Greetings, Court fans! Welcome back for Part III, which will cover three significant decisions: Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. (08-441), resolving the burden of proof in a “mixed motives” case under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued two decisions today and an order list, before going on recess for the summer. Justice Kennedy authored the Court’s 5-4 decision in Ricci v. DeStefano (07-1428), where the Court found in favor of the white and Hispanic...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued its final order list yesterday before going on recess for the summer. (Don’t you wish you still had a summer recess? Makes me pine for those good old school days.) The Court added seven more cases to its October 2009...
Greetings, Court fans! The Term is, for practical purposes, over, but I’m still working my way through the backlog. This Update will bring you a complete discussion of Ricci v. DeStefano (07-1428) and Cuomo v. Clearing House Association, L.L.C. (08-453),...
Greetings, Court fans! This will be my final Update of the Term and will bring you summaries of the following cases: Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez (08-310), involving a constitutional challenge to a tax on vessels; Atlantic Sounding Co., Inc. v....
