Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potowatomi Nation (04-631), Martin v. Franklin Capital Corp. (04-1140), Lockhart v. United States (04-881) and order list

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! The Court has issued three opinions this week, including the first by the new Chief Justice. On Tuesday, in Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potowatomi Nation (04-631), the Court upheld a Kansas fuel tax against a tribal sovereignty challenge. Kansas...

Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings Court fans! An order list today, but first, a quick follow-up on a “GVR” from last week’s order list. Often, when the Court grants a cert petition to review a particular question, there are other petitions pending that raise similar or...

Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! Today the Court officially opened the October 2006 Term, but oral arguments will not start until Tuesday. This week’s arguments will not exactly be scintillating, unless you’re a criminal practitioner or a statutory interpretation...

Clay v. United States (01-1500), Boeing Co. v. United States (01-1209) and order list

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings Court fans! Thanks to all for your patience during my absence to take the Connecticut bar. (For those of you contemplating a move to a new state where you might have to take the bar again, FYI, the bar is still painful the second time around.) Once I get...

Purcell v. Gonzalez (06A375) and Arizona v. Gonzalez (06A379)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans!   The Court issued its first decision of the Term today (so much for Monday’s comment that it would be a while!). In our defense, today’s decision came as something of a surprise – it was a unanimous per curiam ruling undoing a...