United States Reports. Vols. 485, 486, 487, 488, 493, 5 books.
[United States Supreme Court]. Wagner, Frank D. (Reporter). United States Reports. Official Edition. Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court... Opinions and Decisions. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991-1994. Five volumes. Volumes 485, 486, 487, 488, 493. Octavo. One linear foot of shelf space. Publisher's tan cloth hardcovers with upper red and lower black gilt lettered spine labels. Ex-library with "Property of the United States," stamped in black on lower front covers, otherwise very good, clean, and tight internally. $350. * This grouping of five official volumes captures a transitional and highly influential window of the Rehnquist Court, documenting critical jurisprudence spanning the October Terms of 1987, 1988, and 1989. Together, these volumes preserve several foundational milestones in first amendment liberty, structural constitutional law, separation of powers, and the rights of criminal defendants. Key landmark decisions contained within these volumes include: ? Volume 485 (Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 1988): A premier First Amendment milestone ruling that the Free Speech Clause protects offensive parodies and caricatures of public figures from intentional infliction of emotional distress claims, provided the speech cannot reasonably be interpreted as stating actual facts. ? Volume 486 (California v. Greenwood, 1988): A vital Fourth Amendment criminal procedure precedent holding that the warrantless search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a home does not violate the Constitution, establishing that citizens have no reasonable expectation of privacy in discarded trash. ? Volume 487 (Morrison v. Olson, 1988): A monumental separation of powers and executive branch decision that upheld the constitutionality of the independent counsel provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, ruling that it did not violate the Appointments Clause or Article III powers. ? Volume 488 (Arizona v. Youngblood, 1988): A seminal criminal law ruling establishing that a state's failure to preserve potentially useful evidentiary material does not constitute a denial of due process unless the defendant can demonstrate bad faith on the part of the police. ? Volume 493 (Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight, 1990): A key Fifth Amendment precedent ruling that a.
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