by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The Court handed down two major employer victories in Title VII cases today: Vance v. Ball State University (11-556), in which the Court narrowly defined “supervisors,” thus limiting employer liability in workplace harassment cases;...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We continue our coverage of Monday’s decisions with Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (11-345), the Court’s long-awaited decision on the University’s affirmative action policies; Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! While the media focuses on today’s same-sex marriage decisions (we’ll bring you more on those soon!), we’re back to bring you more detail on Shelby County v. Holder (12-96), yesterday’s Voting Rights Act decision, as well...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The Court went out with a bang yesterday, overturning a key part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in United States v. Windsor (12-307), and dismissing for lack of standing the appeal in Hollingsworth v. Perry (12-144), thus leaving...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We can hardly believe that the October 2013 Term has arrived, with the first arguments of the term and a handful of SG invites yesterday. Unofficially, activity began with a number of cert grants last week. Filling in its docket, the Court has...
