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Petition of the day 11:45pm on 5/23 Relist (and hold) watch 7:00pm on 5/23 Money, politics and Citizens United’s fate 3:14pm on 5/23 Opinion analysis: “Compensation of interpreters” does not include document translation 1:57pm on 5/23 New dispute over death sentencing 1:09pm on 5/23 -
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Recently Decided Cases
- Astrue v. Capato Eligibility for Social Security benefits
- Holder v. Gutierrez Non-citizen U.S. resident’s right to have a deportation order cancelled
- Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. Losing party’s duty to pay winner’s costs of translating foreign-language documents for use at trial.
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This Week at the Court
On Monday the Court granted one case and issued three opinions in argued cases. Details are here.
On Thursday, the Court will meet for its May 24 Conference. We also expect opinions on Thursday. Our list of “Petitions to watch” for the May 24 Conference will be available soon.
We will be live blogging on both Monday and Thursday beginning shortly before ten o’clock.
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See allUpcoming Petitions
- Agarano v. Mattos Tasers and excessive force
- Bright v. Holder Becoming a “fugitive” by challenging, instead of reporting for, deportation
- Daman v. Brooks Tasers and excessive force
- Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. v. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. Evidentiary standard to overcome presumption of patent validity
Conference of May 24
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Cases argued 69 Cases decided 47 Summary reversals 7 Merits cases granted to date 74 -
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FCC v. Fox
Constitutionality of indecency ban in broadcast media
The Texas redistricting cases
Texas's new, legislatively enacted district maps, court-ordered interim maps, and the Voting Rights Act
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Sackett v. EPA
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