Mootness and Tory v. Cochran
I’ve been asked whether I think that the death of Johnny Cochran will moot this case, a defamation action in which a California state court enjoined the petitioner from saying anything about Cochran.
March 2005 Archive
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Congratulations to students
This week, we received favorable rulings in three cases on which we worked with students. So we want to send our congratulations. Today, the Supreme Court ruled in Smith v. City of Jackson that the ADEA recognizes disparate impact claims.
Schiavo Stay Request
Here is the most recent stay request in the Schiavo case. UPDATE at 11:18pm: We are advised that the application has been denied.
Tory v. Cochran Mootness Update
We’re advised (by a student in Erwin Chemerinsky’s class, who sent along a helpful note) that the Court has called for briefing on the mootness question, with a brief from Cochran’s lawyers in seven days and Tory’s lawyers three days after that.
Today’s News – Thursday, March 31, 2005
News on the Court’s opinion, issued yesterday, in Smith v. City of Jackson [disclosure: Goldstein & Howe, P.C. for petitioners]: Madeleine Brand of NPR and Emily Bazelon of Slate; Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times; Charles Lane of The Washington Post; Tony Mauro of Legal Times; Warren Richey
Older workers need not prove intentional bias
The Supreme Court, in a sweeping legal victory for older workers, ruled 5-3 Wednesday that employees need not show intentional discrimination against them based on age in order to win a case under federal law.
Today’s News – Wednesday, March 30, 2005
News on the Court’s opinion, issued today, in Smith v. City of Jackson [disclosure: Goldstein & Howe, P.C. for petitioners]: This Reuters report; and The New York Times has this AP article.
Another denial in Schiavo case
The Eleventh Circuit has denied an apparently last-minute attempt to restore the feeding tube for Theresa Marie Schiavo, a brain-damaged Florida woman whose parents have tried repeatedly – and unsuccessfully – to get federal courts including the Supreme Court to come to their aid.
Title IX rights expanded
The Supreme Court, splitting 5-4, on Tuesday significantly expanded the scope of protection against sex-based discrimination under Title IX of federal civil rights law.
Court conflicted over file-swapping
The Supreme Court put on public display Tuesday two conflicting reactions to the apparently widespread practice of downloading copyrighted songs and movies from the Internet: a concern that software makers may be too enthusiastically encouraging the habit, and a concern that copyright law not be made so restrictive that it stifles new surges of technology creativity.