- In Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund (No. 15-1439), a unanimous Court held that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA)—a statute that amended the Securities Act of 1933—did not deprive state courts of
Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting (16-784), U.S. Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge (15-1509), Texas v. New Mexico (141, Orig.)
We’re back with the last of our catch-up series on the decisions announced during the Court’s February sitting. Lucky for us, if you’re reading this in the Northeast, it won’t take much for you to suspend disbelief and imagine yourself reading our summaries of Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting, U.S. Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, and Texas v. New Mexico back
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Jennings v. Rodriguez (15-1204), Patchak v. Zinke (16-498), Class v. United States (16-424)
We’re back with Part II of our February-sitting catch-up, with summaries of Jennings v. Rodriguez, Patchak v. Zinke, and Class v. United States. Without further ado…
The high-profile immigration detention case Jennings v. Rodriguez (No. 15-1204) was originally argued in November 2016, when the Court had only eight members. Presumably to avoid a 4-4 split on a significant issue—whether detained immigrants have
Read More Jennings v. Rodriguez (15-1204), Patchak v. Zinke (16-498), Class v. United States (16-424)Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers (16-1276), Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran (16-534), Murphy v. Smith (16-1067)
We’re back with Part I of our catch-up series, including summaries of the Court’s decisions in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers (No. 16-276), Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran (No. 16-534), and Murphy v. Smith (No. 16-1067), three cases concerning statutory construction, tied together (in a sense) by three separate opinions from Justice Sotomayor that reflect in different ways on the use
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Orders: March 8, 2018
It’s been ages since we last invaded your inboxes, but this time it’s not because of a lack of activity at the Court. On the contrary, The Nine have handed down five new opinions since our last missive (on top of the four we previewed there), but we’ve been unable to tell you about them due to some mysterious network/server errors that are beyond our
Read More Orders: March 8, 2018CNH Industrial N.V. v. Reese (17-515)
After a four-week winter recess (you thought schoolchildren had it easy!), The Nine are back at work this week, and they handed down four opinions yesterday morning to prove they haven’t been hibernating all this time. In Digital Realty Trust v. Somers(No. 16-1276), the Court narrowly construed the Dodd-Frank Act, holding that its anti-retaliation provision does not protect whistleblowers who report violations of the
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