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Supreme Court Cases

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions ¹ in the following cases from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee since a resident judgeship was authorized for the Middle District in 1922. Click on the case name to view the District Court's docket sheet for concluded cases. 
 
  1. Williams v. Standard Oil Co. Of Louisiana, 278 U.S. 235 (1929) - Due Process (Judges Moorman, Hicks and Gore) 
  2. Tennessee Pub. Co. v. American Nat'l Bank, 299 U.S. 18 (1936) - Bankruptcy (Judge Gore) 
  3. U.S. v. Crescent Amusement Co., 323 U.S. 173 (1944) - Anti-Trust (Judge Davies) 
  4. U.S. v. Five Gambling Devices Labeled in Part "Mills," and Bearing Serial Nos. 593-221, 346 U.S. 441 (1953) - Interstate Commerce (Judge Davies) 
  5. Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962) - Reapportionment (Judges Martin, Boyd and Miller)
  6. Hoffa v. U.S., 385 U.S. 293 (1966) Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments (Judge Wilson, transferred to Eastern District at Chattanooga, TN) 
  7. Osborn v. U.S., 385 U.S. 323 (1966) - Evidence (Judge Boyd) 
  8. U.S. v. Cook, 384 U.S. 257 (1966) - Embezzlement (Judge Gray)
  9. Johnson v. Avery, 393 U.S. 483 (1969) - Habeas Corpus (Judge Miller)
  10. Neil v. Biggers, 409 U.S. 188 (1972) - Habeas Corpus (Judge Miller)
  11. Dunn v. Blumstein, 405 U.S. 330 (1972) - Equal Protection (Judges Phillips, Brown and Gray)
  12. Tollett v. Henderson, 411 U.S. 258 (1973) - Habeas Corpus (Judge Gray)
  13. Burks v. U.S., 437 U.S. 1 (1978) - Double Jeopardy (Judge Gray)
  14. Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509 (1982) - Habeas Corpus (Judge Morton)
  15. U.S. v. Stauffer Chemical Co., 464 U.S. 165 (1984) - Collateral Estoppel (Judge Wiseman)
  16. Alexander v. Choate, 469 U.S. 287 (1985) - Rehabilitation Act (Judge Morton)
  17. Rose v. Clark, 478 U.S. 570 (1986) - Habeas Corpus (Judge Neese)
  18. U.S. v. Robinson, 485 U.S. 25 (1988) - Fifth Amendment (Judge Wiseman)
  19. U.S. v. Wilson, 503 U.S. 329 (1992) - Sentencing (Judge Morton)
  20. Richardson v. McKnight, 521 U.S. 399 (1997) - Qualified Immunity (Judge Higgins)
  21. Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584 (2015)- Due Process and Equal Protection (Judge Trauger - member case, Tanco v. Haslam
  22. Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Ass'n v. Thomas, 139 S. Ct. 2449 (2019) - Commerce Clause (Judge Sharp)
  23.  Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC, 140 S. Ct. 582 (2020) - Bankruptcy (Judge Trauger, Bankruptcy Judges Lundin and Walker)
  24. Mays v. Hines, 141 S. Ct. 1145 (2021) - Habeas Corpus (Judge Haynes)
¹ Per curiam opinions and orders are not included in this list.