by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! Yesterday’s Order List brought no new cert grants (for the second week in a row), but it did include the first two decisions of the term—per curiam GRRs (granting cert, reversing, and remanding) in “state on top” habeas cases....
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! Well, despite (because of??) our mild ribbing yesterday about the Court’s tendency to start each term with per curiam decisions saying what the law isn’t, The Nine sprung into action this morning with their first signed opinion of...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! While the first opinion of the term came a little early this year, we’ve now gone five weeks without a second and it looks like we’ll be waiting several more weeks, since the December sitting has come to a close and the next public...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! And Happy New Year! Though we’re still awaiting the second signed opinion of October Term 2017, the Supreme Court kicked off Calendar Year 2018 with a per curiam decision in a case mixing (as so many do) race, capital punishment, . . . and...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! As we continue to wait for the second signed opinion of the OT17, The Nine (or at least four of them, in various potential configurations) have made significant headway in filling out the term’s dance card. On Friday, the Court added...
