American Needle Inc. v. National Football League (08-661), Lewis v. City of Chicago (08-974) and Jefferson v. Upton (09-8852)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued six opinions on Monday, and DIG’d one case. I’ll break things up into bite size pieces, with this Update covering three of the decisions: American Needle Inc. v. National Football League (08-661), addressing the...

Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. (09-448), United States v. Marcus (08-1341) and United States v. O’Brien (08-1569)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! As promised, this Update covers the Court’s three other opinions from Monday: Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. (09-448), which addresses attorney’s fees under a specific ERISA provision, but has relevance for all...

Montejo v. Louisiana (07-1529), Haywood v. Drown (07-10374), Abuelhawa v. United States (08-192) and order list

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans!   President Obama’s announcement of Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his pick to replace Justice Souter overshadowed other news at the Court this week. (For those who want the nitty-gritty on what this appointment might mean...

CSX Transportation, Inc. V. Hensley (08-1034), Bobby v. Bies (08-598), Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Inc. (08-22) and United States ex rel Eisenstein v. New York (08-660)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans!   On Monday, Justice Ginsburg put the Chrysler-Fiat sale briefly on hold so that the Court could consider a request by certain opponents of the sale for a stay while they challenged the bankruptcy court’s order approving the sale....

Boyle v. United States (07-1309), United States v. Denedo (08-267), Republic of Iraq v. Beaty (07-1090) and order list

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans!   I’m back to bring you the remaining decisions from last week. The Court’s decision in Boyle v. United States (07-1309), which adopted an expansive definition of a RICO association-in-fact enterprise, will have significance for...