Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued four more decisions last week before going on recess. The decision with the most practical significance for most of us civil litigators came in Vaden v. Discover Bank (07-773), where the Court tackled a circuit split over how...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court returned from recess without much fanfare, issuing two criminal decisions and an Order list this week. (For those of you who keep track, the Court is well ahead of its pace from last Term, having released 35 decisions, as...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court has been busy, issuing six decisions last week, two more this week and a number of orders. To break up the reading, this Update will cover last week’s decisions and the remaining decisions and orders will be summarized...
Greetings, Court fans! This is going to be a lengthy update, with numerous (non-earth shattering, but nonetheless interesting) decisions to report as well as several cert grants. Perhaps because many of these cases where not in traditionally controversial areas, they...
Greetings, Court fans! Justice Souter’s retirement announcement overshadowed other news at the Court last week. Though he is a spring chicken compared to fellow Justices Ginsburg and Stevens (who may be the next Justices to step down), Souter has long wanted to...
