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"Court rules on paralegal fees, money laundering"

"Court rules on paralegal fees, money laundering": Lyle Denniston has this post at "SCOTUSblog."

The U.S. Supreme Court today issued three decisions in argued cases.

1. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff, No. 06-1717. Although no Justice filed any separate opinion, Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas did not join in all of Justice Alito's opinion. You can access the decision at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

2. Justice Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Regalado Cuellar v. United States, No. 06-1456. Justice Alito also filed a concurring opinion, in which the Chief Justice and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joined. You can access the decision at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

3. And Justice Scalia announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which Justices David H. Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined in full and in which Justice Thomas joined in part in United States v. Santos, No. 06-1005. Justice John Paul Stevens filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Justice Stephen G. Breyer filed a dissenting opinion. And Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, in which the Chief Justice, Justice Kennedy, and Justice Breyer joined. You can access the decision at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

You can access today's Order List at this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that "Justices rule for defendants on money laundering" and "Court refuses to consider fantasy baseball dispute."

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).