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Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission: Supreme Court Rules for Baker in Narrow Decision
In its highly-anticipated decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court handed a narrow victory to the Colora...
Collins v Virginia: SCOTUS Reigns in Fourth Amendment’s Automobile Exception
In Collins v Virginia, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court declined to extend the Fourth Amendment’s so-called “automobile exception.” By a vote of 8-1, the justi...
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis: SCOTUS Upholds Workplace Agreements Banning Class Actions
A sharply-divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled for employers in a closely-watched arbitration case. By a vote of 5-4, the Court held in Epic Systems Corp v Lewis, 584 U. S. ____ (201...
SCOTUS Strikes Down PASPA in Murphy v National Collegiate Athletic Association
In Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA...
Jesner v Arab Bank, PLC: Corporations Can’t Be Sued Under Alien Tort Statute
In Jesner v Arab Bank, PLC, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that foreign corporations may not be defendants in suits brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS)...
Crime-Based Removal Provision Struck Down in Sessions v Dimaya
In Sessions v Dimaya, a divided U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 18 U.S.C. § 16(b), that authorizes the deportation of an...
Supreme Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Patent Review Process in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v Greene’s Energy Group, LLC
In Oil States Energy Services, LLC v Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that inter partes review does not violate Article III or the...
SCOTUS Hears Final Oral Arguments of Term
The U.S. Supreme Court is winding up the current term, with oral arguments held in the final six cases this week. The issues before the justices, many of which resulted in lively...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Six Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has just one week of oral arguments left in the term after considering five cases this week. The issues before the justices ranged from patent damages to I...
Hall v Hall: Consolidated Cases Remain Independent for Appeal
In Hall v Hall, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that consolidated cases remain independent for the purposes of filing an appeal. The Court’s decision was una...
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Massachusetts v. EPA Sets the Standard for Climate Lawsuits
by DONALD SCARINCI on February 11, 2020
With climate change lawsuits on the rise, environmentalists are concerned that the conservative-lea...
Faithless Electors Up for Grabs
by DONALD SCARINCI on February 5, 2020
The United States Supreme Court will hear Chiafalo v. Washington, to decide whether members of the ...
Ray v. Blair First Addressed Faithless Electors
by DONALD SCARINCI on February 4, 2020
In Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952), the U.S. Supreme Court first considered the notion of “fait...
