The immigration term
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court added Blanche v. Ozurumba, a case on whether someone who worked as a cook for a terrorist organization is eligible…
Opinions for Thursday, May 21
On Thursday, the court released its opinions in M&K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund and Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Carib…
Court rules against cruise lines in Cuban confiscation case
More than 65 years after the confiscation by Cuba’s communist government of assets owned by U.S. businesses there, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a U.S. business…
Court sidesteps death-row IQ dispute
The Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a ruling by a federal appeals court in favor of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for…
Justices agree that actuaries can use up-to-date assumptions in assessing costs of leaving a multi-employer pension plan
Yesterday’s in M&K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund was pretty much exactly what you would have expected given the argument: a brisk rejection of the…
Court puts off deciding whether to consider $5 million verdict against Trump – yet again
When the justices meet for their private conference on Thursday, there is one high-profile petition for review they will not consider, even though it has been fully briefed since late…
“Shadow docket” reform?
Plus, the court addressed a Cuban confiscation case, a death-row IQ dispute, and ERISA provisions.
A history of Supreme Court leaks
Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop: the inside story of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiative intended…
A history of Supreme Court leaks
Last month, The New York Times published a major scoop: the inside story of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order blocking then-President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, an environmental initiative intended…