by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back with one opinion from last week, Los Angeles County v. Humphries (09-350), holding that plaintiffs suing municipal entities must show that their injuries were caused by a municipal “policy or custom” in order to...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! The Court has been relatively quiet heading into the end of the calendar year. We bring you a per curiam decision with no opinion, a handful of cert grants, a dissent from denial of cert, and two solicitor general invites. We’ll start with...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! We’re back to bring you three decisions, a flurry of cert grants, and one dissent from the denial of cert. The Court released additional decisions yesterday, which we will bring you shortly. Justice Kagan penned her first opinion for the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Greetings, Court fans! Today’s Update will cover four cases: the biggie, Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP (09-291), holds that Title VII prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who reports discrimination by taking an adverse action...
