Recent Decisions
Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission (June 22, 2020)
A court must deduct legitimate expenses before awarding disgorgement as an equitable remedy, sought by the Securities and Exchange Commission under section 78u(d)(5).
Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of University of California (June 18, 2020)
Rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program by the Department of Homeland Security was arbitrary and capricious.
United States Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association (June 15, 2020)
The U.S. Forest Service had the authority to issue a special use permit for a natural gas pipeline to cross below the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in the George Washington National Forest.
Andrus v. Texas (June 15, 2020)
Defense counsel's failure to investigate or present evidence of the defendant's traumatic childhood during the penalty phase of a capital murder trial established deficient performance by counsel; the Supreme Court remands for consideration of prejudice.
Bostock v. Clayton County (June 15, 2020)
An employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Latest Supreme Court News
How a Ruling on Gay and Transgender Rights May Help the Climate
The New York Times,
Also this week, how to help reinvent your workplace.
Music, Marriage, a Happy Life in the Church. Now, Harder Times.
The New York Times,
Terry Gonda, a music director at her parish near Detroit, was told she would be fired because she is married to a woman. Days later came the Supreme Court ruling on L.G.B.T.Q. workplace rights.
Qualified Immunity Protection for Police Emerges as Flash Point Amid Protests
The New York Times,
The Supreme Court developed the doctrine that serves as a shield for officers. A half-century later, it is at the center of the debate over policing.
Opinion analysis: Justices accept, but cabin, SEC’s right to disgorgement in securities litigation
SCOTUSblog,
The decision this morning in Liu v. Securities and Exchange Commission struck a middle ground, rejecting the broad argument that the SEC could never obtain disgorgement of profits from unlawful activity in securities litigation, but sharply cutting back the remedy as the SEC has envisioned it in recent years. As securities cases go, the issue…
Gay Pride, Gay Rights
Justia's Verdict,
SMU Dedman School of Law professor Joanna L. Grossman and University of Pittsburgh law professor Deborah L. Brake comment on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. In this first of a two-part series of columns, Grossman and Brake discuss the history of court decisions interpreting the meaning of “because of sex” under Title VII and describe the Supreme Court’s reasoning in Bostock v. Clayton County.
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