Tony Mauro

March 22, 2004 | Law.com

When California atheist Michael Newdow rises on Wednesday to tell the Supreme Court that the words �under God� don't belong in the Pledge of Allegiance recited in public schools, he will truly stand alone. Most lawyers bring one or two colleagues to counsel's table. But Newdow isn't like most lawyers. As of last week Newdow, a litigant taking the rare step of arguing his own case, planned to have no one with him as his quixotic and controversial battle culminates in his first oral argument before the Court.

By Tony Mauro

10 minute read

March 03, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

6 minute read

October 08, 2003 | Law.com

Upset about poor phone service in his office, New York City lawyer Curtis Trinko has filed a lawsuit that has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case has attracted major attention from corporate America by raising key antitrust issues, and is one of a handful of significant business cases that the Court has already docketed for the fall term -- a change from recent years' case lineups for the justices.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

April 14, 2006 | National Law Journal

Victory was sweet as a sauterne last May for the lawyers who persuaded the Supreme Court to tear down trade barriers that prevented the interstate shipment of wines direct to consumers, capping a six-year battle waged by small wine makers and their elite legal team. Then came the hangover. A fee dispute broke out earlier this year over how much money the winning team should receive. Papers filed in the case shed a rare behind-the-scenes light on how war is waged in high-stakes high court litigation.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

March 09, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two short years ago, the buzz in Washington was that if Chief Justice William Rehnquist retired, Justice Anthony Kennedy had a good shot at replacing him.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

May 14, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

Nearly two years after ruling in Atkins v. Virginia that executing mentally retarded death-row inmates is unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court is faced with a case asking how much proof of retardation a defendant must provide.

By Tony Mauro

5 minute read

April 21, 2003 | National Law Journal

A case going before the Supreme Court at its private conference April 25 poses a domestic version of a jurisdictional dilemma recently litigated in Australia: For a medium that knows no boundaries, where should Internet torts be litigated?

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

February 21, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

September 29, 2004 | Law.com

The Supreme Court added eight new cases to its docket Tuesday, including Kelo v. City of New London, a major land use dispute that could make it harder for government to take private property by eminent domain for economic development purposes. Also Tuesday, the Court announced the end of one of its least understood traditions: the practice of not identifying the justices who ask questions during oral argument in its official transcripts.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

June 20, 2005 | The Recorder

If Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is in the market for a Supreme Court nominee anytime soon and his thoughts turn to appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, he won't have to look far to find people who will sing Luttig's praises.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read