by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! As we continue to await the dropping of the other shoe (filled with 29 pending cases), let’s kick two more out of the way. First up, in Collins v. Virginia (16-1027), The Nine resolved a clash of two well-established Fourth Amendment...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! The Nine were back in action this morning, as they will be every Monday from here on out (and probably a number or other days besides). There were four new decisions announced today, including what was expected to be one of the blockbusters of...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! As we reported earlier in the week, The Nine handed down one of the most hotly anticipated decisions of the term on Monday, and boy did it deliver! Wait. Sorry, strike that. It turns out the 7-2 decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! The Nine kicked off the week with four new decisions, though only three came with signed opinions. In Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute (No. 16-980), the Court held (5-4) that Ohio’s “use it or lose it” practice of...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! This morning, the Court made some headway (emphasis on “some”) on the roughly two dozen cases left to decide by the end of the month. Specifically, in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky (No. 16-1435), the Court held 7-2 that...