Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with summaries of the two remaining decisions from last week, Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama (13-895), on racial gerrymandering in Alabama, and Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (12-1226), articulating the...
Greetings, Court fans! First, congratulations to my co-author Tadhg on the birth of his child last week! Second, I want to thank both David Roth and Ivana Greco for their contributions to this Update, which is a lengthy one. We will cover the Court’s recent...
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with the two decisions from last week and one issued yesterday: Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar (13-1499), upholding a prohibition on the personal solicitation of campaign donations by judicial candidates; Mach Mining, LLC v. EEOC...
Greetings, Court fans! As we approach June, the Court is attempting to clear out its docket, issuing six decisions Monday. We’ll cover four short ones—all unanimous—here: Harris v. Viegelahn (14-400), holding that a debtor who converts from Chapter 13 to Chapter...
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with the two remaining decisions from Monday, Comptroller v. Wynne (13-485) and San Francisco v. Sheehan (13-1412), two split decisions featuring strange bedfellows. The Justices’ philosophical differences were aired in...
