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As promised, we continue to work our way through the backlog of decisions. This Update will cover two cases relating to the Freedom of Information Act, FCC v. AT&T Inc. (09-1279) and Milner v. Department of the Navy (09-1163), as well as Pepper v. United States (09-6822), an important criminal decision holding that courts may consider evidence of a defendant’s
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We’re back with three more decisions. The most newsworthy came in Snyder v. Phelps (09-751), where a nearly unanimous Court found that a grieving father’s tort claims against protesters at his military son’s funeral were barred by the First Amendment. A far less publicized, but practically important ruling came in Henderson v. Shinseki (09-1036), which further clarified the distinction between
Read More Snyder v. Phelps (09-751), Henderson v. Shinseki (09-1036) and Michigan v. Bryant (09-150)
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Since returning from break, the Court has issued thirteen new decisions (3 this morning), as well as several order lists. We’re a bit backlogged due to Kim’s recent move, but we’re going to catch up quickly!
This Update will cover all of the orders and three of the decisions – Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC (09-152), finding that federal law bars state
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We’re back with the remaining decisions: NASA v. Nelson (09-530), finding that routine government back-ground checks on contract employees do not violate any constitutionally-protected privacy interest; Chase Bank USA, N.A. v. McCoy (09-329), interpreting Regulation Z regarding credit card disclosures; and Swarthout v. Cooke consolidated with Cate v. Clay (10-333), concerning federal habeas review of parole proceedings, as well
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Today’s Update will cover four cases: the biggie, Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP (09-291), holds that Title VII prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee who reports discrimination by taking an adverse action against a person closely related to the complaining employee (here, firing the employee’s fiancé); Ortiz v. Jordan (09-737), finding that the denial of summary judgment
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We’re back to bring you three decisions, a flurry of cert grants, and one dissent from the denial of cert. The Court released additional decisions yesterday, which we will bring you shortly.
Justice Kagan penned her first opinion for the Court in Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N.A. (09-907), a rather bland, but nevertheless important, bankruptcy law case. In a Chapter