45 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 237,112 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 217,084 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. Schneckloth v. Bustamonte

    412 U.S. 218 (1973)   Cited 11,997 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding the State need not prove knowing-and-deliberate consent to search
  4. Katz v. United States

    389 U.S. 347 (1967)   Cited 12,516 times   74 Legal Analyses
    Holding that failure to recognize a reasonable expectation of privacy in a telephone booth would "ignore the vital role that the public telephone has come to play in private communication"
  5. Illinois v. Rodriguez

    497 U.S. 177 (1990)   Cited 2,771 times   19 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a search is not rendered unreasonable because an officer reasonably, but erroneously, believed that he had received consent from someone capable of providing it
  6. Ward v. Rock Against Racism

    491 U.S. 781 (1989)   Cited 2,875 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that music is protected expression
  7. Grayned v. City of Rockford

    408 U.S. 104 (1972)   Cited 4,730 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute's words, even when "marked by flexibility and reasonable breadth, rather than meticulous specificity," are clear based on "what the ordinance as a whole prohibits"
  8. R.A.V. v. St. Paul

    505 U.S. 377 (1992)   Cited 1,624 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding the government may not "license one side of a debate to fight freestyle, while requiring the other to follow Marquis of Queensberry rules"
  9. Rawlings v. Kentucky

    448 U.S. 98 (1980)   Cited 2,289 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant could not benefit from the unconstitutional search of another person's purse
  10. Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.

    475 U.S. 41 (1986)   Cited 1,428 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that local governments may enact zoning ordinances against adult movie theaters to curb negative "secondary effects"
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 490,313 times   695 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 330,026 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 2201 - Creation of remedy

    28 U.S.C. § 2201   Cited 24,639 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Granting district courts the authority to create a remedy with the force of a final judgment