Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back with the two remaining decisions from Monday, Comptroller v. Wynne (13-485) and San Francisco v. Sheehan (13-1412), two split decisions featuring strange bedfellows. The Justices’ philosophical differences were aired in...
Greetings, Court fans! This past week the Court released important decisions in the areas of bankruptcy law (Wellness International Network, Ltd v. Shariff (13-935), patent law (Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (13-896), and the False Claims Act (Kellogg Brown...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court handed down four opinions and a summary reversal to kick off the busiest month of the term. This update will cover Elonis v. United States (13-983), the much anticipated “Facebook threats” case, along with Taylor v. Barkes...
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court issued only one decision this week, but it was a biggie: Zivotovsky v. Kerry (13-628), aka the “Jerusalem passport case,” which will surely find its way into the separation-of-powers chapter of Con Law casebooks in short...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court took care of some additional throat-clearing on Monday, handing down three decisions: Kerry v. Din (13-1402), holding that no additional process was due a U.S. citizen whose husband’s visa application was denied; Mata v. Lynch...
