On June 1, 2010, in deciding the Berghuis v. Thompkins case, the United States Supreme Court declared that criminal defendants who have been read the Miranda rights ( and who have indicated they understand them and have not already waived them ), must explicitly state during or before an interrogation begins that they wish to be silent and not speak to police for that protection against self-incrimination to apply.

This quickly led to the Supreme Court deciding the important case of Marbury v. Madison.

It had been long established in the decisions of the Supreme Court, beginning with Reynolds v. United States from 1879, when the Court reviewed the history of the early Republic in deciding the extent of the liberties of Mormons.

In deciding Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court rejected the ideas of scientific racists about the need for segregation, especially in schools.

After the U. S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Lee's favor in United States v. Lee, deciding that Arlington had been confiscated without due process, Congress returned the estate to him.

In 1781, when deciding Bywater v. Lord Advocate, the House recognised that prior to the Union, the High Court of Justiciary had been the court of last resort in Scottish criminal cases.

On February 22, 2005, the United States Supreme Court decided in Kelo v. City of New London, that the city may seize privately owned real property under eminent domain so that it could be used for private economic development, deciding the tax revenue from the private development satisfied the requirement for public interest for eminent domain.

When the Supreme Court, ruling in Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, agreed in May 1964 in a 9-0 ruling, deciding in a unanimous decision that Prince Edward County's move violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, county and state supervisors gave in rather than risk prosecution and prison, ending the era of Massive Resistance in Virginia.

Wallace v. Jaffree,, was a United States Supreme Court case deciding on the issue of silent school prayer.

On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States, deciding Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission by a 5-4 majority, removed restrictions on some types of corporate spending in support of ( or in opposition to ) specific candidates.

Baker v. Carr,, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that retreated from the Court's political question doctrine, deciding that redistricting ( attempts to change the way voting districts are delineated ) issues present justiciable questions, thus enabling federal courts to intervene in and to decide reapportionment cases.

The United States Supreme Court, in deciding the case of Haynes v. United States in favor of the defendant, effectively gutted the National Firearms Act of 1934.

Over the years, when deciding ex post facto cases, the United States Supreme Court has referred repeatedly to its ruling in Calder v. Bull, in which Justice Samuel Chase held that the prohibition applied only to criminal, not civil, matters and established four categories of unconstitutional ex post facto laws.

In a separate dissent, Justice Brandeis wrote that the fundamental case deciding the power of the Supreme Court, Marbury v. Madison, " assumed, as the basis of decision, that the President, acting alone, is powerless to remove an inferior civil officer appointed for a fixed term with the consent of the Senate ; and that case was long regarded as so deciding.

In taking these cases, it was deciding to uphold or reverse Blumenthal v. AOL.

In R. v. Secretary of State for Home Department, ex parte Tarrant ( 1983 ), Webster J. set out six factors to be considered when deciding whether to allow representation by counsel, namely:

The United States Supreme Court upheld the use of a board of censors in Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, by deciding that the First Amendment did not apply to motion pictures.

: Tenth Circuit appeals court partially reverses summary judgment in SCO v. Novell, deciding that an issue of fact was present that should have been reserved for a trial.

Justice White did not overlook the importance of a free press, however, and established a test, citing Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Comm., for deciding whether a reporter can be compelled to testify before a grand jury.

In The Trustees Executors and Agency Co. Ltd v. Federal Commissioner of Taxation ( 1933 ) 49 CLR 220, 234, Justice Evatt of the High Court of Australia stated that when deciding whether a law was validly made:

" In deciding to interpret the deadline as it did, the Court cited Kilmurray v. Gilbert, 10 N. J. 435 ( 1952 ) and Catania v. Haberle, 123 N. J. 438.

England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, 375 U. S. 411 ( 1964 ), was a United States Supreme Court decision that refined the procedures for U. S. federal courts to abstain from deciding issues of state law, pursuant to the doctrine set forth in Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co., 312 U. S. 496 ( 1941 ).

By now she was sure she was going to have a baby, deciding it would be born in India or Burma that November.

The cost of developing a major weapon system is now so enormous that the greatest care must be exercised in selecting new systems for development, in determining the most satisfactory rate of development, and in deciding the proper time at which either to place a system into production or to abandon it.

Before deciding where it is going, however, a college or university must know where it is.

Though the methods of deciding may be profound and diverse, the possible conclusions remain but two.

In deciding how much land you want, take into account the amount you'll need to bring in the income you expect.

In deciding on the enterprises to be managed by family labor, compare the amount of labor that can be supplied by the family with the labor needs of various enterprises listed in table 1.

Information on pages 8 to 14 may help you in deciding on the kind and scale of your farming venture.

Angrily Martin wished they had delayed the wedding and gone on a trip -- preferably one that lasted months -- instead of deciding not to postpone the date until he could get away.

This was not, for the Angel, just a matter of running through a logical or deductive chain, or deciding on some action from some already established premise.

It was made capable of making war and peace, negotiating diplomatic and commercial agreements with foreign countries, and deciding disputes between the states, including their additional and contested western territories.

There was room for interpretation by the bodies he had named for deciding on the physical sciences and chemistry prizes, given that he had not consulted them before making the will.

Since the deciding bodies he had chosen were more concerned with the former, the prizes went to scientists and not to engineers, technicians or other inventors.

Research upon adolescents who as infants had been highly apprehensive, vigilant, and fearful finds that their nucleus accumbens is more sensitive than that in other people when deciding to make an action that determined whether they received a reward.

England managed to stay in contention until the deciding final Test at The Oval, but yet another double hundred by Bradman, and 7 / 92 by Percy Hornibrook in England's second innings, enabled Australia to win by an innings and take the series 2 – 1.

Ealdred was succeeded by Wulfstan, chosen by Ealdred, but John of Worcester relates that Ealdred had a hard time deciding between Wulfstan and Æthelwig.

Sen. Ross, who was the deciding vote in the Senate, reportedly received a bribe of $ 20, 000 to acquit Johnson.

The assembly had four main functions: it made executive pronouncements ( decrees, such as deciding to go to war or granting citizenship to a foreigner ); it elected some officials ; it legislated ; and it tried political crimes.

This was because parliament wanted to know who was deciding policies, as sometimes councillors ' signatures normally attached to resolutions were absent.

The data thus collected helps in deciding the conservation treatments to be provided to the object.

This authority may also extend to deciding the type and quantity of ammunition to be used.

Depending on the underlying logic, the problem of deciding the validity of a formula varies from trivial to impossible.

Such judges decide, often when called upon by counsel rather than of their own motion, what evidence is to be admitted when there is a dispute ; though in some common law jurisdictions judges play more of a role in deciding what evidence to admit into the record or reject.

Each of the Justices of the Supreme Court has a single vote in deciding the cases argued before it ; the Chief Justice's vote counts no more than that of any other Justice.

( Bart had hit Taggart in the head with a shovel after Taggart ignored him and his black friend sinking in quicksand, deciding to save their handcar instead.