Marcia Coyle

September 16, 2022 | National Law Journal

The justices this fall will revisit the role of race in cases involving redrawing congressional districts, and in college admissions.

By Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

September 14, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, dissented.

By Marcia Coyle

2 minute read

September 13, 2022 | Supreme Court Brief

Some of the justices, including the chief, have been making the rounds at judicial conferences, law schools and other events this summer. We take a look at what they are talking about.

By Marcia Coyle

9 minute read

August 31, 2022 | Supreme Court Brief

We spoke with Finnegan's James Barney, a U.S. Navy veteran, who makes his high court debut on behalf of a Navy veteran. And a broad campaign to persuade the solicitor general to back the overruling of the Insular Cases in a pending petition was unsuccessful.

By Marcia Coyle

9 minute read

August 30, 2022 | National Law Journal

The damages award stems from an oil and gas class action in which Sunoco allegedly violated a state law for paying royalties.

By Marcia Coyle

3 minute read

August 29, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Yeshiva argued in the lower courts that it was a religious institution, and that recognition of the LGBTQ club would be inconsistent with the Torah's values.

By Marcia Coyle

3 minute read

August 26, 2022 | National Law Journal

The unlikely intersection of pork and various culture-war topics comes via the so-called dormant commerce clause.

By Marcia Coyle

7 minute read

August 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The latest challenge claims the New York City's vaccine mandate is a newly created condition of employment that requires employees to consent or be fired.

By Marcia Coyle

2 minute read

August 24, 2022 | National Law Journal

The Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure last week approved for public comment a proposed amendment to the bankruptcy rules that was in response to a concurring opinion from Sotomayor.

By Marcia Coyle

4 minute read

August 23, 2022 | Supreme Court Brief

An opinion by Justice Sonia Sotomayor proved to be the key to a pro-debtor amendment to the federal bankruptcy rules which have been approved for public comment.

By Marcia Coyle

7 minute read