Middlesex Ethics Comm. v. Garden State Bar Assn

Holding that because an important state interest was involved and no bad faith, harassment, or other exceptional circumstances dictated to the contrary, federal courts should abstain from interfering with ongoing state bar disciplinary proceedings

Plyler v. Doe

Holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens

Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc.

Holding that agency rulemaking "has no bearing upon" whether a statutory delegation is constitutional

Gregory v. Ashcroft

Holding Missouri's judicial age limitation of 70 rationally related to such legitimate purposes as avoiding laborious testing of older judges' physical and mental acuity, promoting orderly attrition of judges, and recognizing that judges' remoteness from public view makes determination of competency, and removal from office, more difficult than for other office-holders

Bates v. State Bar of Arizona

Holding that a state rule barring lawyers from advertising their services was not challengeable under the Sherman Act but also that the state rule, as applied, violated the attorneys' First Amendment free speech rights

Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. United States

Holding that Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protect Action of 2005 plainly covers lawyers as “debt relief agencies”

Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar

Holding that a minimum fee schedule enforced by the Virginia state bar did not fall within the Parker exception because the fee schedule was not mandated by the Virginia Supreme Court and thus it could not "fairly be said that the State of Virginia through its Supreme Court Rules required the anticompetitive activities"

Hubbard v. United States

Holding that a defendant's criminal conviction under a particular statute must be reversed as his conduct fell outside the scope of the statute, but not finding that the underlying statute was unconstitutionally vague

Leis v. Flynt

Holding that out-of-state attorneys did not have a federal constitutional right to appear pro hac vice in Ohio court

Keller v. State Bar of California

Holding that "compelled association" of state bar was justified by the "State's interest in regulating the legal profession and improving the quality of legal services"

Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

Section 2000e - Definitions

Granting EEOC authority to issue procedural regulations to carry out Title VII provisions

Section 621 - Congressional statement of findings and purpose

Finding that "older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs"

Section 1101 - Definitions

Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

Section 1962 - Prohibited activities

Specifying prohibited activities

Section 12132 - Discrimination

Prohibiting disability discrimination by public entities

Section 1001 - Statements or entries generally

Making false statements

Section 8 - Powers of Congress

Granting Congress the power to “provide for the common Defence,” to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations,” and to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization”

Section 1692a - Definitions

Defining debt collector

Section 1229b - Cancellation of removal; adjustment of status

Granting the Attorney General discretion to cancel the removal of an alien who has “been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a ... parent who is ... a United States citizen”

Section 274a.2 - Verification of identity and employment authorization

Establishing Form I–9

Section 274a.5 - Use of labor through contract

Rule 8.520 - Briefs by parties and amici curiae; judicial notice