by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! In a week filled with election news and partisan grumbling, it is refreshing to conjure the image of Justices Scalia and Kagan skeet shooting together, a rumor reported in several news outlets in late October. We have no idea if the rumor is...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with the first two decisions (one per curium, one unanimous) of the October 2010 Term. Wilson v. Corcoran (10-91) addresses the requirements for issuing a federal writ of habeas corpus, and Abbot v. United States (09-479)...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Hope you enjoyed the holiday weekend. The Court returned today with three additions to its docket and two opinions regarding the denial of cert. The Court granted cert and consolidated AZ Free Enterprise v. Bennett (10-238) and McComish v....
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with one opinion from last week, Los Angeles County v. Humphries (09-350), holding that plaintiffs suing municipal entities must show that their injuries were caused by a municipal “policy or custom” in order to...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The Court has been relatively quiet heading into the end of the calendar year. We bring you a per curiam decision with no opinion, a handful of cert grants, a dissent from denial of cert, and two solicitor general invites. We’ll start with...
