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We’re back with three cases with a little something for everyone: Kentucky v. King (09-1272), on the exigent circumstances exception to warrantless search; Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk (10-188), on the public disclosure bar of the False Claims Act; and CIGNA Corp. v. Amara (09-804), on remedies for misrepresentations surrounding a change in retirement plan
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This Update will bring you two decisions and all recent orders.
We’ll start with the Court’s controversial 5-4 decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (09-893), which held that Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) requires courts to enforce agreements to arbitrate on an individual basis even if a state statute or caselaw would render class actions waivers unenforceable
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Last week, the Court issued a pair of decisions on state sovereign immunity, Sossamon v. Texas (08-1438) and Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart (09-529).
In Sossamon v. Texas (08-1438), the Court held 6-2 that States did not consent to waive their sovereign immunity to suits for money damages under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
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The Court issued two significant decisions this week: Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn (09-987), limiting taxpayer standing to bring Establishment Clause challenges, and Cullen v. Pinholster (09-1088), holding that, on habeas review, a district court is limited to the record created in the state court when determining whether a state court’s decision constitutes an unreasonable application of clearly
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We’re back with a number of recent decisions: Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano (09-1156), finding that the failure to disclose adverse event data relating to a drug can form the basis for securities law liability even if the data does not meet the threshold for statistical significance; Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp. (09-834), holding that oral complaints of violations
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We’re back with the last installment of cases from the past two weeks: Staub v. Proctor Hospital (09-400), upholding the so-called “cat’s paw” theory of employment discrimination; Wall v. Kholi (09-868), holding that sentence reduction motions under state law toll the time for filing a federal habeas petition; Skinner v. Switzer (09-9000), holding that state prisoners may seek