Greetings, Court fans! The Court opened its term today in a big way with oral arguments in four cases, including two hours of consolidated argument in United States v. Booker, 04-104, and United States v. Fanfan, 04-105. These cases concern whether the federal...
Greetings, Court Fans! It was a rather slow Monday, with perhaps the most interesting (i.e., controversial) ruling coming in the denial of a motion for stay in Crawford v. Roe (05-A333), involving the right of a pregnant prisoner in Missouri to obtain an...
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court returned from its recess today for the term’s last argument session, which will end next Wednesday with one of the most eagerly anticipated cases of the term, the Arthur Andersen criminal appeal. Look for that to be the...
Greetings, Court Fans! The Court came back Thursday with three more opinions in its effort to clear out the docket by the end of the month. We’re still waiting on the biggest remaining decisions – the race and school assignment cases in Seattle and...
Good morning everyone, In response to feedback on my first Supreme Court update, a few introductory comments: First, this will be the last Supreme Court update sent to all lawyers in the firm. Going forward, only litigators and those who request them, will receive the...
