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U.S. SUPREME COURT
OPINION SUMMARIES - June 23, 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BANKING LAW, CLASS ACTIONS, CONTRACTS, DISPUTE RESOLUTION & ARBITRATION
* GREEN TREE FIN. CORP. v. BAZZLE
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CYBERSPACE LAW
* US v. AM. LIBRARY ASS'N, INC.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, EDUCATION LAW
* GRATZ v. BOLLINGER
* GRUTTER v. BOLLINGER
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, INSURANCE LAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW
* AM. INS. ASS'N v. GARAMENDI
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BANKING LAW, CLASS ACTIONS, CONTRACTS, DISPUTE RESOLUTION &
ARBITRATION
GREEN TREE FIN. CORP. v. BAZZLE, No. 02-634 (U.S.S.C.
June 23, 2003)
An arbitrator must determine whether contracts between a
commercial
lender and its customers, containing a clause providing for
arbitration of all contract-related disputed, forbid class
arbitration under South Carolina law.
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http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/us/000/02634.html mmm
GREEN TREE FIN. CORP. v. BAZZLE, No. 02-634 (U.S.S.C.
June 23, 2003)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CYBERSPACE LAW
US v. AM. LIBRARY ASS'N, INC., No. 02-361 (U.S.S.C.
June 23, 2003)
Public libraries' use of internet filtering software does not
violate their patrons' First Amendment rights, thus the Children's
Internet Protection Act (CIPA) does not induce libraries to violate
the Constitution. CIPA does not impose an unconstitutional condition
on libraries receiving federal funding.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/us/000/02361.html
US v. AM. LIBRARY ASS'N, INC., No. 02-361 (U.S.S.C.
June 23, 2003)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, EDUCATION LAW
GRATZ v. BOLLINGER, No. 02-516 (U.S.S.C. June 23,
2003)
The manner in which a university uses racial preferences in
undergraduate admissions is not narrowly tailored to achieve an
asserted compelling state interest in diversity, and violates the
Equal Protection Clause, Title VI, and 42 U.S.C. section 1981.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/us/000/02516.html nn
GRATZ v. BOLLINGER, No. 02-516 (U.S.S.C. June 23,
2003)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, EDUCATION LAW
GRUTTER v. BOLLINGER, No. 02-241 (U.S.S.C. June
23, 2003)
A state law school's narrowly tailored use of race in admissions
decisions, to further a compelling state interest in obtaining the
educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body, is not
prohibited by the Equal Protection Clause, Title VI, or 42 U.S.C.
section 1981.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/us/000/02241.html
GRUTTER v. BOLLINGER, No. 02-241 (U.S.S.C. June
23, 2003)
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, INSURANCE LAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW
AM. INS. ASS'N v. GARAMENDI, No. 02-722 (U.S.S.C.
June 23, 2003)
California's Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act of 1999,
requiring any insurer doing business in that state to disclose
information about certain policies sold in Europe between 1920 and
1945, interferes with the President's conduct of the nation's
foreign policy and is therefore preempted.
To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/us/000/02722.html
AM. INS. ASS'N v. GARAMENDI, No. 02-722 (U.S.S.C.
June 23, 2003)
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