45 Cited authorities

  1. Board of Regents v. Roth

    408 U.S. 564 (1972)   Cited 14,651 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where a public employee's appointment terminated on a particular date and there was no provision for renewal after that date, the employee "did not have a property interest sufficient to require . . . a hearing when [the officials] declined to renew his contract of employment."
  2. Elrod v. Burns

    427 U.S. 347 (1976)   Cited 4,212 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that local government could not constitutionally base public employment opportunities on political affiliation or nonaffiliation
  3. Chicago v. Morales

    527 U.S. 41 (1999)   Cited 1,297 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that vagueness that "fails to establish standards for the police and public that are sufficient to guard against the arbitrary deprivation of liberty interests" is subject to facial challenge
  4. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

    512 U.S. 622 (1994)   Cited 1,289 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that rules that distinguish "based only upon the manner in which speakers transmit their messages to viewers, and not upon the messages they carry" are content-neutral
  5. Weinberger v. Salfi

    422 U.S. 749 (1975)   Cited 2,754 times
    Holding existence of a final decision made after a hearing is central to the grant of subject matter jurisdiction under § 405(g)
  6. Houston v. Hill

    482 U.S. 451 (1987)   Cited 1,338 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the First Amendment does not permit states to “provide the police with unfettered discretion to arrest individuals for words or conduct that annoy or offend them”
  7. Griffin v. United States

    502 U.S. 46 (1991)   Cited 1,124 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a general guilty verdict on a multiple-object conspiracy need not be set aside if the evidence is adequate to support conviction as to one of the objects
  8. California Transport v. Trucking Unlimited

    404 U.S. 508 (1972)   Cited 1,578 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding "the right to petition extends to all departments of the Government," including the courts
  9. Parker v. Levy

    417 U.S. 733 (1974)   Cited 1,127 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[o]ne to whose conduct a statute clearly applies may not successfully challenge it for vagueness"
  10. City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc.

    535 U.S. 425 (2002)   Cited 409 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "'[t]he First Amendment does not require a city, before enacting . . . an [adult entertainment secondary effects] ordinance to conduct new studies or produce evidence independent of that already generated by other cities, so long as whatever evidence the city relies upon is reasonably believed to be relevant to the problem that the city addresses.'"
  11. Section 934 - Art. 134. General article

    10 U.S.C. § 934   Cited 168 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting conduct which is of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, or conduct which is prejudicial to good order and discipline
  12. Section 890 - Art. 90. Willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer

    10 U.S.C. § 890   Cited 30 times

    Any person subject to this chapter who willfully disobeys a lawful command of that person's superior commissioned officer shall be punished- (1) if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct; and (2) if the offense is committed at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct. 10 U.S.C. § 890 Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 68; Pub. L. 114-328, div. E, title LX, §54095409,, 130 Stat. 2942. HISTORICAL

  13. Section 3.12 - Character of discharge

    38 C.F.R. § 3.12   Cited 28 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Providing that benefits are "not payable unless the period of service on which the claim is based was terminated by discharge or release under conditions other than dishonorable"