Today’s Orders
on Jun 9, 2008 at 10:48 am
A copy of today’s orders list is now available here. To access the certiorari stage filings in the two granted cases — Fitzgerald, et vir v.
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Case name: Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Williams
Issue: Whether the Supreme Court of Oregon, on remand from the Court’s 2007 decision on the constitutionality of a $79.5 million punitive damages award based on harms done to non-named plaintiffs, improperly asserted a state law procedural bar having the effect of precluding Phillip Morris from asserting a constitutional claim.
- Opinion below (Supreme Court of
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Petitioner’s reply
- Amicus brief of the Chamber of Commerce (in support of the petitioner)
- Amicus brief of the Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation (in support of the petitioner)
- Amicus brief of Associated Oregon Industries, et al. (in support of the petitioner)
- Amicus brief of the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (in support of the petitioner)
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Case name: Fitzgerald, et vir v.
Issue: Whether Title IX precludes Section 1983 constitutional claims to remedy sex discrimination in educational settings.
- Opinion below (1st Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Petitioner’s reply
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