This is will be the last Update of the Term, covering: Bilski v. Kappos (08-964), in which the Court declined to adopt a bright line test for determining the patentability of processes, Doe v. Read (09-559), finding that the public disclosure of referendum petitions generally does not violate the First Amendment (though it might in a specific case), and Sears v. Upton (09-8854)
Read More Bilski v. Kappos (08-964), Doe v. Read (09-559) and Sears v. Upton (09-8854)
McDonald v. City of Chicago (08-1521) and Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (08-861)
Hope you enjoyed a lovely holiday weekend. I’m back to bring you summaries of two more decisions: McDonald v. City of Chicago (08-1521), holding that the Second Amendment’s protection of an individual citizen’s right to bear arms is enforceable against the states and not just the federal government; and Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (08-861), striking down limitations on…
Read More McDonald v. City of Chicago (08-1521) and Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (08-861)
Christian Legal Society v. Hastings College of The Law (08-1371), Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. (08-1191), Granite Rock Co. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters (08-1214) and Magwood v. Patterson (09-158)
As we continue to work our way through the Court’s final decisions of the Term, this Update will cover Christian Legal Society v. Hastings College of The Law (08-1371), finding that a law school’s failure to recognize a Christian student group that excluded gay students did not violate the First Amendment in light of the school’s policy requiring all student groups to be open…
Skilling v. United States (08-1394), Black v. United States (08-876) and Weyhrauch v. United States (08-1196)
The Court just released its final batch of decisions, bringing an end to the October 2009 Term! With today’s batch and those remaining from last Thursday, I have eleven decisions left to bring you. I intend to break them up, sending several Updates. This Update – Part I – will cover the trilogy of decisions released last week in which the Court limited the reach…
Read More Skilling v. United States (08-1394), Black v. United States (08-876) and Weyhrauch v. United States (08-1196)
Rent-a-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson (09-497), Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (08-1498 and 09-89), Monsanto Co. v. Geerston Seed Farms (09-475), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp. (08-1553) and Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Regal-Beloit Corp. (08-1554)
This Update with cover the four decisions from Monday, including a major arbitration ruling in Rent-a-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson (09-497), a decision upholding a statute criminalizing the provision of material support to foreign terrorist groups even as applied to plaintiffs’ support for the groups’ lawful and humanitarian activities in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (08-1498 and 09-89), an administrative law decision on…
Read More Rent-a-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson (09-497), Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (08-1498 and 09-89), Monsanto Co. v. Geerston Seed Farms (09-475), Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp. (08-1553) and Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Regal-Beloit Corp. (08-1554)
New Process Steel, L.P. v. NLRB (08-1457), Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection (08-1151), City of Ontario v. Quon (08-1332), Schwab v. Reilly (08-538) and Dillon v. United States (09-6338)
The June deluge continues, with the Court releasing four more decisions today. But this Update will bring you more on New Process Steel, L.P. v. NLRB (08-1457), as well as the other four decisions issued last Thursday: Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection (08-1151), where the Court concluded that Florida did not “take” private property in violation of…
Read More New Process Steel, L.P. v. NLRB (08-1457), Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Dep’t of Environmental Protection (08-1151), City of Ontario v. Quon (08-1332), Schwab v. Reilly (08-538) and Dillon v. United States (09-6338)