At 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 20 we expect orders from the May 16 Conference. We expect opinions in argued cases at 10 a.m. We will begin live blogging shortly before 9:30.
Kevin Russell Contributor
Kevin is a partner at Goldstein & Russell, P.C., a Supreme Court litigation boutique. He has served as counsel in more than a dozen merits cases in the Supreme Court over the past six years, arguing seven of them. Prior to joining the firm, Kevin worked for five years in the Appellate Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. During that time, he represented the United States in more than thirty-five civil and criminal cases in eleven federal courts of appeals. Kevin teaches Supreme Court litigation at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools. Kevin clerked for Judge William Norris of the Ninth Circuit and Justice Stephen Breyer. He is a graduate of Yale Law School.
In an unanimous decision, the Court held that a soybean farmer cannot reproduce agri-giant Monsanto’s patented, genetically modified seeds through planting and harvesting without the company’s permission. Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the legal, agricultural, and technological implications of this decision.
On Thursday the Justices will meet for their May 16 Conference. Our list of “Petitions to watch” for that Conference is available here.
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