Every post published in April 2014, most recent first.
At its Conference on May 2, 2014, the Court will consider petitions seeking review of issues such as the class-wide resolution of entitlement to punitive damages, the threshold of eligibility under the Whistleblower Protection Act, and the loss of workers’ compensation benefits as an injury under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
At 10:00 a.m. the Justices will hear the last oral argument of the October Term 2013, Limelight Networks Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. Ronald Mann previewed the argument for this blog.
Yesterday the Court heard oral arguments in Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, both of which involve challenges to the warrantless searches of an arrestee’s cellphone. Lyle Denniston reported on the argument for this blog, and I did the same in Plain English.
Nearly two weeks ago, Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg made an unusual joint appearance at the National Press Club to chat with the veteran TV journalist Marvin Kalb.
The transcript in Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, Inc. is here.
The Justices started their last week of the Term considering a foundational problem of patent law – how to determine whether a patent is so “indefinite” that it is invalid.
It was a series of events straight out of the children’s book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – the Law and Order edition. The storyline goes something like this: If you are driving a car with expired tags, the police might pull you over. If they do, they will ask to see your driver’s license.
This morning the Court will hear oral arguments in Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, a pair of challenges to the warrantless searches of an arrestee’s cellphone.
This morning at 10:00 a.m. we expect one or more opinions in argued cases. We will begin live-blogging at 9:45 a.m. at this link. Following opinions, the Justices will hear oral arguments in Riley v. California, followed by United States v. Wurie.
The opinion in EPA v. EME Homer City Generation is here. The opinion in Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. is here. The opinion in Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System, Inc. is here.