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March 22, 2016 | Law.com

In the second win this term for class action plaintiffs, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled, 6-2, in favor of Tyson Foods employees seeking payment for time spent donning and doffing protective gear. The court rejected arguments by Tyson Foods that the employees' work experiences were not similar enough to sustain a class action.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

March 21, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

Jones Day lawyers will argue in four of the five cases scheduled at the U.S. Supreme Court this week, justifying—if justification is needed—the location of the firm's Washington office about a half-mile from the court.

By Tony Mauro

18 minute read

March 21, 2016 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court won't referee an interstate dispute over the impact of Colorado's legalization of marijuana on crime rates and drug use in surrounding areas. The court announced without explanation Monday that it would not review a complaint Nebraska and Oklahoma filed against Colorado under the high court's so-called "original jurisdiction" over disputes between states. In that role, the justices could have taken up the case without the states first litigating the issue in lower courts. Justice Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr. dissented.

By Tony Mauro

7 minute read

March 10, 2016 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court has submitted its proposed $94 million budget for 2017 to Congress, but no public hearing will be held to discuss it. Instead, two House members met in private with Justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer at the court on Feb. 23 to review the budget informally. The decision to meet at the court instead of holding a hearing was meant "to accommodate a compressed Supreme Court and congressional schedule," a spokeswoman for Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Florida, said.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 08, 2016 | National Law Journal

So what did U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy whisper to Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. about Justice Sonia Sotomayor during the Texas abortion-clinic case? And, when you think about it, why are justices whispering to each other on the bench anyway? Kennedy's aside last week was the latest example of on-the-bench side comments.

By Tony Mauro

9 minute read

March 07, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Jr. on Monday picked up the mantle of the late Justice Antonin Scalia in advising lower courts on how to cope with a January decision in which all three justices dissented.

By Tony Mauro

4 minute read

March 04, 2016 | Law.com

The U.S. Supreme Court has put off the arguments in a closely watched Microsoft class action until next term, in a scheduling move that may be related to the Feb. 13 death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Lawyers in Microsoft v. Baker were anticipating arguing the case in late April. "From our perspective, we wanted to argue this term. It was ready to go," said Peter Stris of Stris & Maher in Los Angeles, who represents the class action plaintiffs in the case.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

March 02, 2016 | Supreme Court Brief

The oral argument in the latest abortion case before the U.S. Supreme Court got so intense and fact-specific that it lasted nearly 20 minutes longer than the one hour allotted to it.

By Tony Mauro and Mike Sacks

5 minute read

March 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who were on opposite sides in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Tuesday, both appeared to channel the late Justice Antonin Scalia with citations from his 2012 book about statutory interpretation.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read

March 02, 2016 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a request from news media and transparency organizations for the same-day release of the audio of oral arguments in key upcoming abortion and immigration cases. The court's rejection of the audio request contrasts with last April's arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, the same-sex marriage case.

By Tony Mauro

3 minute read