May 31st Opinions
on May 31, 2005 at 10:07 am
The Court issued opinions today in the following three argued cases (details from Lyle below):
No. 03-9877, Cutter v. Wilkinson, unanimously reversed. Justice Ginsburg wrote the opinion, with a concurrence by Justice Thomas.
No. 03-1488, Tory v. Cochran, reversed 7-2. Justice Breyer wrote the seven-page opinion. Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Scalia, wrote to say that he would have dismissed the petition as improvidently granted because of Cochran’s death.
No. 04-368, Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States, unanimously reversed in an opinion written by the Chief Justice.
