The Court continues to add to its docket. Today, the Court granted cert in the following cases:
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum (10-1491) and Mohamad v. Rajoub (11-88), which are to be argued in tandem. Kiobel asks (1) “Whether the issue of corporate civil tort liability under the Alien Tort Statute (‘ATS’), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, is a merits question . . . or
Read More Order List 10/17/11
The Court has been busy separating the wheat from the chaff. As is typical this time of year, the Court issued an order declining to hear several hundred cases. It granted cert in only two additional cases and invited the Acting Solicitor General to weigh-in on whether cert should be granted in a handful of others (suggesting that it has at least some interest in
Read More Order Lists 10/3/11 and 10/11/11
The 2011 Term, which officially begins next Monday, promises to be a blockbuster. With cases ranging from the Government’s right to use GPS tracking devices on cars without a warrant, to the scope of the ministerial exception to anti-discrimination laws, to the content that can be aired on television during times children may be watching, we can promise it won’t be dull. And the likelihood
Read More Order List 9/27/11
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We’re in the last stretch here. Today we bring you J.D.B. v. North Carolina (09-11121), on the Miranda rights of minors; Tapia v. United States (10-5400), on whether courts may consider rehabilitation in imposing a prison sentence (no); Freeman v. United States (09-10245), on whether courts may reduce plea-bargained sentences when the Guidelines range for the crime has been
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Our last Update for the Term will cover Davis v. United States (09-11328), holding that searches conducted in reasonable reliance on binding appellate precedent are not subject to the exclusionary rule even when the precedent is later overturned; Bullcoming v. New Mexico (09-10876), the Court’s latest decision on a criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to be confronted with the analyst
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Today’s Update will cover four decisions: Bond v. United States (01227), an intriguing Tenth Amendment case involving the odd combination of an extra-marital affair, a minor chemical attack, and prudential standing doctrines; Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders (09-525), setting forth a new rule for determining who “makes” a statement for purposes of securities fraud liability; Borough of
Read More Bond v. United States (01227), Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders (09-525), Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri (09-1476) and United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation (10-382)