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Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases

The Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases (Preview) is a comprehensive American Bar Association (ABA) subscription publication that spans eight distinct issues throughout the course of a Supreme Court term. This resource provides in-depth expert analyses of all cases scheduled for plenary review by the Supreme Court, offering valuable insights before oral arguments occur.

Steven Schwinn, UIC Law Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development and Professor of Law, regularly contributes to the Preview.

Current editions of the Previews are available via the ABA website. Past editions (2005 to 2019) are available via the Preview Archive. HeinOnline has coverage from 1973 to the present. Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases is listed in the "Browse Databases by Name" section on Hein's homepage.

Submissions from 2017 2017

The Intersection of Race, Politics, and Redistricting at the Court, Steven D. Schwinn

Submissions from 2016 2016

Abortion Rights: Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Steven D. Schwinn

Can a Person Bring a Fourth Amendment Claim for Damages for His Unlawful Pretrial Detention Pursuant to Criminal Process, Where No Probable Cause Existed because Officers Deliberately Fabricated Evidence: Manuel v. City of Joliet, Steven D. Schwinn

Can Texas Use an Older Definition of Intellectual Disability to Determine if a Person Is Ineligible for the Death Penalty: Moore v. Texas, Steven D. Schwinn

Can the City of Miami Bring a Fair Housing Case against Private Banks for Lending Practices That Led to Increased Foreclosures, Lower Home Values, and Lower Property Tax Revenue and Increased Maintenance Costs for the City: Bank of America v. Miami and Wells Fargo v. Miami, Steven D. Schwinn

Civil Rights: Ross v. Blake, Steven D. Schwinn

Criminal Law: Taylor v. United States, Steven D. Schwinn

Did the Fifth Circuit Apply an Unduly Burdensome Standard When It Denied a Certificate of Appealability on a Motion to Reopen a Judgment and Obtain Merits Review on a Claim That Trial Counsel was Constitutionally Ineffective for Knowingly Presenting an Expert Who Testified the Defendant Was Likely to Be Dangerous in the Future because of His Race: Buck v. Davis, Steven D. Schwinn

Does a Public School Student with an Individualized Education Program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Have to Exhaust Administrative Remedies under That Act before Bringing a Suit in Federal Court under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act: Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools, Steven D. Schwinn

Does the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 Prohibit a Person Serving as an Acting Officer from Continued Services as an Acting Officer upon the President's Nomination of That Person to the Permanent Office, When That Person Has Not Served as a First Assistant: National Labor Relations Board v. SW General, Inc., Steven D. Schwinn

First Amendment, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, Steven D. Schwinn

Fourth Amendment: Birchfield v. North Dakota, Bernard v. Minnesota, and Beylund v. Levi, Steven D. Schwinn

Immigration: United States v. Texas, Steven D. Schwinn

Law Over Politics in Voting Rights, Steven D. Schwinn

Preemption: Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, Steven D. Schwinn

Religious Freedom: Zubik v. Burwell, Steven D. Schwinn

Voting Rights: Wittman v. Personhuballah, Steven D. Schwinn

When and How Can a State Use a Set Percentage of Minority Voter Population to Draw Legislative Districts under the Voting Rights Act: Bethune-Hill et al v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections, Steven D. Schwinn

When and How Can a State Use Race to Draw Legislative Districts, Consistent with the Equal Protection Clause and the Voting Rights Act: McCrory et al. v. Harris et al., Steven D. Schwinn

Submissions from 2015 2015

Brumfield v. Cain, Steven D. Schwinn

Death Penalty: Glossip v. Gross, Steven D. Schwinn

Disability Rights: San Francisco v. Sheehan, Steven D. Schwinn

Elections Clause: Arizona State Legislature, Steven D. Schwinn

Federal Preemption: Oneok v. Learjet, Steven D. Schwinn

First Amendment: Williams-Yulee, Steven D. Schwinn

Fourth Amendment: Rodriguez v. United States, Steven D. Schwinn

Health Care: King v. Burwell, Steven D. Schwinn

Immigration: Kerry v. Din, Steven D. Schwinn

Immigration: Torres v. Lynch, Steven D. Schwinn

Justiciability and Sovereign Immunity: Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, Steven D. Schwinn

Marriage Equality: Obergefell v. Hodges, Steven D. Schwinn

Standing: Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, Steven D. Schwinn

The People’s Term, Mostly, Steven D. Schwinn

The Separation of Powers Cases, Steven D. Schwinn

Voting Rights: Evenwel v. Abbot, Steven D. Schwinn

Voting Rights: Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, Steven D. Schwinn

Submissions from 2014 2014

Administrative Law: Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Association, Steven D. Schwinn

Dormant Commerce Clause, Comptroller of Treasury of MD v. Wynne, Steven D. Schwinn

Eighth Amendment: Hall v. Florida, Steven D. Schwinn

First Amendment: Elonis v. United States, Steven D. Schwinn

First Amendment: Harris v. Quinn, Steven D. Schwinn

Fourth Amendment, Heien v. North Carolina: May a Police Officer Stop a Vehicle Based on a Reasonable But Mistaken Interpretation of the Law?, Steven D. Schwinn

Fourth Amendment: Riley v. California, Steven D. Schwinn

Fourth Amendment: United States v. Wurie, Steven D. Schwinn

NLRB v. Noel Canning and the Receding Recess Appointment Power, Steven D. Schwinn

Qualified Immunity: Plumhoff v. Rickard, Steven D. Schwinn

Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act, Steven D. Schwinn

Recess Appointments: NLRB v. Noel Canning, Steven D. Schwinn

Religious Freedom and Free Exercise: Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius, Steven D. Schwinn

Religious Freedom, Holt v. Hobbs: Does the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act Allow a Prison to Prohibit an Inmate from Growing a Beard in Accordance with His Religious Beliefs?, Steven D. Schwinn

Separation of Powers, Zivotofsky v. Kerry, Steven D. Schwinn

Submissions from 2013 2013

Campaign Finance: McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, Steven D. Schwinn

Congressional Authority: Bond v. United States, Steven D. Schwinn

Congressional Authority: United States v. Kebodeaux, Steven D. Schwinn

Criminal Procedure: Burt v. Titlow, Steven D. Schwinn

Equal Protection: United States v. Windsor, Steven D. Schwinn

Federal Jurisdiction: Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community, Steven D. Schwinn

Federal Preemption: American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Los Angeles, Steven D. Schwinn

Federal Preemption: Hillman v. Maretta, Steven D. Schwinn

Fourth Amendment: Maryland v. King, Steven D. Schwinn

Fourth Amendment: Missouri v. McNeely, Steven D. Schwinn

Immigration Law: Mayorkas v. De Osario, Steven D. Schwinn

Preemption: Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Steven D. Schwinn

Preemption: Delia v. E.M.A., Steven D. Schwinn

Preemption: Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, Steven D. Schwinn

Preemption: Northwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg, Steven D. Schwinn

Takings Clause: Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, Steven D. Schwinn

Submissions from 2012 2012

Congressional Authority, Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, Steven D. Schwinn

Environmental Law: Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center and Georgia-Pacific West v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Steven D. Schwinn

Equal Protection, Armour v. City of Indianapolis, Steven D. Schwinn

Equal Protection: Fisher v. University of Texas, Steven D. Schwinn

Federal Jurisdiction: Already LLC v. Nike, Inc., Steven D. Schwinn

First Amendment, Knox v. SEIU, Steven D. Schwinn

Justiciability: Chafin v. Chafin, Steven D. Schwinn

Qualified Immunity, Filarsky v. Delia, Steven D. Schwinn

Standing: Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, Steven D. Schwinn

Takings Clause: Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States, Steven D. Schwinn

Voting Rights, Perry v. Perez, Steven D. Schwinn

Submissions from 2011 2011

American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, Steven D. Schwinn

Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett and McComish v. Bennett, Steven D. Schwinn

Bond v. United States, Steven D. Schwinn

Constitutional Enforcement, Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California, Steven D. Schwinn

General Dynamics Corp. v. United States and Boeing Company v. United States, Steven D. Schwinn

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Lafler v. Cooper, Steven D. Schwinn

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Missouri v. Frye, Steven D. Schwinn

Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan, Steven D. Schwinn

Official Immunity, Rehberg v. Paulk, Steven D. Schwinn

PLIVA, Inc., et al. v. Mensing - Actavis Elizabeth v. Mensing - Actavis, Inc. v. Demahy, Steven D. Schwinn

Privacy Act, Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper, Steven D. Schwinn

Qualified Immunity, Messerschmidt v. Millender, Steven D. Schwinn

Standing, Reynolds v. United States, Steven D. Schwinn

The Preemption Docket, Steven D. Schwinn

Submissions from 2010 2010

Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, Steven D. Schwinn

Can a Defendant Government Contractor Remove a State Tort Case to Federal Court When a contractor Provides Services under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Act?, Steven D. Schwinn

Cullen v. Pinholster, Steven D. Schwinn

Does a Private Action by a Private Person (and Not by the Government) for Criminal Contempt in a Congressionally Created Court Violate the Defendant's Due Process Rights and Separation of Powers?, Steven D. Schwinn

Does Congress Have the Power to Authorize the Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons by the Federal Government?, Steven D. Schwinn

Los Angeles County v. Humphries, Steven D. Schwinn

Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association, Steven D. Schwinn

Sossamon v. Texas, Steven D. Schwinn