Supreme Court decisions of October Term 1999
The Court’s 1999 Term began in October 1999. These are the 85 decisions SCDB records for it, decided between October 12, 1999 and June 29, 2000, during the Rehnquist Court.
85decisions
56%favorable to the petitioner
40%unanimous
14altered precedent or struck a law
By issue area
Most majority opinions
Decided by one vote (19)
- J. Daniel Kimel, Jr. v. Florida Board of RegentsLaw held unconstitutional
- Illinois v. William aka Sam Wardlow
- Lonnie Weeks, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone
- George Smith v. Lee Robbins
- Janet Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board
- Donna E. Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc.
- Food and Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
- Scott Leslie Carmell v. TexasLaw held unconstitutional
- United States v. Antonio J. MorrisonLaw held unconstitutional
- Maria Suzuki Ohler v. United States
- United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.Law held unconstitutional
- Alexis Geier v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
- Juatassa Sims v. Kenneth S. Apfel
- Bobby Lee Ramdass v. Ronald J. Angelone
- Floyd J. Carter v. United States
- Charles B. Miller v. Richard A. French
- Charles C. Apprendi, Jr. v. New JerseyLaw held unconstitutional
- Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council v. James DaleLaw held unconstitutional
- Don Stenberg v. Leroy CarhartLaw held unconstitutional
All decisions, in order
- Donald H. Brancato v. Priscilla F. Gunn
- Michael C. Antonelli v. Dale Caridine
- Keith Russell Judd v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Robert E. Prunty v. W. Brooks
- James Michael Flippo v. West Virginia
- In re Frederick W. Bauer
- Texas v. Francois Daniel Lesage and United States
- William Fiore v. Gregory White
- Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corporation
- Rohn F. Drye, Jr. v. United States
- J. Daniel Kimel, Jr. v. Florida Board of RegentsLaw held unconstitutional
- New York v. Michael Hill
- Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (Toc), Inc.
- Illinois v. William aka Sam Wardlow
- Janet Reno v. Charlie Condon
- Salvador Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California
- Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Rodney Slater
- Lonnie Weeks, Jr. v. Ronald J. Angelone
- Carl T. C. Gutierrez and Madeleine Z. Bordallo v. Joseph F. Ada and Felix P. Camacho
- George Smith v. Lee Robbins
- United States v. Abel Martinez-Salazar
- Janet Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board
- Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government Pac
- David H. Baral v. United States
- Chad Weisgram v. Marley Company
- Hunt-Wesson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board of CaliforniaLaw held unconstitutional
- Ernest C. Roe v. Lucio Flores-Ortega
- Harold F. Rice v. Benjamin J. CayetanoLaw held unconstitutional
- Mark Rotella v. Angela M. Wood
- Village of Willowbrook v. Grace Olech
- Donna E. Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc.
- United States v. Roy Lee Johnson
- Leonard Portuondo v. Ray Agard
- United States v. Gary Locke
- Food and Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
- Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Construction Company, Etc.
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc.
- Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Scott Harold Southworth
- J. Wayne Garner v. Robert L. Jones
- Florida v. J. L.
- City of Erie v. Pap's A. M.
- Robin Free v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
- Steven Dewayne Bond v. United States
- Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Dedra Shanklin
- Terry Williams v. John Taylor
- Michael Wayne Williams v. John Taylor
- Ronald D. Edwards v. Robert W. Carpenter
- Donald E. Nelson v. Adams
- Antonio Tonton Slack v. Eldon McDaniel
- Robert A. Beck v. Ronald M. Prupis
- Scott Leslie Carmell v. TexasLaw held unconstitutional
- Edward Christensen v. Harris County
- United States v. Antonio J. MorrisonLaw held unconstitutional
- Jeffrey Allan Fischer v. United States
- Cornell Johnson v. United States
- Public Lands Council v. Bruce Babbitt
- Maria Suzuki Ohler v. United States
- Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States
- United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.Law held unconstitutional
- Dewey J. Jones v. United States
- Alexis Geier v. American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
- Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company v. Union Planters Bank, N. A.
- Thomas E. Raleigh v. Illinois Department of Revenue
- United States v. Webster L. Hubbell
- Jenifer Troxel v. Tommie GranvilleLaw held unconstitutional
- Juatassa Sims v. Kenneth S. Apfel
- Jaime Castillo v. United States
- Roger Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
- Bobby Lee Ramdass v. Ronald J. Angelone
- Lori Pegram v. Cynthia Herdrich
- Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Etc. v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
- Floyd J. Carter v. United States
- Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe
- Charles B. Miller v. Richard A. French
- Stephen P. Crosby v. National Foreign Trade CouncilLaw held unconstitutional
- State of Arizona v. State of California
- Charles Thomas Dickerson v. United StatesLaw held unconstitutional
- Charles C. Apprendi, Jr. v. New JerseyLaw held unconstitutional
- California Democratic Party v. Bill JonesLaw held unconstitutional
- Mobil Oil Exploration and Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United States
- Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council v. James DaleLaw held unconstitutional
- Leila Jeanne Hill v. Colorado
- Guy Mitchell v. Mary L. HelmsAltered precedent
- Don Stenberg v. Leroy CarhartLaw held unconstitutional
- United States of America v. State of Alaska
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