Supreme Court Update: McFadden v. United States (14-378), Ohio v. Clark (13-1352), Brumfield v. Cain (13-1433) and Davis v. Ayala (13-1428)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with Part II of our last-Thursday round-up, just in time for another decision dump from One First Street. This morning, the Court handed down decisions in Los Angeles v. Patel (13-1175), Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises (13-720),...

Supreme Court Update: King v. Burwell (14-114)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! The Supreme Court once again came to the rescue of Obamacare—or as Justice Scalia now calls it, in light of the Court’s second intervention, “SCOTUScare”. This Update will bring you analysis of this morning’s decision in...

Supreme Court Update: Hall v. Florida (12-10882), Plumhoff v. Rickard (12-1117), and Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with yesterday’s orders, along with two of the five decisions handed down: Hall v. Florida (12-10882), rejecting Florida’s strict IQ cutoff for determining whether a person has an intellectual disability and is thus...

Supreme Court Update: Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community (12-515), Wood v. Moss (13-115) and Martinez v. Illinois (13-5967)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with the remainder of last week’s decisions: Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community (12-515), embracing a broad view of tribal sovereign immunity; Wood v. Moss (13-115), finding that secret service officers who moved...

Supreme Court Update: Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. (13-369), Limelight Networks v. Akamai Technologies (12-786), and Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! It’s been a rough couple of days for the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. On Friday, its Chief Judge stepped down in the wake of a teapot-sized tempest over his sitting on an appeal after sending a laudatory email to one of the attorneys...