Greetings Court fans! Three grants off the order list, and unlike some of their recent grants, these cases actually look somewhat interesting: 1. Smith v. Jackson (03-1160): In this case, the Court will resolve a circuit split on whether “disparate...
Greetings, Court fans! Before heading off for a month-long recess, the Court hit us with four opinions and an order list. Two of the opinions were per curiam, however, so the Update shouldn’t be too daunting. In Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Banks, 03-892,...
Two opinions so far this week, with possibly more to come tomorrow! Today, the Court issued its latest ruling in an original jurisdiction case, Kansas v. Colorado, No. 105 orig., which involves a longstanding dispute between the two states over the use of the...
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back to finish up the Term! Because this is a lengthy Update (three opinions and nine cert grants), we should do a few things at the outset. First, we want to thank all of you for following the Court with us this Term —...
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court hit us with three more opinions today, in what has been a very big week for employment lawyers. Yesterday, the Court authorized retaliation actions for Title IX whistleblowers, and today it held that the Age Discrimination in...