Greetings, Court fans! I’m back to bring you the decisions and cert grants from this week. After this batch, we shouldn’t see additional decisions until the week of May 18th. In Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle (08-140), the Court held 6-3 that, when a...
Greetings, Court fans! It isn’t often that the Court hands down a decision of equal interest to the popular press and civil procedure professors, but we got one this week in Ashcroft v. Iqbal (07-1015) – which dealt both with the standard for establishing...
Greetings, Court Fans! Not much to report at the moment, as the Court will not hear any arguments this week or next – so barring another unexpected quick ruling we will probably will not darken your inbox much for the next two weeks. The Court, however, did...
Greetings Court fans! The Court handed down five opinions today (four from argued cases and one summary reversal) and an order list. With so much ground to cover, I’ll divide this update into two emails. Before we begin, though, did you see the small...
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with more summaries. Today’s group includes three cases from Monday involving the First Amendment that all came out essentially 5-4, with the conservatives taking the majorities – though, as you’ll see, the...
