Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. (01-800), United States v. Bean (01-704), Abdur’Rahman v. Bell (01-9094)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings Court fans! Three decisions today. Well, really, two decisions and one “resolution”: the Court issued decisions in United States v. Bean and Howsam v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., and “digged” (dismissed as improvidently granted)...

Massachusetts v. EPA (05-1120), Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp. (05-848) and order list

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! We have a guest author this week: former Wiggin and Dana attorney and current Fordham Law professor Christian Turner. As the only person at the firm who figured out how to print cases double-sided to save paper, we knew he was the person for the...

Sprietsma v. Mercury Marine (01-706)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Hi everyone! One new decision today, but first, for those of you handicapping the odds for retirements from the Court his year, note that the Chief did not participate in argument yesterday. (I couldn’t find out whether he participated today.) Stevens announced...

Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Hi everyone, and welcome back from a long weekend! Today, the Supreme Court added a string of new cases to its docket, including three cases that promise to add some excitement to the Court’s Term: the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, and a case...

Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans!   Just a short update for the week of Thanksgiving, as the Court issued an order list yesterday that consisted of two new cert grants. The Court really does seem intent on increasing its docket this term, though we’ll obviously have...