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With just over a month left in the Term, the Court has finally released its 40th opinion (just past the half-way point of its docket, and behind even its sluggish pace of the last few Terms). We have five decisions to report since our last Update; we’ll bring you three now and two shortly to break things up.
In Department of Revenue of Kentucky v.

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Read More Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis (06-666), United States v. Williams (06-694), United States v. Ressam (07-455) and order list

We owe you quite a few summaries, as the Court has been busy (and it will only get busier as the Justices get ready for their summer vacation at the end of the month). Special thanks this time out to Wiggin and Dana associate Tahlia Townsend, who’s helping us catch up with the deluge.
First up is the Court’s unanimous opinion in Quanta Computing, Inc.

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Read More Quanta Computing, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc., Allison Engine Co. v. United States ex rel. Sanders, Munaf v. Geren, Geren v. Omar, Taylor v. Sturgell and Irizarry v. United States

Proving that the Court can be merciful, it released five very reasonably sized decisions last Thursday, leaving only ten more to bring you this week. We’re still, however, very grateful to Tahlia Townsend for helping us cover all the opinions.

Perhaps the most newsworthy decision came in Indiana v. Edwards (07-208), where the Court held 7-2 that the Sixth Amendment right to self-representation may…

Read More Indiana v Edwards (07-208), Chamber of Commerce v Brown (06-939), Meacham v Knolls Atomic Powers Laboratory, Inc. (06-1505), Kentucky Retirement Systems v EEOC (06-1037), Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v Glenn (06-923)
The Court has returned from its winter recess with a brief flurry of activity in the last few days: one opinion in an argued case, two unsigned rulings in other cases, and a slew of cert grants in an effort to fill out the Term.
Today, the Court issued a 7-2 opinion in John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States (06-1164), where

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Read More John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States (06-1164), Wright v. Van Patten (07-212), Arave v. Hoffman (07-110) and order list.

As we promised last week, we’re back with the final bit of mop up from the exciting end of the 2017–18 term. And we’ve saved some of the best (or maybe the worst) for last with three significant, much-awaited 5-4 decisions.

First up, in Janus v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (16-1466), the Court (finally) overruled Abood v. Detroit Board of…
Read More Janus v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (16-1466), National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra (16-1140), Ohio v. American Express Co. (16-1454)