Supreme Court Update: Hernandez v. Mesa (no. 17-1678), McKinney v. Arizona (no. 18-1109), Monasky v. Taglieri (no. 18-935), Rodriguez v. FDIC (no. 19-1629), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Jun, Puerto Rico v. Acevedo Feliciano (no. 18-921), Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma (no. 18-1116), Holguin-Hernandez v. United States (no. 18-7739), Shular v. United States (no. 17-6662)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Mar 6, 2020

Greetings, Court Fans! It’s been ages, but we’re finally back with new decisions. After literally months of silence (at least with respect to opinions), the Court came roaring back this week with eight (eight!) new decisions: In Hernandez v. Mesa (No. 17-1678),the...

Supreme Court Update: Bostock v. Clayton County (No. 17-1618), R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC (No. 18-107), Trump v. NAACP (No. 18-588), New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. City of New York (No. 18-280), Espinoza v. Montana Dep’t of Revenue (No. 18-1195), June Medical Services v. Gee (No. 18-1323)

by Jasmin Kotadia | Oct 9, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! It’s the first Monday of October, so we’re back with our first installment for OT19. While OT18 ended on something of a bang (census, partisan-gerrymandering . . . you remember), OT19 looks to be a blockbuster term right out of the gate, with...

Supreme Court Update: United States v. Davis (No. 18-431) and Flowers v. Mississippi (No. 17-9572).

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! On the penultimate D-day of OT18, the Court handed down three decisions, including one of the most anticipated of the term, leaving five for tomorrow morning. The biggie today was Kisor v. Wilkie (No. 18-15), in which the Court declined to...

Supreme Court Update: Department of Commerce v. New York (No. 18-966), Rucho v. Common Cause (No. 18-422), Mitchell v. Wisconsin (No. 18-6210), Carpenter v. Murphy (No. 17-1107), Iancu v. Brunetti (No. 18-302)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! On the last decision day of the term, the Chief Justice put on his AMK hat, casting the decisive vote on opposite (political) sides in the two most politically salient cases of the term, involving the census and partisan gerrymandering. In...

Supreme Court Update: Department of Commerce v. New York (No. 18-966), Rucho v. Cause (No. 18-422), Mitchell v. Wisconsin (No. 18-6210)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! Earlier this month, in her annual report to the Second Circuit Judicial Conference , Justice Ginsburg remarked that, to that point, only 11 decisions of the term had produced 5-4 or 5-3 outcomes, but that she could “not predict that the...