One Ruling a Day.

Mt. Healthy City School District v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274 (1977)

But-for causation framework for retaliation.

Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, 585 U.S. 87 (2018)

Official retaliation policy claim survives despite probable cause.

Mayberry v. Pennsylvania, 400 U.S. 455 (1971)

Vilified judge cannot try the contempt himself.

Adickes v. S.H. Kress & Co., 398 U.S. 144 (1970)

Private-state conspiracy satisfies color of law.

Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108 (1964)

Warrant affidavit sufficiency standard (historic).

Blackledge v. Perry, 417 U.S. 21 (1974)

Prosecutorial vindictiveness — upcharging after appeal.

Stack v. Boyle, 342 U.S. 1 (1951)

Bail set higher than reasonably necessary is excessive under the Eighth Amendment.

Torres v. Madrid, 592 U.S. 306 (2021)

Application of force with intent to restrain is a seizure.

Wilson v. Garcia, 471 U.S. 261 (1985)

§ 1983 borrows the state personal-injury limitations period.

Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832)

Tribal sovereignty foundation case.

Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989)

Objective-reasonableness standard for force.

Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)

Suppression of favorable material evidence violates due process.

Will v. Michigan Department of State Police, 491 U.S. 58 (1989)

States and state officials in official capacity are not § 1983 'persons.'

Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 622 (1980)

Municipalities enjoy no qualified immunity from § 1983 damages.

Johnson v. United States, 333 U.S. 10 (1948)

Inferences must be drawn by a neutral magistrate, not police.

Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52 (1985)

Ineffective-assistance standard applied to pleas.

Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886)

Discriminatory administration of neutral law violates equal protection.

Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003)

True threats defined; intent to intimidate.

Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390 (1993)

Freestanding innocence claims; truly persuasive showing.

Wallace v. Kato, 549 U.S. 384 (2007)

False-arrest claim accrues at legal process, not release.

Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975)

Right of self-representation upon knowing and intelligent waiver.

Rippo v. Baker, 580 U.S. 285 (2017)

Recusal standard: objective risk of actual bias.

United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984)

Good-faith exception; no reliance on facially deficient warrants.

Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010)

Counsel must advise on plea's deportation consequences.

Smith v. Wade, 461 U.S. 30 (1983)

Punitive damages for reckless or callous indifference.

Mooney v. Holohan, 294 U.S. 103 (1935)

Deliberate deception of court by prosecution violates due process.

City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc., 453 U.S. 247 (1981)

No punitive damages against municipalities under § 1983.

Pulliam v. Allen, 466 U.S. 522 (1984)

Judicial immunity does not bar prospective injunctive relief (since limited by statute).

Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971)

Court fees cannot bar indigent access to fundamental process.