Greetings, Court fans! The Court returned from its extended recess and issued five new decisions this week, including a major diversity jurisdiction ruling and two decisions interpreting a criminal suspect’s Miranda-related rights. As a refresher, federal courts...
Greetings, Court fans! With apologies for the delay, I’m back to summarize last week’s decisions, including Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick (08-103), finding the requirement that copyright holders register their works before suing for copyright...
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court issued its final batch of opinions for the Term yesterday – and what a batch it was. The biggest case of the day – as measured by news coverage and the 185 pages of opinions it generated – was the Court’s decision in...
Greetings, Court fans! After a long, long, wait, the Court finally acted on the petition in Padilla v. Hanft (05-533), denying certiorari. As you probably remember, Padilla is a U.S. citizen who was arrested at Chicago O’Hare airport on a material witness...
Greetings Court fans! Doesn’t it just seem like forever since we last met? The Court has finally emerged from its winter recess with a few cert grants and a per curiam opinion. Of course, the big news is that last Friday, the Court granted cert in...
