Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans! Before heading off for another two-week recess, the Court released an order list today that included cert grants in two new cases. The first is Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic & Institutional Rights [“FAIR”] (04-1152), in which...

Order List

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court Fans!   There’s not much to report—the Court is off today for Columbus Day—but on Friday the Court did issue an order list in which it granted cert in two new cases.   In Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. v. Pacific Gas &...

Part I: Dodd v. United States (04-5286), Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States ex rel. Wilson (04-169) and Rompilla v. Beard (04-5462)

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! The Court released six opinions yesterday, making this a whopper of an Update. We’re still waiting for the really “hot” cases to be released, including the Ten Commandments cases, Grokster (the file-sharing case), and Kelo (the...

INS v. Ventura (02-29), Woodford v. Visciotti (02-137), Early v. Packer (02-1765) and order list

by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019

Good afternoon everyone, With this email, I am inaugurating a new series of email updates on the Supreme Court. When the Court issues an order or opinion, I will send an email summarizing the highlights of the action. I will try to send them out the day of the action,...

Hall Street Associates v. Mattel, Inc. (06-989), Medellin v. Texas (06-984) and order list

by S Z | Sep 15, 2019

Greetings, Court fans! The Court issued two significant, if complicated, decisions on Tuesday. First, in Hall Street Associates v. Mattel, Inc. (06-989), the Court held 6-3 that parties to an arbitration agreement who seek to enforce an award under the Federal...