Part I European Law: Creation

4. Fundamental Rights  

Cases

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  • Case 1/58 Stork
    In Case 1/58 FRIEDRICH STORK & Co., Kohlengroghandlung, of Bünde (Westphalia) represented by Mr Krengel, Mr Hollmann and Mr Stock, of Bielefeld, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the office of Felicien Jansen, Huissier, 21 rue Aldringer, applicant, v HIGH AUTHORITY OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, represented by its Legal Adviser,…Case 1/58 Stork
  • Case 11/70 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft
    In Case 11/70 Reference to the Court under [Article 267 TFEU] by the Verwaltungsgericht (Administrative Court) Frankfurt-am-Main, for a preliminary ruling in the case pending before that court between INTERNATIONALE HANDELSGESELLSCHAFT MBH, the registered office of which is at Frankfurt-am-Main, and EINFUHR- UND VORRATSSTELLE FUR GETREIDE UND FUTTERMITTEL, Frankfurt-am­Main, on the validity of the third…Case 11/70 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft
  • Case 11/70 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft [1970]
    Case 11/70 Internationale Handelsgesellschaft [1970] Facts: An EU regulation provided for a system of deposits, which the applicant considered to be against national constitutional law. It was argued that this system was contrary to freedom of action and disposition and proportionality. Held: The system of deposits did not violate any fundamental rights. It would not…Short summary
  • Case 4/73 Nold
    In Case 4/73 J. NOLD, KOHLEN- UNO BAUSTOFFGROSSHANDLUNG, a limited partnership governed by German law, having its registered office in Darmstadt, represented by Manfred Lütkehaus, advocate of the Essen Bar, with an address for service in Luxembourg at the chambers of Andre Elvinger, 84 Grand-Rue applicant, v COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, represented by its…Case 4/73 Nold
  • Case C-84/95 Bosphorus
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT 30 July 1996 In Case C-84/95, REFERENCE to the Court under [Article 267 TFEU] by the Supreme Court of Ireland for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between Bosphorus Hava Yollari Turizm ve Ticaret AS and Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, Ireland and the Attorney General…Case C-84/95 Bosphorus
  • Case C-34/09 Zambrano
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Grand Chamber) 8 March 2011 (Citizenship of the Union – Article 20 TFEU – Grant of right of residence under European Union law to a minor child on the territory of the Member State of which that child is a national, irrespective of the previous exercise by him of his right…Case C-34/09 Zambrano
  • Case C-34/09 Ruiz Zambrano [2011]
    Case C-34/09 Ruiz Zambrano [2011] Facts: The applicants were of Colombian nationality and had failed in their application for asylum status. While Belgium refused them refugee status, they were not deported as there was a civil war in that country. During that time, their children were born, and they acquired Belgian nationality in accordance with…Short summary
  • Case 44/79 Liselotte Hauer v Land Rheinland-Pfalz [1979] ECR 3727
    Case 44/79 Liselotte Hauer v Land Rheinland-Pfalz [1979] ECR 3727 Facts: The plaintiff sought to challenge the decision of an administrative authority in Germany which had not granted her authorisation in respect of planting new grapes on her land, as the land did not meet the authority's specifications. The national court she initially started the…Short summary
  • Joined Cases C-92/09 and C-93/09 Volker und Markus Schecke GbR (C-92/09) and Hartmut Eifert (C-93/09) v Land Hessen [2010] ECR I-11063
    Joined Cases C-92/09 and C-93/09 Volker und Markus Schecke GbR (C-92/09) and Hartmut Eifert (C-93/09) v Land Hessen [2010] ECR I-11063 Facts: Under the Common Agricultural Policy, the names of parties receiving funds deriving from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund were published. The applicants in the main proceedings contended that this violated their rights to…Short summary
  • C-159/90 SPUC v Grogan [1991] ECR I-04685
    C-159/90 SPUC v Grogan [1991] ECR I-04685 Facts: The applicant was a company incorporated under Irish law whose purpose was to prevent the decriminalization of abortion and to affirm, defend and promote human life from the moment of conception. The defendants were officers of a student publication which offered information about the availability of legal…Short summary
  • C-256/11 Dereci [2011]
    C-256/11 Dereci [2011] ECR I-00000 Facts: The applicant entered Austria illegally and married an Austrian national by whom he had three children who are also Austrian nationals and who were minors at the time. His application for residence was rejected, and he was subject to an expulsion order. The national authority had refused to apply,…Short summary
  • Joined Cases C-293/12 and C‑ 594/12 Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Others and Kärntner Landesregierung and Others [2014]
    Joined Cases C-293/12 and C‑ 594/12 Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Others and Kärntner Landesregierung and Others [2014] Facts: Irish law implemented Directive 2006/24/EC concerning the retention of data relating to electronic communications, obliging Member States to retain data relating, among other things, to data necessary to…Short summary
  • Case 294/83 Parti écologiste "Les Verts" v European Parliament [1986] ECR 1339
    Case 294/83 Parti écologiste "Les Verts" v European Parliament [1986] ECR 1339 Facts: The applicants had formed a new political party (Les Verts – Parti Ecologiste). The applicants contended that a decision of the European Parliament to provide funds for election preparation only to parties already sitting in Parliament was illegal. Held: The applicants had…Short summary
  • Cases C-402 and 415/05 Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v Council and Commission [2008] ECR I-6351
    Cases C-402 and 415/05 Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v Council and Commission [2008] ECR I-6351 Facts: A resolution was adopted which aimed to implement a resolution from the United Nations Security Council. The resolution set out a list of alleged terrorists whose assets were subject to freezing injunctions. Terrorists identified had no recourse…Short summary
  • Case C-434/09 McCarthy [2011] ECR I-03375
    Case C-434/09 McCarthy [2011] ECR I-03375 Facts: The applicant was a UK national who had Irish nationality too. She married a Jamaican national who lacked eave to remain in the United Kingdom under the Immigration Rules of the UK. Mrs. McCarthy and her husband applied to the Secretary of State for a residence permit and…Short summary