Tony Mauro

March 14, 2007 | The Recorder

After reports of entire case files disappearing from electronic dockets in federal courts, the Judicial Conference is taking action.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 22, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court declined yesterday to wade into the controversial question of whether it was constitutional for President Bush to appoint William Pryor Jr. to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals during a brief Senate recess last year.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

May 01, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

The Supreme Court justices get personal in an extraordinary series of video interviews.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

April 08, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is everywhere these days - speaking on C-SPAN, flying off to conferences, and, coming soon, appearing as his very own bobblehead doll.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

December 30, 2005 | The Recorder

A Virginia lawyer comes up with a solution to the import ban on highly prized beluga caviar.

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

January 09, 2008 | National Law Journal

Indiana's strict law requiring voters to show current photo identification at the polls appears likely to survive a constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court. During oral arguments Wednesday, the Court's conservative majority raised potentially fatal concerns about whether the challengers had standing to sue, and whether the law should be attacked on its face before it takes effect and its "as-applied" impact on voters can be assessed.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

September 13, 2005 | Law.com

Chief justice nominee John Roberts Jr. opened his Senate confirmation hearing testimony Monday with a brief but powerful pledge of judicial humility, fair-mindedness and respect for precedent. Roberts addressed the Senate Judiciary Committee after three hours of members' opening remarks. "I come to the committee with no agenda," Roberts said. The friction on the first day of the hearings occurred largely between the senators themselves as they clashed over what the nominee should address.

By Tony Mauro and T.R. Goldman

6 minute read

August 07, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a historic and divided 68-31 vote, the Senate on Thursday confirmed the nomination of appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Hispanic and third woman on the nation's highest court.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

September 09, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist was mourned Wednesday at an emotional funeral service in which his longtime friend and colleague Justice Sandra Day O'Connor described him as a man with no pretenses at all who became a great chief justice.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

January 23, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22 dashed the hopes of defrauded Enron Corp. investors who sought to recover billions of dollars from investment banks connected to the collapsed Houston energy firm. Stockholders had claimed that a range of banks participated in "contrived, deceptive deals" that helped Enron show profits that were not real.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read