Greetings, Court Fans! We’ll polish off the four remaining opinions from last week before turning to the deluge expected this week (we have four more already!). Hudson v. Michigan (04-1360) delivered a serious blow to criminal defendants and...
Greetings, Court Fans! So, the relatively boring unanimity of this Term finally has given way as the Court releases opinions in “harder” cases. Last week brought us Hudson, and Monday brought us the first official “mess” of the Roberts...
Greetings, Court fans! We’ve got a lot of news to report. The Court issued two opinions Monday and one other since our last Update, as well as a summary order and a number of cert grants. In Carey v. Musladin (05-785), the Court addressed the standard for...
Greetings, Court Fans! There shouldn’t be any opinions this week (at least not in argued cases), but the Court did issue a significant order list yesterday. The Court noted probable jurisdiction (the functional equivalent of a cert grant) in four related...
Greetings Court fans! Three grants off the order list, and unlike some of their recent grants, these cases actually look somewhat interesting: 1. Smith v. Jackson (03-1160): In this case, the Court will resolve a circuit split on whether “disparate...
