Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans!   The October 2004 Session is in full swing and the Court granted cert in eight additional cases yesterday.   Two of those cases involve challenges to the display of the Ten Commandments on government property. In Van Orden v. Perry,...

Household Credit Services, Inc. v. Pfennig (02-857)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings Court fans!   Only one new opinion today, and not a very interesting one at that. It’s a straightforward Chevron case, so all the government lawyers out there keep reading. The rest of you might want to spend your time reading press coverage (or...

Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services, Inc. (07-552), Greenlaw v. United States (07-330) and order list

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! You’re probably sick of us already, but we’ll be cluttering your inbox a lot this week as we near the end. We’ve seen seven opinions so far this week – three on Monday, and four more this morning (including Kennedy v....

Yellow Transportation v. Michigan (01-270), Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Henson (01-757)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Despite my earlier representation (“that’s all for today”), in fact, the Court issued two opinions today. Before I get to the opinions, please note that in the race to issue the first majority opinion (and there is a race), O’Connor won....

Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission (04-1581), Central Virginia Community College v. Katz (04-885) and Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Ekrich, Inc. dba ConAgra Refrigerated Foods (04-597)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! The Court hit us with three opinions and a “decree” yesterday, just before leaving for a recess until late February. By then, there may be a new Associate Justice on the Court, so this batch of opinions might well be the last to...