Full texts of today’s opinions
on Feb 23, 2010 at 10:20 am
UPDATE, 2 p.m.: Below we’ve added holdings in the cases decided.
The Court issued two opinions today:
In Hertz Corporation v. Friend (08-1107), the Court vacated and remanded the lower court’s decision unanimously, in an opinion by Justice Breyer.
The Court held that the “principal place of business” of a corporation is the place where its high level officers direct, control, and coordinate its activities, which will usually be its corporate headquarters.
In Florida v. Powell (08-1175), the lower court was reversed and remanded by a 7-2 vote; Justice Ginsburg delivered the majority opinion and Justice Stevens dissented, joined in part by Justice Breyer.
The Court held that “Advice that a suspect has ‘the right to talk to a lawyer before answering any of [the law enforcement officers’] questions,’ and that he can invoke this right ‘at any time . . . during the interview,’ satisfies Miranda.”
The full texts of the opinions follow the jump.
