Most Court-watchers’ attention last Thursday was devoted to the oral argument in Trump v. Anderson (No. 23-719), where candidate Trump seeks to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s recent decision barring him from that state’s primary ballot on the ground that he “engaged in insurrection” in and around January 6, 2021. So, they can be forgiven for missing the Court’s first two real decisions of
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Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (No. 21-1168), Counterman v. Colorado (No. 22-138), Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski (No. 22-105)
Posted in OT22, Supreme Court Updates
- In Students for Fair Admission v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (No. 20-1199), a 6-3 Court declared the admissions programs of Harvard College and the University of North Carolina unconstitutional, concluding that race-conscious admission programs do not
Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 174 (No. 21-1449), Slack Technologies v. Pirani (No. 22-200), United States ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. (No. 21-1326)
Posted in OT22, Supreme Court Updates
- In Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 174 (No. 21-1449), the Court addressed when state-law tort claims can be brought in connection with a labor-union action without being preempted
Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (No. 21-869), Twitter v. Taamneh (No. 21-1496), Gonzalez v. Google (No. 21-1333), Amgen v. Sanofi (No. 21-757), Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority (No. 21-1454), Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service (No. 21-1599)
Posted in OT22, Supreme Court Updates
- In Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith (No. 21-869), a 7-2 Court held, in a lengthy decision expounding on the “purpose and character” prong of the fair-use test, that the licensing of an iconic Andy Warhol portrait of Prince to a magazine was not protected by the fair-use defense
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross (No. 21-468), Percoco v. United States (No. 21-1158), Ciminelli v. United States (No. 21-1170), Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. (No. 22-96), Santos-Zacaria v. Garland (No. 21-1436)
Posted in OT22, Supreme Court Updates
Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania (No. 19-431),Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru (No. 19-267)
Posted in OT19, Supreme Court Updates
That’s a wrap! OT19 went out with a bang this morning, as the Court issued its hotly anticipated decisions in Trump v. Vance (No. 19-635) and Trump v. Mazars USA (No. 19-715), concerning ability of the Manhattan District Attorney and the House of Representatives, respectively, to subpoena the President’s financial records. Both 7-2 decisions were authored by the Chief Justice, joined by the four…
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