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April 04, 2016 | National Law Journal

The death of Justice Antonin Scalia continued to define and complicate the work of the U.S. Supreme Court last week.

By Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle

17 minute read

March 30, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

The impact of Antonin Scalia's death, felt dramatically at the U.S. Supreme Court in recent weeks, is filtering down to lower federal courts as well.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

March 29, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Samuel Alito Jr. are filling the gap left during oral argument by Justice Antonin Scalia's death last month.

By Tony Mauro

8 minute read

March 29, 2016 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court occasionally asks the lawyers in a pending case to submit additional briefs after oral argument raises a new question in the justices' minds. But on Tuesday the court issued an unusually extensive order asking the parties in essence to help them find a new way to resolve a case—the pending dispute over contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The order might reflect internal efforts by the justices to avoid a 4-4 tie.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 29, 2016 | Law.com

In its first high-profile decision since the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia last month, the court deadlocked, 4-4, on Tuesday, handing at least a temporary victory to California teacher union members in a dispute over fees paid by nonmembers.

By Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle

15 minute read

March 28, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

As he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, Jenner & Block partner Paul Smith wasn't exactly complaining about the $4.5 million award his firm had been granted—and then denied—in an employment discrimination case it successfully handled for its client, an Iowa trucking company.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

March 28, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

The U.S. Supreme Court Style Manual, viewed by the justices as an internal document for helping law clerks and justices draft opinions in proper form, is going public for the first time, without the court's approval.

By Tony Mauro

17 minute read

March 25, 2016 | National Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will replace his late colleague Antonin Scalia for a summer teaching position in France in July—the first of possibly several substitutes for Scalia, who taught abroad frequently. The Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego announced this week that Thomas agreed to join its summer program in Nice, France, after Scalia's death on Feb. 13 at a Texas ranch. Thomas will teach a course titled "Constitutional Law in a Global Context."

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

March 23, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

The U.S. Supreme Court's liberal wing—the three female justices, plus Stephen Breyer—flexed its muscles again Wednesday during contentious arguments over mandated insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act.

By Tony Mauro

13 minute read

March 22, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued the first of what may be several 4-4 tied decisions triggered by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last month.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read