Supreme Court Update: National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning (12-1281) and Harris v. Quinn (11-581)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! You’ll forgive us for taking a few days to work through the last of the Court’s big end-of-Term decisions. This Update covers two of them: National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning (12-1281), limiting the President’s...

Supreme Court Update: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (13-354), Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell (13-356) and Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! The Court ended its Term in familiar fashion, with a blockbuster Obamacare ruling. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (13-354) and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell (13-356), the Court considered whether the Religious Freedom...

Supreme Court Update: Order List 10/6/14

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! …and welcome back! While some of you may still be pondering/celebrating/cursing last term’s Hobby Lobby finale, time and the Nine march on. The October 2014 Term officially kicked off this morning with a bang (well, two, if we’re...

Supreme Court Update: Order List and Stay Orders

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! The term has barely started and already we’ve got some catching up to do. Who knew the Court would take so many consequential actions, with so few words to explain them, so early in the term? In this update, we’ll cover the...

Supreme Court Update: Carroll v. Carman (14-212), Johnson v. City of Shelby (13-1318) and Order List

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with decisions two and three of OT14 (did you already forget about Lopez v. Smith?) as well as last week’s news of cert petitions granted and likely to be granted. Police officers had a good day today, prevailing both as...