Litigation

Courts - "Pre-emption Looms Large in Supreme Court's Upcoming Business Cases"
So writes Marcia Coyle in her lengthy National Law Journal article to be dated Sept. 29th. It begins:The Roberts Court's affinity for issues close to the heart of the nation's business community will continue into the October 2008 U...

Around the web, March 17
A pro-business Supreme Court? Jeff Rosen's article quotes Ted ("Frank's prediction was soon vindicated"), draws reaction from Gordon Smith and Larry Ribstein [NYTM] Contributor Jim Copland on the Supreme Court's pre-emption cases [Washington Post] Eager listeners hang on words of...

Jeffrey Rosen on Business Cases Before the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Rosen has turned his attention to the Supreme Court's business docket. Looking at business cases from last term, Rosen...

The Supreme Court is Open for Business
Doug Kendall argues that a lot of recent big Supreme Court cases share only an ideological, and not a legal, consistency: It is extremely hard to reconcile what the court has done in cause-of-action cases like Stoneridge with its approach to pre-emption cases like Rowe, Riegel, and Preston...

The Supreme Court and Docket Control
Perfect timing! I was going to write a post this morning about the Supreme Court's docket, and then Linda Greenhouse writes a story in today's New York Times about the decreasing frequency of 5-4 decisions in the Supreme Court and possible explanations for this decrease...

Supreme Court Grants
The U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in six cases today, all civil. SCOTUSblog has the details. Criminal cases that were on the conference list for today are likely either denied (to be announced Tuesday) or "relisted" to be considered again at a later conference...

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Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
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California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
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Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
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Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Salmonella Found in Tomotoes
57 Reported Cases in New Mexico and Texas

ConAgra Peanut Butter
Hundreds of Salmonella Cases Settled

Lawry's Restaurants Settles Sex Bias Lawsuit for $1 Million
Lawry's Restaurants Settles Sex Bias Lawsuit for $1Million

Wal-Mart
To Pay $17.5 Million To Settle Race Bias Suit

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation