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National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com. January 20, 2010.

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Supreme Court Announces Special Sitting Thursday

"The long wait for the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission may soon be over. At the end of oral arguments this morning, the marshal of the Court announced the justices would return to the bench at 10 a.m. Thursday -- a rare if not unprecedented Thursday session for the Court."

 

Three Decisions from Supreme Court Today

"In addition to the Supreme Court's surprise announcementthat it will return to the bench Thursday for a special sitting that may well include announcement of the long-awaited Citizens United v. FEC decision, the Court also issued three other noteworthy opinions."

 

Saudi Bank Asks Court to Stop Patriot Act Subpoena

"A major Saudi Arabian bank is challenging a portion of the Patriot Act, claiming it unconstitutionally allows U.S. officials to punish foreign financial institutions that refuse to cooperate with demands for their records."

 

Defense Lawyer Challenges E-mail, Text Messages in Judge-Stalking Case

"The defense lawyer representing a woman charged with stalking a D.C. Superior Court magistrate judge is challenging the admissibility of text and e-mail messages the government plans to introduce at trial."

 

IRS Names New International Tax Official

"The Internal Revenue Service announced today that Michael Danilack has been named deputy commissioner for international tax matters."

 

Senate Confirms Circuit Judge, Obama's Fourth

"In their first act of 2010, senators voted unanimously today to elevate U.S. District Judge Beverly Martin to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit."

 

Legal Lineup Takes Shape in FTC's Intel Case

"The players are lined up and ready for action in the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization lawsuit against Intel Corp."

 

SUPREME COURT

 

South Carolina v. North Carolina

"North Carolina city's interest in dispute between North Carolina and South Carolina was not sufficiently unique or compelling to justify granting city's request to intervene as separate party (Alito, J.) "

 

Kucana v. Holder

"Statute proscribing judicial review of agency decision to grant or deny motion to reopen removal proceedings applies only to Attorney General determinations made discretionary by statute, not to determinations made discretionary by Attorney General himself through regulation (Ginsburg, J.) "

 

Wood v. Allen

"For purposes of federal habeas review, decision by counsel for convicted capital defendant not to investigate or present evidence of defendant's mental deficiencies was not unreasonable in light of other evidence presented during state court proceedings (Sotomayor, J.) "

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on January 21, 2010 (boomark / email).