Tony Mauro

July 25, 2005 | Law.com

If John Roberts Jr. is confirmed to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, what will happen to the long-established alliances and personal relationships on the Court? Mastering the internal dynamics of the Court is a formidable and crucial challenge for any new justice, but would be especially daunting for Roberts, who would replace the fulcrum justice of a Court that has been unchanged for 11 years. But Roberts commands its immediate respect, based on his record -- 25 wins out of 39 cases argued.

By Tony Mauro

11 minute read

February 19, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

A dispute that began with an errant shipment of Honduran lobsters into Alabama has turned into an international incident that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court, complete with high-powered law firm and interest group participation.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

January 12, 2010 | National Law Journal

The fast-moving dispute over broadcast access to the federal trial on California's ban on same-sex marriage has triggered a dustup within the leadership of the federal judiciary.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

June 16, 2011 | Law.com

The Supreme Court on Thursday took direct aim at the exclusionary rule, with a 7-2 majority saying that evidence collected during a police search can be used against a defendant, even if the search is of a type that is later found unconstitutional.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

February 08, 2006 | Law.com

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.'s staff is still in flux, but he has already picked up two law clerks from predecessor Sandra Day O'Connor. And on Feb. 21, he'll be taking the bench for a baptism not by fire but by water. Three cases challenging the scope of the Clean Water Act have environmentalists worried about how Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts will come down on the issue of federal jurisdiction and regulation. One attorney says the cases pose "starkly different visions of federal power."

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

April 18, 2005 | The Recorder

It began with an e-mail that any in-house counsel could have written: a reminder about the company's policy that called for destroying documents "no longer useful" for an audit. It led to the downfall of the accounting giant. On April 27, the Supreme Court hears arguments over the meaning of the law under which Andersen was prosecuted, in a case that has sent shudders throughout corporate legal departments and lawyers of every stripe nationwide.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

October 27, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Like its storied namesake, the Samurai sports utility vehicle is proving to be a formidable warrior -- even though Suzuki stopped making Samurais eight years ago.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

May 11, 2006 | Law.com

Judge J. Michael Luttig, a Supreme Court contender and longtime fixture of the conservative legal landscape, made a sudden announcement Wednesday that he was leaving the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals immediately for the job of senior vice president and general counsel of the Boeing Co. Luttig acknowledged that federal judges' low pay was a factor in his decision and added, somewhat tongue in cheek, that in his talks with Boeing "all I asked was that they match my current salary."

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

September 19, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Developing photographic film and reading computer disks is within the scope of a routine border search, a Southern District judge has ruled.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 27, 2006 | The Recorder

Justice Antonin Scalia said a defendant's ability to choose a lawyer is at the heart of the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read