Federal Judiciary

New SCOTUSwiki Posts

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

Now available on SCOTUSwiki are discussions of the three opinions released by the Court last Tuesday:

• Rakesh Kilaru recaps the Court?s unanimous ruling in Abuelhawa v. US that an individual cannot be held liable under 21 U.S.C. § 843(b) for ?facilitating? felony drug distribution by using a cell phone to arrange a misdemeanor purchase of drugs for personal use here.
• David Owens discusses the Court?s 5-4 decision in Haywood v. Drown, which found a New York law barring all damage lawsuits brought under federal civil rights law against prison officers and guards to be unconstitutional here.
• David Muraskin discusses the Supreme Court?s decision in Montejo v. Louisiana to overrule Michigan v. Jackson?s holding that a criminal defendant?s waiver of the right to counsel, following a critical stage, is presumptively invalid here.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).