Hishon v. King Spalding

Holding Title VII applies to selection for non-employee positions if consideration for that position can be regarded as one of "terms, conditions, or privileges of employment" of a covered job

Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.

Holding extraterritorial application of a statute is a merits question, not a question of subject matter jurisdiction

Kontrick v. Ryan

Holding that time limit for objection in bankruptcy proceedings is not jurisdictional but instead a claim-processing rule

Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.

Holding that the ATS does not authorize an action for a tort that occurred entirely outside of the United States

Board of Regents v. Tomanio

Holding that federal courts should not apply state statute of limitations and tolling rules that are "inconsistent with the federal policy underlying the cause of action under consideration"

United States v. Locke

Holding that the plaintiffs’ actual intent was irrelevant to whether they satisfied a federal mining statute’s requirement to file a notice of intent to hold a mining claim by a certain date

Raygor v. Regents of University of Minnesota

Holding the Eleventh Amendment bars actions in federal court even where 28 U.S.C. § 1367, in general, authorizes supplemental jurisdiction

Monahan v. N.Y.C. Dep't of Corr.

Holding that union members are bound by a judgment in a previous action brought by the union president in his capacity as president

Robertson v. Wegmann

Holding that a state law that totally eliminated a § 1983 claim did not violate the compensation and deterrence goals of § 1983

Jinks v. Richland County

Holding that a statute is authorized by the Necessary and Proper Clause when it “provides an alternative to [otherwise] unsatisfactory options” that are “obviously inefficient”

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Section 1367 - Supplemental jurisdiction

Holding that in civil actions proceeding in federal court based solely on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the district court "shall not have supplemental jurisdiction" over "claims by plaintiffs against persons made parties under Rule . . . 24" or "over claims by persons . . seeking to intervene as plaintiffs under Rule 24," if "exercising supplemental jurisdiction over such claims would be inconsistent with the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332"

Section 1961 - Definitions

Defining what the terms “person” and “enterprise” include

Rule 41 - Mandate: Contents; Issuance and Effective Date; Stay

Providing that "[t]he court may shorten ... by order" the time for issuing its mandate

Section 1350 - Alien's action for tort

Granting district courts jurisdiction over "any civil action . . . for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations"

Section 131 - Control of outdoor advertising

Allowing exceptions for "signs, displays, and devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they are located" and "signs, displays, and devices ... advertising activities conducted on the property on which they are located"

Section 8118 - Other savings

Providing that "[i]f in any action duly commenced within the [applicable statute of limitations] . . . the writ is abated, or the action otherwise avoided or defeated . . . for any matter of form . . . a new action may be commenced, for the same cause of action, at any time within one year. . . ."

Section 500.1 - General requirements