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Wednesday round-up

carl — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:44:58 -0500

The Justices’ speeches and appearances this summer continue to garner news coverage. At the Blog of LegalTimes, Tony Mauro reports on a discussion of cameras in the courtroom last week at the Tenth Circuit Bench and Bar Conference. While Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg concluded that the Court should refrain from allowing cameras if any Justice [...]... Read More »»»

Diminishing a precedent

carl — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:28:35 -0500

(2;30 p.m. Expanded and updated.) After pondering the issue for more than three months, the full D.C. Circuit Court unanimously refused on Tuesday to reconsider the most sweeping opinion that Court has yet issued against the legal claims of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. But, in doing so, seven of the nine active judges on the [...]... Read More »»»

Tuesday round-up

carl — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:25:52 -0500

At the WSJ Law Blog, Ashby Jones recaps Dahlia Lithwick’s recent article (which Amanda covered in yesterday’s round-up) on the possible effects of having three women on the Court. Meanwhile, in a second post at Slate, Lithwick discusses Justice Ginsburg’s recent appearance at the Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference in Colorado Springs, during which the Justice [...]... Read More »»»

Two new Solicitor General invitation briefs filed

carl — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:15:35 -0500

Last week, the Acting Solicitor General filed invitation briefs in two cases, recommending that cert. be denied in both Placer Dome, Inc. v. Provincial Government of Marinduque (09-944) and Hogan v. Kaltag Tribal Council (09-960). At issue in Placer Dome is the power of federal courts to rule on a case that involves potential foreign [...]... Read More »»»

Monday round-up

carl — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:34:09 -0500

On Friday Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke at the 2010 Tenth Circuit Bench and Bar Conference in Colorado Springs. After delivering a speech written by her late husband, Justice Ginsburg joined Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, in a question-and-answer session moderated by NPR’s Nina Totenberg. Justice Ginsburg declined to weigh in on the question [...]... Read More »»»

The week ahead

carl — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:01 -0500

The Court is in recess for the summer; it is expected to return on October 4 for the first oral argument of October Term 2010. The schedule of merits briefs due this week follows the jump. Tuesday, August 31: Petitioner’s brief in Milner v. Department of the Navy (09-1163) Petitioner’s brief in Pepper v. United [...]... Read More »»»

This week on the Wiki

carl — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:18:57 -0500

This week, we updated our sister site, SCOTUSwiki, to include a number of new filings in OT10 merits cases. We have added new petitioners’ briefs to the case pages for Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano and Virginia Office of Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart, and petitioners’ reply briefs to the case pages for Bruesewitz v. [...]... Read More »»»

Academic round-up

carl — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:17:12 -0500

Just when you think there is nothing more to be said about statutory interpretation, a new article demonstrates that the topic is far from exhausted. In her recent article in the Yale Law Journal, Professor Abbe Gluck challenges some of the conventional wisdom about statutory interpretation based on her close examination of state court [...]... Read More »»»

New plea on RICO’s reach

carl — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:22:10 -0500

Lawyers for British American Tobacco Co., seeking a chance to overturn an anti-racketeering ruling against it, on Friday notified the Supreme Court of a new lower court ruling that bars the overseas reach of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 — one of the main U.S. laws used to challenge business misconduct. [...]... Read More »»»

Friday round-up

carl — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:26:09 -0500

This week the Acting Solicitor General filed a brief on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, urging the Court to vacate a Second Circuit ruling that would permit lawsuits against greenhouse gas emitters for their contributions to climate change. The New York Times covered the filing (via Gabriel [...]... Read More »»»