Tony Mauro

December 09, 2009 | The Recorder

In the two cases argued Tuesday that test the statute, there was little sympathy from the bench.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

April 25, 2005 | National Law Journal

It began with an e-mail that any in-house counsel could have written: a reminder to colleagues about the company's document retention policy. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over the meaning of the law under which the Arthur Andersen accounting firm was prosecuted -- a case that has sent shudders through corporate legal departments nationwide. Says one legal ethics expert: "It's too late for Arthur Andersen. You can't put the egg back together. But this is a huge case for lawyers."

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

July 06, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

April 04, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Supreme Court seems torn over how -- and even whether -- to decide a key Texas death penalty case that questions whether an international court has the power to order domestic courts to hear new death row appeals. Because of fast-breaking developments in the case, on March 28 several justices appeared ready to delay their decision or even to dismiss the case of Medellin v. Dretke while conflicting forces at the state, federal and international level sort out what happens next.

By Tony Mauro and John Council

9 minute read

April 15, 2005 | Law.com

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made a confession recently: She doesn't read all the amicus curiae briefs filed before the Court. While appearing with Ginsburg at a panel discussion, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor indicated the same -- and said amici should file only when "they have something useful to say." Ginsburg singled out the "me too" briefs as well, saying, "I don't see why they don't consolidate." As she put it, "There are many friends of the Court -- sometimes too many to manage."

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

June 23, 2010 | National Law Journal

Our running list of cases where justices have recused — and possible reasons for their decisions to step aside.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

April 03, 2006 | National Law Journal

The Bush administration succeeded Monday in its effort to keep the case of Jose Padilla (right), an American-born former enemy combatant, off the Supreme Court's docket.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

October 08, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a major establishment clause dispute over a Latin cross that has stood for more than 70 years as a war memorial on federal land in the Mojave Desert of California. The justices seemed to be seeking a narrow way to decide the case, often getting bogged down in procedural matters, but there were also moments of drama.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 02, 2010 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in the third of a series of challenges to the "honest services" fraud statute, this time in the context of the prosecution of former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling. But most of the justices' attention focused instead on the other major issue in Skilling's case: whether the local jury pool in Houston was so poisoned by rage against Enron that it was impossible to pick an impartial jury -- even when potential jurors said they could be fair.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 23, 2010 | Law.com

All the former U.S. solicitors general since 1985 have joined in endorsing current SG Elena Kagan in advance of her Senate confirmation hearing, set to begin June 28. In addition to showing bipartisan legal support for Kagan, Tuesday's joint endorsement may also serve to blunt today's expected announcement by one-time Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork -- himself a solicitor general in the 1970s -- that he is opposing Kagan's nomination.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read