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Morning Wrap: DOJ Resists Judge's Ethics Sanctions | Trump U.'s 'Playbook'

The U.S. Justice Department is mounting a challenge to a Texas judge's attorney-ethics sanctions. A federal appeals court rules for the feds in a Fourth Amendment case over cell-phone location data. And a federal judge in California releases Trump University docs that had been kept secret. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
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Law.com

Justice Dept. Seeks Broader Authority to Prosecute Supreme Court Disruptions

Federal prosecutors want wider latitude to bring criminal charges against individuals who disrupt arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. attorney's office in Washington filed papers in the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday arguing that a trial judge was wrong to block them from charging defendants with making a 'harangue' or 'oration' at the high court.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Supreme Court, Even Without Scalia, Still Favors Property Owners in Environmental Case

Even without the late Justice Antonin Scalia leading the charge, the U.S. Supreme Court showed on Tuesday it can rein in the administrative state and give property owners new pathways to challenge regulators in court.
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National Law Journal

High Court Rejects Union's Challenge Over Trump Taj Mahal Bankruptcy

A company that bears the name of presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday won a battle with a labor union over health care and pension benefits that went before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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National Law Journal

Justices Take Dispute Over False Claim Act's Sealing Requirement

The U.S. Supreme Court, stepping into legal fallout from Hurricane Katrina, agreed on Tuesday to hear State Farm Fire & Casualty's appeal that it did not fraudulently shift certain damages claims to the federal government for payment. The case, State Farm Fire & Casualty v. United States, ex rel. Rigsby, involves the False Claims Act, a regular source of high court litigation in recent years.
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National Law Journal

High Court Gets It Right With 'Spokeo' Decision

OPINION: The ruling, which clarifies the sufficiency of injuries a plaintiff alleges, reaffirms Congress' power.
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National Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court Should Undo Death-Row Injustice in Louisiana

OPINION: The state needs high court's guidance on handling exculpatory evidence violations.
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National Law Journal

Ginsburg on Scalia: A Discerning Shopper and Brilliant Friend

The late justice Antonin Scalia was not just a dear colleague and friend, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday. He was also a "discerning shopper." In remarks at the judicial conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at Saratoga Springs, New York, Ginsburg spoke at length about her legendary close friendship with Scalia—a relationship that endured despite their sharply differing judicial views. Scalia died on Feb. 13.
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National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Steel Secrets | 'Eight is Not a Good Number' | Google Beats Oracle

The International Trade Commission will investigate U.S. Steel's complaints about Chinese companies' alleged theft of trade secrets. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says an eight-justice court isn't tenable. And Google triumphs against Oracle in a $9B copyright suit. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
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National Law Journal

Justices, For the Most Part, Don't Complain About Eight-Member Court

As loudly as advocates lament the plight of an eight-member U.S. Supreme Court, there is one interested group that has barely made a peep—the eight justices themselves. With the exception of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when they have addressed the subject, they suggest it has had fairly minor impact on their work. "Eight, as you know, is not a good number for a multimember court," Ginsburg said Thursday.
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