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by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! It has been a pretty uneventful pre-holiday week. The Court granted cert in three new cases. In the most noteworthy, Ontario, CA v. Quon (08-1332), a SWAT team employee of the city felt that his privacy was invaded when the city viewed sexually...

Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! As promised, I’m back to bring you cert grants and other recent orders. We’ll begin with the new cases the Court has accepted for review: Connick v. Thompson (08-571), in which the Court granted cert only as to Question 1:...

Jones v. Harris Associates (08-586), Graham County Soil and Water Conservation District v. United States ex rel. Wilson (08-304) and Berghuis v. Smith (08-1402)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued decisions in three cases yesterday: Jones v. Harris Associates (08-586), in which the Court defined the standard for determining when a mutual fund adviser has violated the Investment Company Act of 1940 by charging excessive...

Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P.A. v. Allstate Insurance Co. (08-1008) and Padilla v. Kentucky (08-651)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! The big news last weekend was Justice Stevens’ admission that he would definitely retire from the Court during President Obama’s first term in office. While he didn’t say when, he did tell the New York Times that “[t]he...

United States Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa (08-1134), Bloate v. United States (08-728) and Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. United States (08-1119)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! The Court ruled Tuesday, in United States Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa (08-1134), that a bankruptcy court’s error in confirming a Chapter 13 plan discharging student loan debts without a finding of undue hardship did not render the...