Greetings, Court fans! With just over a month left in the Term, the Court has finally released its 40th opinion (just past the half-way point of its docket, and behind even its sluggish pace of the last few Terms). We have five decisions to report since our...
Greetings, Court fans! After a busy week last week, the Court left us with just one decision and a couple of cert grants this week. Justice Scalia wrote for a nearly unanimous Court in Virginia v. Moore (06-1082), where it held that a search incident to an arrest that...
Greetings, Court fans! Now this is more like it – after a bevy of unanimity, we finally get a 5-3 decision, with two concurrences, three separate dissents (including the first written by the new Chief), and Justice Scalia being ever-so-slightly snarky. And, oh,...
Greetings, Court Fans! Here’s part two of our summary of the latest opinions. In Arkansas Dep’t of Health & Human Services v. Ahlborn (04-1508), a unanimous Court held that, where a Medicaid patient obtains a tort settlement, a state can...
Greetings, Court Fans! We owe you quite a few summaries, as the Court has been busy (and it will only get busier as the Justices get ready for their summer vacation at the end of the month). Special thanks this time out to Wiggin and Dana associate Tahlia Townsend,...
