Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko

Holding that there is no private right of action under Bivens for damages against private entities that engage in alleged constitutional deprivations while acting under color of federal law

English v. General Electric Co.

Holding that a tort arising from whistleblower retaliation at a nuclear facility was insufficiently related to radiological safety aspects in the facility's operation

Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.

Holding that where evidence in a civil trial does not suffice to support a jury verdict for plaintiff under a properly formulated defense, judgment may be entered for defendant on appeal despite the fact that defendant did not object to jury instructions "that expressed the defense differently, and in a fashion that would support a verdict"

Tal v. Hogan

Holding that "because the extensiveness of the threat is a question of fact" the court would "assume for the purposes of this opinion that the predicate acts alleged ... establish a pattern of racketeering activity"

GFF Corp. v. Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.

Holding failure to address district court's alternative ground for granting summary judgment compelled affirmance

Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.

Holding that the clear statement rule may be satisfied where "the Act of Congress ... touch[es] a field in which the federal interest is so dominant that the federal system will be assumed to preclude enforcement of state laws on the same subject."

United States v. Kozminski

Holding that for purposes of prosecution under § 241 for subjecting an individual to involuntary servitude, the jury must be instructed that involuntary servitude is the compulsion of services by the use or threatened use of physical or legal coercion

McGregor v. Gibson

Holding that a competency hearing was required "in light of the inconsistent evidence concerning whether [the defendant] was properly medicated throughout trial, counsel's repeated and vehement contentions that his client was unable to assist in his own defense, [the defendant's] odd behavior at trial and, of course, [the defendant's] substantial history of mental illness"

Van Woudenberg v. Gibson

Holding that, when considering a motion to dismiss, "the court is permitted to take judicial notice of its own files and records, as well as facts which are a matter of public record"

Grynberg v. Koch Gateway Pipeline Co.

Holding that first-to-file rule "is a jurisdictional limit on the courts' power to hear certain duplicative qui tam suits"

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 1395 - Prohibition against any Federal interference

Addressing Medicare's reimbursement for diagnostic laboratory services for hospital outpatients

Section 1589 - Forced labor

Defining "serious harm" as that which would compel a "reasonable person" to perform or continue performing labor to avoid incurring such harm

Section 1584 - Sale into involuntary servitude

Holding persons in involuntary servitude

Section 4-1-201 - General definitions

Defining “person” to include “business trust”

Section 1555 - Immigration Service expenses

Providing that appropriations for the Immigration and Naturalization Service "shall be available for payment of ... interpreters and translators who are not citizens of the United States"

Section 8-6-104 - Wages shall be adequate - conditions healthful and moral