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Tadhg is a Partner in the firm’s Litigation Department, where he focuses his practice on appellate and complex civil litigation. Tadhg has extensive experience handling appeals in state and federal courts throughout the country.

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With apologies for the delay, we’re back with summaries of the three decisions handed down last week. (What’s another few days when you’ve already waited a historic amount of time for the second opinion of the year?)

Let’s start with the first 5-4 decision of a term that will likely feature a bunch of them. In Artis v. District of Columbia (No. 16-460), The…
Read More Artis v. District of Columbia (16-460), National Association of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense (16-299), District of Columbia v. Wesby (15-1485)

It may have taken a government shutdown, but the Supreme Court has at last handed down its second (and third and fourth) argued decisions of the term. Thanks to the Judiciary’s three-week reserve of court fees, The Nine reported to work as usual this morning (figuratively; actually Justice Sotomayor stayed home) and issued decisions in three cases.

In National Association of Manufacturers v. Department …
Read More Orders: January 22, 2018

As we continue to wait for the second signed opinion of the OT17, The Nine (or at least four of them, in various potential configurations) have made significant headway in filling out the term’s dance card. On Friday, the Court added twelve new cases to its docket, including a few that may compete for attention in what is already a crowded field of potential blockbusters…

Read More Orders: January 17, 2018

While the first opinion of the term came a little early this year, we’ve now gone five weeks without a second and it looks like we’ll be waiting several more weeks, since the December sitting has come to a close and the next public session isn’t until January 8. Assuming the Justices do issue an opinion that day, it will, according to empiricalscotus.com, be…

Read More Orders 12/15/2017

Well, despite (because of??) our mild ribbing yesterday about the Court’s tendency to start each term with per curiam decisions saying what the law isn’t, The Nine sprung into action this morning with their first signed opinion of the year, holding in Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (No. 16-658) that Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C), which limits extensions of the time…
Read More Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (16-658)