by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued two significant decisions this week: Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn (09-987), limiting taxpayer standing to bring Establishment Clause challenges, and Cullen v. Pinholster (09-1088), holding that, on...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Last week, the Court issued a pair of decisions on state sovereign immunity, Sossamon v. Texas (08-1438) and Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart (09-529). In Sossamon v. Texas (08-1438), the Court held 6-2 that States did not...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! This Update will bring you two decisions and all recent orders. We’ll start with the Court’s controversial 5-4 decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (09-893), which held that Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with three cases with a little something for everyone: Kentucky v. King (09-1272), on the exigent circumstances exception to warrantless search; Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk (10-188), on the public...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The decisions are washing ashore in waves now as we make our way into June. This Update wades through: Ashcroft v. al-Kidd (10-98), holding that former Attorney General Ashcroft could not be sued for allegedly instituting a policy to use...
