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Announcement of opinions for Thursday, April 21 (complete)

 at 12 a.m.

On Thursday, April 21, we live blogged as the court released five opinions.

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RELIST WATCH

Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

 at 10:09 a.m.

A regular round-up of “relisted” petitions. This week: two new relists on personal jurisdiction, one on the First Amendment, and one on “crimes of violence.”

ARGUMENT ANALYSIS

Court ponders constitutionality of disparate fees in business bankruptcy cases

 at 9:57 a.m.

In Siegel v. Fitzgerald, the justices contemplated what it means to have “uniform” bankruptcy laws throughout the nation.

ARGUMENT ANALYSIS

In a dispute over the meaning of a procedural rule, justices seem settled: “Mistake” means “mistake”

 at 9:51 a.m.

In Kemp v. United States, the court appeared poised to favor a plain-language interpretation of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b).