DOE, AS NEXT BEST FRIEND OF DOE, A MINOR

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BOBBITT ET AL.

Citator

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• Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957 (U.S. 1991)
  …tence, rejecting his argument that the sentence was “cruel and unusual” within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment. Id., at 535, 440 N. W. 2d, at 80. The Michigan Supreme Court denied leave to appeal, 434 Mich. 863 (1990), and we granted certiorari. 495 U. S. 956 (1990). Petitioner claims that his sentence is unconstitutionally “cruel and unusual” for two reasons: first, because it is “significantly disproportionate” to the crime he committed; second, because the sentencing judge was statutorily required to…
• Dennis v. Higgins, 498 U.S. 439 (U.S. 1991)
  …ourt of Nebraska recognized, see 234 Neb., at 430, 451 N. W. 2d, at 678, there is a division of authority on the question whether claims for violations of the Commerce Clause may be brought under § 1983.2 We granted certiorari to resolve this issue, 495 U. S. 956 (1990), and we now reverse. [*443] II A broad construction of § 19833 is compelled by the statutory language, which speaks of deprivations of “any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws.” (Emphasis added.) Accordingl…
• Greenwood Tr. Co. v. Commonwealth OF Mass., 971 F.2d 818 (1st Cir. 1992)
  …11 S.Ct. 2476, 2481, 115 L.Ed.2d 532 (1991); Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Labs., Inc., 471 U.S. 707, 712, 105 S.Ct. 2371, 2374, 85 L.Ed.2d 714(1985); Securities Indus. Ass’n v. Connolly, 883 F. 2d 1114, 1117 (1st Cir.1989), cert. denied, 495 U.S. 956, 110 S.Ct. 2559, 109 L.Ed.2d 742 (1990). In placing constitutional theory into practice, the Court has generally distinguished between express and implied preemption. Express preemption occurs “when Congress has ‘unmistakably ... ordained’ that its…