Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

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"

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

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"

Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio

Holding that, on summary judgment, antitrust plaintiffs "must show that the inference of conspiracy is reasonable in light of the competing inferences of independent action or collusive action that could not have harmed" them

Adickes v. Kress Co.

Holding that a private person who conspires with government actors to deprive a plaintiff of her constitutional rights acts "under color of law" for purposes of § 1983

R.A.V. v. St. Paul

Holding the government may not "license one side of a debate to fight freestyle, while requiring the other to follow Marquis of Queensberry rules"

United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.

Holding that a statute was content based because it “applies only to channels primarily dedicated to sexually explicit adult programming or other programming that is indecent”

Whalen v. Roe

Holding that New York's collection of prescription records in a computerized database did not violate patients' and physicians' right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

United States v. Powell

Holding that the government needs to show probable cause only when the taxpayer raises a substantial question that judicial enforcement constitutes an abuse of process

Alexander v. United States

Holding that in personam criminal forfeiture is subject to the Excessive Fines Clause

Ferguson v. City of Charleston

Holding that a hospital policy authorizing "nonconsensual, warrantless, and suspicionless searches" contravened the Fourth Amendment

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Rule 26 - Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery

Adopting Fed.R.Civ.P. 37

Rule 81 - Applicability of the Rules in General; Removed Actions

Recognizing that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure "apply to proceedings for habeas corpus . . . to the extent that the practice in those proceedings: is not specified in a federal statute, the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, or the Rules Governing Section 2255 Cases; and (B) has previously conformed to the practice in civil actions."

Rule 3 - Commencing an Action

Stating that once the inmate has filed his motion with the clerk, "[t]he clerk must file the motion and enter it on the criminal docket of the case in which the challenged judgment was entered"

Section 1320d-1 - General requirements for adoption of standards

Stating that the statute applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers

Section 876 - Subpenas

Providing for judicial enforcement

Section 159.002 - Confidential Communications

Referring to a "record of the identity, diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a patient"

Section 159.003 - Exceptions to Confidentiality in Court or Administrative Proceedings

Listing exception "in a civil action or administrative proceeding, if relevant, brought by the patient or a person on the patient's behalf, if the patient or person is attempting to recover monetary damages for a physical or mental condition including the patient's death"

Section 159.009 - Injunction; Cause of Action for Unauthorized Release of Confidential Information

Authorizing person aggrieved by violation of statute to bring a cause of action for civil damages

Section 159.004 - Exceptions to Confidentiality in Other Situations

Section 164.512 - Uses and disclosures for which an authorization or opportunity to agree or object is not required

Approving disclosure to health oversight agency of protected health information to determine eligibility for government benefit programs

Section 160.203 - General rule and exceptions

Preserving contrary state law when the law would provide greater protection than HIPAA

Section 160.202 - Definitions

Defining "contrary" to mean " A covered entity or business associate would find it impossible to comply with both the State and Federal requirements; or The provision of State law stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of part C of title XI of the Act, section 264 of Public Law 104–191, or sections 13400–13424 of Public Law 111–5, as applicable."

Section 160.102 - Applicability

Section 164.104 - Applicability

Defining health care provider who is covered by HIPAA regulations as a provider "who transmits any health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction covered by this subchapter"

Section 164.528 - Accounting of disclosures of protected health information

Providing for right of individual to demand an accounting of covered entity's disclosures of health information to others

Rule 509 - Physician-Patient Privilege