Whorton v. Bockting (05-595), Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp. (06-102), Lance v. Coffman (06-641) and order list

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! The biggest legal news of the day was the verdict in the Lewis Scooter Libby trial, where, after 10 days of deliberations, the jury found Libby guilty on 4 out of 5 counts of the indictment. While Libby is exposed to a sentence in the range of...

Archer v. Warner (01-1418), Branch v. Smith (01-1437)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings Court fans! In an unusual move, the Court issued two opinions today along with its usual Monday order list. In general, the Court releases opinions on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, but perhaps to avoid distractions before tomorrow’s affirmative action...

Kaupp v. Texas (02-5636), Illinois v. Telemarketing Associates, Inc. (01-1806) and order list

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings Court fans! Before I get to today’s opinions, a few miscellaneous items: 1. The Court granted cert today in two cases. First, in Illinois v. Lidster (02-1060), the Court agreed to consider the lawfulness of a roadblock established by Illinois law...

Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington (01-1325)

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings Court fans! One decision today, and wouldn’t you know, it undermines my picks from yesterday! Although I predicted that the IOLTA case would be decided 5-4, I didn’t predict the opinion by Stevens. Sorry. Ok, on to the opinion. If the government...

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (05-204)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans!   Today marked the final day of the Term, and with it came the Court’s much-awaited opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which invalidated the military tribunals set up for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. We’ll get that summary out...