Recent Decisions
Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro (April 2, 2018)
Auto dealership service advisors are exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Kisela v. Hughes (April 2, 2018)
Officer is entitled to qualified immunity for the non-fatal shooting of a woman wielding a knife.
Hall v. Hall (March 27, 2018)
When one of several cases consolidated under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) is finally decided, that decision confers the immediate right to appeal, regardless of whether other consolidated cases remain pending.
Marinello v. United States (March 21, 2018)
To convict a defendant of obstruction under the Tax Code's Omnibus Clause, the government must prove the defendant was aware of a pending tax-related proceeding.
Ayestas v. Davis (March 21, 2018)
In requiring a petitioner to show a "substantial need" for funding for services to support a procedurally defaulted habeas claim, the Fifth Circuit applied an incorrect standard.
Latest Supreme Court News
Trump, President of U. S. v. Hawaii, April 25, 2018
Supreme Court of the United States,
The Court will provide the audio recording and transcript of the oral argument in 17-965, Trump, President of U.S. v. Hawaii, on an expedited basis through the Court's website. The argument is scheduled to be heard on Wednesday, April 25 at 10 a.m. The Court will post the audio recording and unofficial transcript as soon as the digital files are available for uploading to the website. The audio recording and transcript should be available no later than 2 p.m. on April 25. Anyone interested...
Dissenting Against the Supreme Court’s Rightward Shift
The New York Times,
The liberal federal appeals court judge Stephen Reinhardt, who died last month, was defiant in his resistance but hopeful for the future.
Argument preview: Court to consider scope of criminal restitution statute
SCOTUSblog,
Next week, the Supreme Court has another opportunity to consider the scope of criminal restitution. Lagos v. United States raises the question of whether private investigation costs and a victim’s attorney’s fees are considered compensable losses under 18 U.S.C. §3663A, the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act. Sergio Fernando Lagos owned and operated a holding company, which…
Argument preview: Justices to consider the scope of tribal fishing rights
SCOTUSblog,
Treaties between the United States and northwest Indian tribes regarding salmon fishing have spawned litigation for over a century. In next Wednesday’s oral argument in Washington v. United States, the Supreme Court will consider a significant and consequential question in this area: Do tribal fishing rights guarantee some degree of protection of salmon populations —…
Argument preview: Court to decide whether Bankruptcy Code protects dishonest debtors
SCOTUSblog,
Nestled among several potential blockbuster cases in the court’s penultimate week of argument this term, there’s a quiet personal bankruptcy case. The case, Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling, ostensibly concerns the breadth of the word “respecting” in the Bankruptcy Code. But in simpler terms, the case is about how the Bankruptcy Code treats…
Supreme Court Divides Over What a Law Is
Justia's Verdict,
Cornell University law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on a recent sharply divided decision by the US Supreme Court in Patchak v. Zinke, in which Court considered whether a particular piece of legislation actually constitutes a law. Dorf explains why the issue was so difficult and points out some of the flaws in reasoning by both the plurality and the dissent.
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