Greetings Court fans! We’re in the homestretch of the Term, and so unsurprisingly, the Court issued five opinions on Monday. They still have 32 opinions outstanding, though, so they have some work to do before the end of June. For those of you keeping score,...
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with a short Update based on the Court’s order list from Monday. There were no new grants from the Court’s “long conference” of all the cases that piled up over the summer. Instead, the Court...
Greetings Court fans! Nothing of interest on the order list today, but three separate dissents from denials of cert. The first two dissents are in Torres v. Mullin (03-5781). In July 1993, Oklahoma arrested Torres, a Mexican national, and charged him with murder. In...
Greeting Court fans! As promised, the four remaining opinions from earlier this week. I’ll do my best to be brief. First, let’s fly through Olympic Airways v. Husain (02-1348). In this case, the Court construed Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention to...
Greetings Court fans! Only two opinions this week. I would have sent this email out last night, but I couldn’t stay awake through the ERISA opinion. To avoid falling asleep again tonight, I’ll begin with the ERISA case, Raymond B. Yates, M.D., P.C....