Court fans, I left out one important tidbit for the class action practitioners out there. Justice Kennedy, joined by the Chief and Justice Sotomayor, issued an opinion relating to the denial of cert in DTD Enterprises, Inc. v. Wells (08-1407), which raised the...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court granted cert in three new cases this week, including Kiyamba v. Obama (08-1234), where the Court will consider whether the remaining Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees, whom the government has deemed innocent of any wrongdoing, must be...
Greetings, Court fans! After a week-long hiatus, the Court issued another order list Monday, adding three more cases to its 2009 docket. For labor lawyers, New Process Steel, L.P. v NLRB (08-1457), will be the case to watch. The issue: “Does the...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued a per curiam opinion this week, Bobby v. Van Hook (09-144), where it addressed the “ineffective assistance of counsel at the sentencing phase” defense. Van Hook was convicted for murder in Ohio state court,...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued another per curiam decision this week, as well as an order list. The decision came in Wong v. Belmontes (08-1263), a death penalty case, making its second trip to the Court. Belmontes killed McConnell by striking her on...
