Every post published in March 2016, most recent first.
If it is true that the side that gets the most questions in a Supreme Court argument usually loses, then Gregory Welch, who filed pro se typewritten habeas pleadings as well as his petition for certiorari, should be less glum today.
The government faced an uphill battle in Wednesday’s argument in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co. As noted in my preview, the case involves the “jurisdictional determinations” (JDs) that the United States Army Corps of Engineers issues under the Clean Water Act.
Yesterday the Court issued its decision in Luis v. United States, holding that the pretrial freeze of a criminal defendant’s untainted assets violates the Sixth Amendment right to retain counsel of choice.
Four years ago, Sila Luis was indicted on charges of Medicare fraud. The government alleged that she had obtained as much as $45 million illegally but had spent almost all of it, leaving her with approximately $2 million in assets.
In its Conference of April 1, 2016, the Court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether third-party home care employers can avail themselves of the “home care” exemptions to overtime provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act; whether an occupational licensee who shields himself from
Tuesday’s argument in Sheriff v. Gillie brought the Justices into the almost surreal world of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and it is pretty clear they did not find it all that appealing.
As we suggested in our preview of Tuesday’s oral argument in Ross v. Blake, a case ostensibly presenting the question of whether there is a “special circumstances” exception to the exhaustion requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (PLRA), “the real question for the Court . . . may
We will be live-blogging this morning as the Court issues opinions. Join us.
This morning the Court heard oral arguments in Welch v. United States and United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc. Rory Little previewed Welch for this blog, with additional coverage coming from law students Michael Levy and Reymond Yammine for Cornell’s Legal Information Institute.
The transcript in Welch v. United States is here; the transcript in United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc. is here.