Two opinions so far this week, with possibly more to come tomorrow! Today, the Court issued its latest ruling in an original jurisdiction case, Kansas v. Colorado, No. 105 orig., which involves a longstanding dispute between the two states over the use of the...
Greetings, Court Fans! We’re back to finish up the Term! Because this is a lengthy Update (three opinions and nine cert grants), we should do a few things at the outset. First, we want to thank all of you for following the Court with us this Term —...
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court hit us with three more opinions today, in what has been a very big week for employment lawyers. Yesterday, the Court authorized retaliation actions for Title IX whistleblowers, and today it held that the Age Discrimination in...
Greetings, Court fans! The Court is working overtime to get those final opinions out – causing us to do the same. Here are the rest of the decisions from Monday in what was a mixed week for criminals. In Samson v. California (04-9728), the Court ruled 6-3 that the...
Greetings, Court fans! Here’s the second (and final) installment from Monday’s torrent of opinions. We’ll get right to it. In Deck v. Missouri (04-5293), the Court held (7-2) that the Constitution forbids the use of visible shackles...
