Legal Research

New Supreme Court wiki
From the authors of SCOTUS Blog comes another tool for keeping up with the Supreme Court, SCOTUS Wiki. To learn more about the goals of the project and why the creators of the site chose the wiki format, read the About SCOTUS Wiki page...

SCOTUS Wiki on Hertz Corp. v. Friend
Next week, SCOTUS is hearing oral arguments in Hertz Corporation v. Friend, a case that asks the Court to decide the meaning of "principal place of business" in 28 U.S.C. s. 1332, the diversity statute...

New: Scotus Wiki added, broken links fixed, obsolete links removed
During the last week, I got access to parts of the template that weren't previously accessible. I added references to Scotus Wiki, a part of SCOTUSBlog, for each of the pending cases so readers can gain a better understanding of what is pending...

Supreme Court Rules No Right to Post-Conviction DNA Testing
The ruling in District Attorney?s Office v. Osborne (08-6) is here, in Adobe .pdf format. The Scotus Wiki page is here, with complete briefing. At SCOTUS Blog, Lyle Denniston files, "Court rejects DNA access claim...

SCOTUS commentary on Exxon Valdez argument
The SCOTUS blog commentary seems to track my view that SCOTUS will limit punitives. SCOTUS blog The context in which the Supreme Court is deciding the case, maritime law, is interesting...

Letter to SCOTUS
SCOTUS 090105.rtf Please send such letters in support of Lightfoot v Bowen # 08A524