Round-Up: Today’s Opinions

Mark H. Anderson has this article (subscription req’d) in the Wall Street Journal discussing the High Court’s three decisions released today.

In the LA Times, David G. Savage has this article on the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in the consolidated union fees cases, “a setback for unions that represent public employees”; Paul Secunda of the Workplace Prof Blog weighs in here on the Davenport decision; the Evergreen Freedom Foundation issued this press release on the victory for teachers whose union dues cannot be used for political purposes unless they give explicit approval; Mark Sherman of the Associated Press reports here; Reuters has this article; and CNN’s Bill Mears reports here that “the impact of the ruling may be limited.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg reports here on the Court’s decision in Permanent Mission of India v. City of New York ruling that foreign governments can be sued for unpaid property taxes; the AP’s Pete Yost has this article on the 7-2 ruling in favor of New York City; Reuters has this report on the Court’s opinion, which concludes that “foreign governments are not immune from lawsuits”; the Times of India reports here.

The AP has this article on the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Bowles v. Russell dismissing a convicted murderer’s appeal because he missed the filing deadline even though a district court judge mistakenly noted a later deadline; Kent Scheidegger of Crime & Consequences weighs in here.