First Monday Event
FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER CASES
2011 | Hyder v. Sebelius
Health Insurance Mandate: Is it constitutional?
Advocates: Kathleen M. Sullivan & Paul C. Saunders
2010 | Snyder v. Phelps
Does the first Amendment Shield Those Whoe Picket and Utter Hate Speech at Military Funerals?
Advocates: E. Joshua Rosenkranz & Herbert M. Wachtell
2009 | Padilla v. State of Kentucky
Effective Assistance of Counsel: Must an Attorney Advise a Client About Immigration Consequences?
Advocates: Henry G. Miller & Mark F. Pomerantz
2008 | Van de Kamp v. Goldstein
Redressing Wrongful Convictions: Should Prosecutors Be Held Liable?
Advocates: Samuel W. Seymour & Michael E. Tigar
2007 | District of Columbia v. Shelly Parker, et al.
The Second Amendment: Who Has the Right to Own Guns?
Advocates: Jeh C. Johnson & Barry Kamins
2006 | MacWade v. Kelly
NYPD Subway Searches: Are They Constitutional?
Advocates: Bettina B. Plevan & Evan R. Chesler
2005 | House v. Bell
Executing the Innocent: Does the Constitution Permit It?
Advocates: Theodore V. Wells, Jr. & Alan Vinegrad
2004 | West v. New York
May the state prevent and criminalize marriage involving same sex couples?
Advocates: Myron Beldock & Daniel F. Kolb
2003 | Court TV v. The State of New York
Does New York State's prohibition on cameras in the courtroom violate the First Amendment?
Advocates: Burt Neuborne & Mary Jo White
2002 | Al Zawahiri v. Ashcroft
Attorney-client communications after 9/11: May the Government listen in? Advocates: Gerald B. Lefcourt & Loretta E. Lynch
2001 | McCarver v. North Carolina
Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit the execution of a person with mental retardation?
Advocates: Paul J. Curran & Bryan A. Stevenson
2000 | Velazquez v. Legal Services Corp.
Are representation restrictions on recipients of Legal Services Corporation funds permissible?
Advocates: Zachary W. Carter & Gustave H. Newman
1999 | Dickerson v. United States
Police power in a free society: Can a person run from the police? Are Miranda warnings still required?
Advocates: Elkan Abramowitz & Charles A. Stillman
1998 | Capital Cities/ABC v. Food Lion
Investigative reporting: How far can the media go?
Advocates: Martin London & Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.
1997 | Thomas v. United States
Jury nullification: May a jury ignore the law? May a court prevent it?
Advocates: Conrad K. Harper & Otto G. Obermaier
1996 | Vacco v. Quill
Is there a right to assisted suicide?
Advocates: David Boies & Evan A. Davis
1995 | Troy v. New York
Is New York's death penalty law constitutional?
Advocates: Floyd Abrams & Bernard W. Nussbaum
1994 | X-Citement Video, Inc. v. Gottesman
Is the federal child pornography statute constitutional?
Advocates: Sheila L. Birnbaum & Jay Topkis
