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This Update will cover three decisions: Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett (10-238) (consolidated with McComish v. Bennett (10-239)), an important campaign finance case decided on First Amendment grounds; Stern v. Marshall (10-179), regarding the Bankruptcy Court’s authority to adjudicate a debtor’s state common law counterclaim against a creditor; and United States v. Juvenile Male (09-940)
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In case you needed a break from hotly controversial cases, this Update will bring you some of the least talked about decisions of the year: Montana v. Wyoming (Orig. 137), a water-rights case; and two personal jurisdiction cases, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S.A. v. Brown (10-76) and J. McIntyre Machinery, LTD v. Nicastro (09-1343). The latter two decisions, while not
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While we won’t be getting any new decisions, we’re still working our way through the old ones. This Update will cover: Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (08-1448), finding a California law limiting the sale of violent video games to minors unconstitutional (leading parents everywhere to groan); Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. Whiting (09-115), on state
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The October 2010 Term officially ended yesterday, but we have plenty of decisions left to bring you. Our next two cases concern the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”), which imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm by a person who “has three previous convictions . . . for a violent felony or a serious drug offense.” (If
Read More Sykes v. United States (09-11311) and McNeill v. United States (10-5258)
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We’re back with Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. (No. 10-799), a win for brand name drug makers on their First Amendment right to access pharmacies’ prescription records for marketing purposes; Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing (09-993), a win for generic drug makers on preemption of state failure-to-warn suits, and Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. (10-313), a
Read More Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. (10-799), Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing (09-993) and Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. (10-313)Greetings, Court fans!
We’re slowly digging our way out of the blizzard of recent decisions. This Update will cover: Smith v. Bayer Corp. (09-1205), regarding the preclusive effect of class certification decisions; Turner v. Rogers (10-10), on the right of indigent defendants to court-appointed counsel in civil contempt proceedings that could result in jail time; and DePierre v. United States (09-1533), on
Read More Smith v. Bayer Corp. (09-1205), Turner v. Rogers (10-10) and DePierre v. United States (09-1533)