Holding that "classifications that burden illegitimate children for the sake of punishing the illicit relations of their parents" must be "substantially related to an important governmental objective"
  8. Carey v. Brown

    447 U.S. 455 (1980)   Cited 733 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that ordinance violated equal protection where it banned all residential picketing except picketing of a place of employment involved in a labor dispute
  9. United States v. Hayes

    555 U.S. 415 (2009)   Cited 286 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the last-antecedent rule is defeated when applying it would violate the rule against superfluity and strain the syntax of the provision
  10. People v. Gurule

    28 Cal.4th 557 (Cal. 2002)   Cited 931 times
    Finding no error or violation of the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights from the trial court's refusal to allow a read-back of counsel's argument
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 345,805 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 328,681 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
  13. Section 922 - Unlawful acts

    18 U.S.C. § 922   Cited 60,332 times   181 Legal Analyses
    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"
  14. Rule 54 - Judgment; Costs

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 54   Cited 41,187 times   141 Legal Analyses
    Holding party seeking fees may additionally seek "nontaxable expenses"
  15. Section 2201 - Creation of remedy

    28 U.S.C. § 2201   Cited 24,530 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment
  16. Section 273.5 - Infliction of corporal injury resulting in traumatic injury upon person who is spouse, former spouse, cohabitant, former cohabitant, or parent of child

    Cal. Pen. Code § 273.5   Cited 5,449 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Inflicting corporal injury on a person in certain specified relationships
  17. Section 921 - Definitions

    18 U.S.C. § 921   Cited 4,064 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Adopting this definition
  18. Section 243 - Punishment

    Cal. Pen. Code § 243   Cited 3,976 times
    Defining "serious bodily injury"
  19. Section 242 - Battery

    Cal. Pen. Code § 242   Cited 2,839 times
    Defining battery as the "willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another"
  20. Section 925A - Remedy for erroneous denial of firearm

    18 U.S.C. § 925A   Cited 74 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Stating that a plaintiff must bring an action "against the State or political subdivision responsible for providing the erroneous information"
  21. Section 25.6 - Accessing records in the system

    28 C.F.R. § 25.6   Cited 46 times
    Providing that a "Denied" response will be issued when a matching record "is found in either the NICS Index, NCIC, or III"