Round-Up
on Apr 16, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Mark H. Anderson reports here (subscription req’d) in the Wall Street Journal on today’s orders, including the Court’s decision not to revisit rulings that vacated the conviction of Enron founder Kenneth Lay when he died. Anderson also has this article in the Journal on the Court’s request for the federal government’s views in Quanta Computer Inc. v. LG Electronics Inc. (No. 06-937); the Associated Press reports here on the CVSG in the patent case.
In today’s LA Times, David G. Savage has this article on the Court’s refusal to hear a race-bias lawsuit; Paul Secunda of the Workplace Prof Blog has this post on the Court’s denial of review. On Saturday, Savage had this story about Jordan v. Alternative Resources (No. 06-1086), which tests limitations on racial slurs in the workplace.
The Associated Press reports here that the Court declined to review Media Six v. Ziglar (No. 06-1127), involving the publication of an inmate’s letter without verification of the allegations it contained.
Yesterday, NPR’s Nancy Solomon had this audio segment on “All Things Considered” discussing the home health care worker overtime pay case, Long Island Care at Home v. Coke, which was argued before the Court today. Barbara Rose of the Chicago Tribune previews the case here. AP writer Pete Yost has this report on this morning’s oral arguments; Tony Mauro has this post at the BLT about the discussion at the High Court this morning.
AP writer Michael Graczyk has this piece on Scott Panetti, the mentally ill double-murderer at the center of a significant death penalty case that is scheduled for argument on Wednesday afternoon. Patty Reinert and Mike Tolson report here on Panetti v. Quarterman (No. 06-6407) in today’s Houston Chronicle; Maro Robbins and Gary Martin have this article in the San Antonio Express.
On Saturday, the New York Times ran this editorial discussing the the judiciary’s role in protecting existing environmental law, including the Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Duke Energy and Mass. v. EPA. Lastly, the Concord Monitor has this editorial on the consolidated campaign finance cases, which will be heard before the Court next week (via Election Law Blog).
