Porter v. McCollum (08-10537), Johnson v. Bredersen (09-7839), Webster V. Cooper (08-10314) and order list

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans!   The Court left us with a handful of interesting tidbits last week: a per curiam decision in Porter v. McCollum (08-10537), where the Court overturned a death sentence based on counsel’s failure to adduce sufficient mitigating...

Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter (08-678), Beard v. Kindler (08-992), Alvarez v. Smith (08-351) and Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Local Engineers and Trainmen (08-604)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans!   The Term has begun in earnest, with the first four signed opinions released yesterday. They are an odd bunch, with two of the four failing to answer the questions presented. I’ll begin with those that did.   The newcomer,...

Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! It has been a pretty uneventful pre-holiday week. The Court granted cert in three new cases. In the most noteworthy, Ontario, CA v. Quon (08-1332), a SWAT team employee of the city felt that his privacy was invaded when the city viewed sexually...

Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! As promised, I’m back to bring you cert grants and other recent orders. We’ll begin with the new cases the Court has accepted for review: Connick v. Thompson (08-571), in which the Court granted cert only as to Question 1:...

Jones v. Harris Associates (08-586), Graham County Soil and Water Conservation District v. United States ex rel. Wilson (08-304) and Berghuis v. Smith (08-1402)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued decisions in three cases yesterday: Jones v. Harris Associates (08-586), in which the Court defined the standard for determining when a mutual fund adviser has violated the Investment Company Act of 1940 by charging excessive...