A case that asks if the government needs a warrant and probable cause to obtain cellphone records that document historical location information.
Read More2016 | APPLE, INC. v. F.B.I.
A hypothetical case that confronts the tension between individual privacy and the needs of law enforcement in the digital age.
Read More2015 | Evenwel v. Abbott
State Apportionment: Is A Redistricting Plan Based on Total Population Constitutional or Must the State Consider Eligible Voter Population?
Read More2014 | Elonis v. United States
True Threats: Does a Criminal Prosecution for Threatening Another via Facebook Posts Require Proof of the Defendant's Subjective Intent to Threaten?
Read More2013 | Thomas v. New York
False Confessions: Do They Happen? Can They Be Prevented?
Read More2012 | Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, et al.
Affirmative Action in College Admissions: Is it Still Constitutional?
Advocates: Karen Patton Seymour & Theodore M. Shaw
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2011 | Hyder v. Sebelius
CASE
Hyder v. Sebelius
Health Insurance Mandate: Is it Constitutional?
ADVOCATES
Recipients of the Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy
Paul C. Saunders
Kathleen M. Sullivan
2010 | Snyder v. Phelps
Does the First Amendment Shield Those Who Picket and Utter Hate Speech at Military Funerals?
Read More2009 | Padilla v. State of Kentucky
CASE
Padilla v. State of Kentucky
Effective Assistance of Counsel: Must an Attorney Advise a Client About Immigration Consequences?
ADVOCATES
Recipients of the Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy
Mark F. Pomerantz
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Henry G. Miller
Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, P.C.
CHIEF JUSTICE
Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin
Alston & Bird LLP
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES
Ralph C. Dawson
Austin T. Fragomen, Jr.
Hon. Michael J. Garcia
David G. Keyko
Carmen J. Lawrence
Paul Shechtman
Claudius O. Sokenu
Marissa C. Wesely
Steven M. Witzel
2008 | Van de Kamp v. Goldstein
CASE
Van de Kamp v. Goldstein
Redressing Wrongful Convictions: Should Prosecutors Be Held Liable?
ADVOCATES
Recipients of the Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy
Michael E. Tigar
Duke University School of Law
Samuel W. Seymour
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
CHIEF JUSTICE
Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt
McCabe & Mack LLP
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES
Sheila S. Boston
John F. Cambria
Richard Godosky
Caitlin J. Halligan
Leonard E. Noisette
Kathryn A. Oberly
Anne C. Vladeck
Frank H. Wohl
2007 | District of Columbia v. Shelly Parker, et al.
CASE
District of Columbia v. Shelly Parker, et al.
The Second Amendment: Who Has the Right to Own Guns?
ADVOCATES
Recipients of the Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy
Barry Kamins
Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, P.C.
Jeh C. Johnson
Department of Homeland Security
CHIEF JUSTICE
Hon. George Bundy Smith
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES
Marianne Bretton-Granatoor
John M. Callagy
Meir Feder
Elizabeth L. Grayer
Peter L. Simmons
Marsha E. Simms
Hon. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.
Joseph F. Wayland
2006 | MacWade v. Kelly
CASE
MacWade v. Kelly
NYPD Subway Searches: Are They Constitutional?
ADVOCATES
Recipients of the Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy
Evan R. Chesler
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Bettina B. Plevan
Proskauer Rose LLP
CHIEF JUSTICE
Hon. John S. Martin, Jr.
Martin & Obermaier
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES
Maria T. Galeno
Willis J. Goldsmith
Hon. William F. Kuntz II
Joseph T. McLaughlin
Christopher P. Reynolds
Jane C. Sherburne
Debra M. Torres
Hon. Mary Kay Vyskocil