by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court was back in action this week, with perhaps its most active week of the term so far. On Tuesday, the Court issued three decisions, adding two more on Wednesday and a number of cert grants for next term, to boot. Besides the uptick in...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! The Nine have managed to outpace us over the last two weeks, but now that they’re on April Break, it’s time for us to catch up. In this installment, we’ll cover Nielsen v. Preap (No. 16-1363), on discretionary bond for certain “criminal aliens”;...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with the second installment of our April catch-up series, bringing you summaries of Bucklew v. Pettigrew (No. 17-8151), Biestek v. Berryhill (No. 17-1184), Lorenzo v. Securities Exchange Commission (No. 17-1077), and Sturgeon v. Frost...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! One of the big narratives of OT2018 has been growing divisiveness between the Justices over the death penalty, attributable in no small part to the departure of Justice Kennedy, who regularly served as the swing vote in such cases (often, though...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court is between sittings, so we’ve got no new opinions to report, but there was some significant action on the orders front last night, concerning three of the more divisive issues to come before the Court—abortion, the death penalty, and...
