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16 Mar Recent Petition from the SG

On March 9, the Solicitor General filed a petition for certiorari in United States v. Georgia, No. 04-1203, a potential follow up case to Last Term’s Tennessee v. Lane. The petition seeks review of the Eleventh Circuit’s determination that Congress lacked the constitutional authority to...

14 Mar Today’s News – Monday, March 14, 2005

Beth Johnston has this book review in Legal Times on Greg Stohr’s A Black and White Case. Julian B. Decyk and Neal Mollen have this Practice Paper on Law.com on the Court’s decision, issued on Jan. 24, in Commissioner v. Banks. Nancy J. Thorner has...

06 Mar Tulsa race riot case to the Court

On Wednesday, the years-long attempt to gain reparations for victims or their descendants for the notorious race riot in Tulsa, Okla., nearly 84 years ago, will reach the Supreme Court. A petition for review will be filed, seeking to suspend the running of a lawsuit-filing...

01 Mar The next SG

I’ve asked all the people I know to ask, including people who should know what they are talking about, and am writing to report that every indication is that Acting SG Paul Clement will be nominated to be Solicitor General. That is no surprise at...

01 Mar How Bitter Will The Next S. Ct. Nomination Be?

Every day, it seems still more clear that, if Chief Justice Rehnquist retires, the fight over his replacement is going to be nastier than any confirmation that came before it. Reasonable people of all political stripes always bemoan that fact, but it seems almost inescapable....

01 Mar Juvenile death sentences nullified

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Tuesday that the death penalty “is a disproportionate punishment for juveniles,” and thus it violates the Eighth Amendment to impose a death sentence on a youthful murderer who committed the crime before age 18. Today, the Court said, “society...

28 Feb Tuesday’s Argument in Exxon v. Allapattah Services and Ortega v. Star-Kist Foods

Tuesday, in the consolidated argument of Exxon Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. and Ortega v. Star-Kist Foods, Inc., the Court will take another swing at deciding whether 28 U.S.C. § 1367 (the supplemental jurisdiction statute) allows a federal court with diversity jurisdiction over a claim...

14 Feb Firm Developments

The firm is pleased to congratulate our associate, Sonja, on formally accepting an offer to clerk in The Hague, Netherlands, for a judge on the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. It is a great loss for us,...