At the age of 17, when he was still a junior in high school, Christopher Simmons, the respondent
here, committed murder. About nine months later, after he had turned 18, he was tried and sentenced …

Shortly after graduating from Hampton University in 1992 with a degree in merchandising,
Diamond, an African-American woman, began working at Colonial as a customer service …

The Social Security Administration denied Burch's applications for social security and disability
insurance benefits initially and upon reconsideration. After conducting a hearing on the …

Petitioner Charles Russell Rhines was convicted in South Dakota state court of first-degree murder
and third-degree burglary and sentenced to death. His conviction became final on December …

Respondent Booker was charged with possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of
cocaine base (crack). Having heard evidence that he had 92.5 grams in his duffel bag, the jury …

The federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) establishes a 1-year
statute of limitations for filing a federal habeas corpus petition. 28 USC § 2244(d)(1). That limitations …

But both standards must be properly applied. Rules and reason sometimes compel that evidence
must be credited or discarded whether it supports a verdict or contradicts it. Under either scope …

The ALJ also took exception to the self-assessment forms submitted by Bayliss's counsel. The
ALJ first noted that, in general, such assessments provide little assistance in determining whether …

This case concerns what has come to be known as the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, applied by
this Court only twice, first in Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 US 413 (1923), then, 60 years …

Mark W. Fischer, Faegre & Benson LLP, of Boulder, Colorado, argued for defendants-cross
appellants. With him on the brief were Neal S. Cohen and Peter J. Kinsella. Of counsel on the …