Federal Judiciary

Today at the Supreme Court | 3.19.08

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

At 10 a.m., the Court is scheduled to hear argument in Richlin Security Service v. Chertoff (06-1717), involving the rate at which paralegal services should be compensated for prevailing parties awarded attorneys? fees. Brian Wolfman of Washington, D.C., will argue for the petitioner, and Anthony Yang of the Solicitor General’s office will argue for the respondent.

At 11 a.m., the Court is scheduled to hear argument in Chamber of Commerce v. Brown (06-939), involving whether states may bar employers from using public money to influence the outcome of union organizing campaigns. Willis J. Goldsmith of New York and Thomas G. Hungar of the Solicitor General’s office will argue for the petitioner, and Michael Gottesman of Washington, D.C., representing the state of California, will argue for the respondent.

In advance of the argument, the Court may issue one or more opinions on the merits.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).