Partner Jeffrey Babbin was recently quoted in the Hartford Courant article titled, “State Supreme Court confronts questions about ‘wrongful birth’.” The article covers the oral argument in the Connecticut Supreme Court on February 22, 2023, in the case of Lynch v. State of Connecticut where Jeff is the State’s appellate lawyer. The State is seeking to reverse a $37 million award to a family claiming
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Appeals 101: A Primer
- Knowing when to appeal
- How to initiate the appeal
- How to preserve an issue for appeal in the trial court
- Preliminary motions
- The preargument conference and transfer of appeals
- The basics of formatting and preparing your brief and appendix and obtaining oral argument
Reed v. Town of Gilbert (13-502) and Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. (14-144)
Greetings, Court Fans!
The trickle has officially become a flood. On Thursday, the Court released six new decisions, on top of the three from Monday. That leaves eleven more as we make our way down the home stretch. In this Update, we’ll cover the pair of First Amendment cases handed down Thursday, Reed v. Town of Gilbert (13-502) and Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of
Jinks v. Richland County (02-258), Clackamas Gastroenterology Assoc. v. Wells (01-1435), Dole Food v. Patrickson (01-593)
Three new opinions today, all relatively straightforward. After today, Scalia is in the lead with 6 published opinions for the Term. The Chief and Thomas are bringing up the rear with 3 published opinions each.
In honor of Scalia, I’ll begin with his latest opinion. In Jinks v. Richland County (02-258), Scalia wrote for a unanimous Court to hold that 28 USC 1367(d) is
Read More Jinks v. Richland County (02-258), Clackamas Gastroenterology Assoc. v. Wells (01-1435), Dole Food v. Patrickson (01-593)Order List
No opinions today, but an unusually meaty order list. The Court granted cert in 5 cases and asked the Solicitor General to weigh in on 3 others.
The Court granted cert in the following cases:
1. Arizona v. Gant (02-1019): This is a Fourth Amendment case about the scope of automobile searches incident to arrest. The Arizona Court of Appeals held that because Mr.
Read More Order ListState Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell (01-1289), Virginia v. Black (01-1107), Pacificare Health Systems v. Book (02-215) and order list
Three new opinions today, and an order list. Since the opinions today were relatively big ones, I’ll start there.
First, in State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell (01-1289), the Court (Kennedy for himself, Rehnquist, Stevens, O’Connor, Souter, and Breyer) held that a $145 million punitive damages award was grossly excessive in violation of the Due Process Clause when the full compensatory damages
Read More State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell (01-1289), Virginia v. Black (01-1107), Pacificare Health Systems v. Book (02-215) and order list