by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with summaries of the first signed decisions of the term, Warger v. Shauers (13-517) on whether Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) precludes juror testimony during a proceeding in which a party seeks to secure a new trial on the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Long before he became Chief, John Roberts quipped that “[o]nly Supreme Court justices and schoolchildren are expected to and do take the entire summer off.” Right now, the Justices are in the midst of a multi-week Christmas vacation...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Today, the Court handed down Burt v. Titlow (12-414), reinforcing the deferential standard of review applicable in habeas proceedings involving claims of ineffective assistance of counsel by state prisoners, and yesterday the Court issued a...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! In the midst of hearing arguments and filling in its dance card for the rest of the Term, the Court has found time to issue a few early opinions. Last week brought three: an important decision on the enforceability of forum selection clauses in...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Another week, another batch of unanimous decisions. Three, to be precise: Sprint Communications v. Jacobs (12-815), defining (some might say confining) the scope of the Younger abstention doctrine; Kansas v. Cheever (12-609), holding that a...
