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Before heading off for a month-long recess, the Court hit us with four opinions and an order list. Two of the opinions were per curiam, however, so the Update shouldn’t be too daunting.
In Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Banks, 03-892, 543 U.S. __ (2005), a unanimous Court (minus the Chief, who did not participate) held that whenever a litigant’s recovery …
Read More Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Banks (03-892), Illinois v. Caballes (03-923), Howell v. Mississippi (03-9560) and Bell v. Cone (04-3940Greetings, Court Fans!
We’re back to finish up the Term! Because this is a lengthy Update (three opinions and nine cert grants), we should do a few things at the outset. First, we want to thank all of you for following the Court with us this Term — we very much appreciate your responses, comments, and criticisms, and we look forward to sending more Updates…
Read More National Cable & Telecommunications Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Services (04-277), Castle Rock v. Gonzalez (04-278) and Bell v. Thompson (04-514) and order lists
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The Court hit us with three more opinions today, in what has been a very big week for employment lawyers. Yesterday, the Court authorized retaliation actions for Title IX whistleblowers, and today it held that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) authorizes disparate-impact claims . In Smith v. City of Jackson, Mississippi (03-1160), Smith and other senior police officers challenged …
Read More Smith v. City of Jackson, Mississippi (03-1160), Rhines v. Weber (03-9046) and Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (03-1696)
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The Court is working overtime to get those final opinions out – causing us to do the same. Here are the rest of the decisions from Monday in what was a mixed week for criminals.
In Samson v. California (04-9728), the Court ruled 6-3 that the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit police from performing a suspicionless search of a parolee. Under California
