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Supreme Court Brief

Late to the Party, E-Filing Kicks Off at SCOTUS

Monday was a big day for the U.S. Supreme Court—the first day in the era of e-filing. And according to those who used the new system, it went off smoothly.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Florida Houseboat Owner Lands Second Case at US Supreme Court

There is no question that financial trader and inventor Fane Lozman has been a thorn in the side of the city council of Riviera Beach, Florida, for more than a decade. And now—for the second time in five years—his legal battles with the city have captured the attention of the U.S. Supreme Court.
7 minute read

The Recorder

SCOTUS Takes Up Free Speech Dispute Over Calif. Abortion Law

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a conservative challenge to a controversial California law that requires pregnancy “crisis centers” to post information about state-provided abortion and contraception options.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

NJ's Supreme Court Gamble: Garden State Takes on PASPA

The Supreme Court is preparing to make a ruling that could effectively open the doors to legalized sports gambling. In Christie v. NCAA, the court will decide whether a federal statute that requires states to prohibit sports gambling violates the anti-commandeering doctrine of the Tenth Amendment.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Department Faces Questions for Supreme Court Attack on ACLU Ethics

The U.S. Justice Department's request that the Supreme Court consider sanctions against lawyers who advocated for an immigrant teenager at the center of an abortion case has raised questions about the government's motivation and threatened to jeopardize the reputation of the solicitor's office before the justices. Former Justice Department attorneys called the government's action in the Supreme Court “extraordinary” and said they had no memory of a similar Supreme Court petition.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Top Litigators Clash and Muhammad Ali Wins Another Round at Supreme Court

Theodore Wells Jr. of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison faced off against Donald Ayer of Jones Day Wednesday night in a reenactment of the boxing champ's 1971 Supreme Court fight for conscientious objector status.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Law Profs Serve Up a Slice of Cake Shop SCOTUS Case for the Kids

Georgia State University law school professor Tanya Washington and Emory University law school professor Barbara Woodhouse speak of the constitutional rights of children to be free from discrimination in an amicus they co-authored.
2 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

This Amicus Brief Is No Friend of Prairie Dogs

The libertarian Cato Institute, known for its irreverent U.S. Supreme Court briefs, has just aimed its provocative writing at prairie dogs. “The protection of cuteness is not a congressional power enumerated in Article I, Section 8,” the group argues in its brief asking the justices to review federal regulations protecting the Utah prairie dog.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

About That 'Famous Dialogue' Roberts Cited in Clash Between Courts, Congress

As evident in many of his opinions, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. cares a lot about the Constitution's structure and the division of power among the three federal branches. So perhaps to no surprise, Roberts during an argument Tuesday turned to what some consider to be one of the most influential casebooks ever written.
16 minute read

Daily Business Review

Hollywood Attorney Preps for SCOTUS Terrorism Argument

Attorney Asher Perlin is trying to collect ancient Persian artifacts loaned to the University of Chicago to satisfy a judgment against Iran.
4 minute read

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