by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! It’s been a busy week at One First Street, with three opinions, a notable concurrence in a cert denial, and a pair of consequential cert grants. Let’s get you caught up to speed. The big decision of the week was Timbs v. Indiana (No. 17-091), in...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! We’ve got a lot to cover this week, with five new opinions on subjects ranging from capital punishment to foreign sovereign immunity to aphrodisiacs. Okay, aphrodisiacs may not strictly have been the subject of Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! OT18 has been marked by its unanimity, with 13 out or 18 decisions so far coming down without dissent. This week, we can add two more to that tally, but we’ll begin with the split decision. On its surface, BNSF Railway v. Loos (No. 17-1042)...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! While the political branches seized center stage this election week, there has been plenty going on over at The Least Dangerous Branch, as well. Justice Ginsburg might disagree with Bickel’s assessment of the perils of One First Street, having...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! And apologies! We’ve been having some difficulties with our email program (and still are; hence the “tdooley” in the “from” line). Fortunately, there hasn’t been too much activity since our last Update, so we should be able to get you caught up...
