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Greetings, Court fans!
This is going to be a lengthy update, with numerous (non-earth shattering, but nonetheless interesting) decisions to report as well as several cert grants. Perhaps because many of these cases where not in traditionally controversial areas, they sparked some interesting splits among the Justices.
The only unified decision came in United States v. Navajo Nation (07-1410), in which the Court rejected,

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Read More United States v. Navajo Nation, Shinseki v. Sanders, Ministry of Defense & Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi, Arizona v. Gant, Corley v. United States and order list

Greetings, Court Fans!
Not much to report at the moment, as the Court will not hear any arguments this week or next – so barring another unexpected quick ruling we will probably will not darken your inbox much for the next two weeks. The Court, however, did issue an order list today that granted cert in one notable criminal case, in which the Court essentially

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Greetings Court fans!
The Court handed down five opinions today (four from argued cases and one summary reversal) and an order list. With so much ground to cover, I’ll divide this update into two emails. Before we begin, though, did you see the small piece in the paper over the weekend about Justice Souter? He was attacked by a gang of youths while jogging alone

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Read More Johnson v. California (03-6539), Scarborough v. Principi (02-1657) and Jones v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons (02-1205)

Greetings, Court Fans!
We’re back with more summaries. Today’s group includes three cases from Monday involving the First Amendment that all came out essentially 5-4, with the conservatives taking the majorities – though, as you’ll see, the cases were all quite different and the majorities were hardly unified.
First up is Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. (06-157), in which the Court held

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Read More Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. (06-157), Federal Election Comm’n [FEC] v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. [WRTL] (06-969), Morse v. Frederick (06-278)


Greetings, Court Fans!
We have no decisions today, but the Court issued an order list Friday granting cert in four new cases.
The biggest grant from Friday – given the parties and the issue – is undoubtedly Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. (05-1056). In essence, AT&T claims that whenever Windows is installed on a personal computer it infringes AT&T’s patent for a ‘digital speech coder,’

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Greetings, Court Fans, and Happy New Year!
 
After being away for almost a month, the Court was busy this week, issuing four new opinions and granting cert in seven new cases. We’ll cover the civil cases and the cert grants in this Update, and cover the other decisions separately.
 
The biggest decision this week – particularly for IP practitioners – was Tuesday’s ruling

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Read More MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. (05-608), Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell (05-746) and order list