Greetings, Court Fans! We have no decisions today, but the Court issued an order list Friday granting cert in four new cases. The biggest grant from Friday – given the parties and the issue – is undoubtedly Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. (05-1056). In...
Greetings Court fans! Sorry for the delay in my updates this week — minor technical difficulties, hopefully now all resolved! Thankfully, there’s not much to report. The Court granted cert in one case on Monday, and issued one opinion today. I’ll...
Greetings, Court Fans, and Happy New Year! After being away for almost a month, the Court was busy this week, issuing four new opinions and granting cert in seven new cases. We’ll cover the civil cases and the cert grants in this Update, and cover the...
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with more outstanding opinions from the end of the Term, leading off with yesterday’s ruling in Panetti v. Quarterman (06-6407), where a 5-4 majority led by Justice Kennedy blocked, for the time being, the execution...
Greetings, Court fans! Before officially recessing for two weeks, the Court surprised us with two more opinions. We’ll try to be brief . . . . In Rousey v. Jacoway, No. 03-1407, a unanimous Court (Thomas, J.) held that IRA assets may be exempted from a...
