by Christine Stackhouse | Mar 31, 2023
The Court continued its slow drip of decisions in less-prominent cases this week with Wilkins v. United States (No. 21-1164), which addressed whether the limitations period for suits against the government under the Quiet Title Act is “jurisdictional” or not. But this...
by Christine Stackhouse | Mar 24, 2023
Greetings, Court Fans! This week, the Court heard argument in a pair of interesting trademark cases: Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International (No. 21-1043), which asks whether U.S. trademark law applies to conduct in foreign countries; and Jack Daniel’s...
by Christine Stackhouse | Mar 3, 2023
Greetings, Court Fans! It seems the Nine may finally be settling into a practice of actually issuing decisions in argued cases. This week witnessed two more relatively minor decisions, including one with a first-of-its-kind lineup. Read on for summaries of Delaware v....
by Christine Stackhouse | Feb 24, 2023
Greetings, Court Fans! After waiting until late January to issue its first signed opinion of the term, the Nine then made us wait another month for the second (and, so it happens, the third and the fourth). That’s still well behind the typical pace: In most terms,...
by Christine Stackhouse | Jan 27, 2023
Greetings, Court Fans! Just as winter snow has been historically late in arriving in some parts of the country, the Supreme Court was historically late in issuing its first signed opinion of the year. On Monday, 112 days after the start of the term, the Court issued...
