by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! The Nine chipped away at The Nineteen (cases remaining) this morning, but not without lacing up their punting boots. In one of the most hotly anticipated cases of the year (and the longest pending, having been argued on the first day of the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! As we await tomorrow’s batch of opinions, let’s take a moderately deep dive into Monday’s partisan-gerrymandering decisions, Gill v. Whitford (No. 16-1161) and Benisek v. Lamone (No. 17-333). As we reported earlier, the Supreme...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court handed down two of the second-tier blockbusters of the term, this morning: South Dakota v. Wayfair (No. 17-494), reversing Quill Corp. v. North Dakota (1992) and permitting states to force out-of-state sellers to collect and remit...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re getting there. Four more decisions this morning, including one of the A-list blockbusters of the term, Carpenter v. United States (No. 16-402), in which the Court limited the “third-party records” doctrine and held that...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court Fans! Today was the last scheduled date of OT18, but The Nine still have more work to do. The Court handed down two big decisions today—Abbot v. Perez (No. 17-586), upholding all but one challenged TX congressional district against a...
