

Lyle Denniston Independent Contractor Reporter
Lyle Denniston has been covering the Supreme Court for fifty-eight years. In that time, he has covered one-quarter of all of the Justices ever to sit, and he has reported on the entire careers on the bench of ten of the Justices. He has been a journalist of the law for sixty-eight years, beginning that career at the Otoe County Courthouse in Nebraska City, Nebraska, in the fall of 1948. He is not an attorney. He writes for his eponymous blog, Lyle Denniston Law News, and as the constitutional literacy adviser for the National Constitution Center’s blog, Constitution Daily.
On Wednesday the justices released their opinions in Dawson v. Steager and Timbs v. Indiana.
On Tuesday, the justices heard oral argument in Return Mail Inc. v. United States Postal Service.
On Wednesday, the justices heard oral argument in Mission Product Holdings Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC.
On Friday, the justices will meet for their February 22 conference.
Cases argued | 45 |
Cases decided | 13 |
Summary reversals | 3 |
Merits cases granted to date | 74 |
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On February 14, Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared at the Library of Congress with Chief Judge Robert Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and Professor Eloise Pasachoff of the Georgetown University Law Center for the Supreme Court Fellows Annual Lecture.
![]() | Awarded the Peabody Award for excellence in electronic media. |
![]() | Awarded the Sigma Delta Chi deadline reporting award for online coverage of the Affordable Care Act decision. |
![]() | Awarded the National Press Club's Breaking News Award for coverage of the Affordable Care Act decision. |
![]() | Awarded the Silver Gavel Award by the American Bar Association for fostering the American public’s understanding of the law and the legal system. |
![]() | Awarded the American Gavel Award for Distinguished Reporting About the Judiciary to recognize the highest standards of reporting about courts and the justice system. |
![]() | Awarded the Webby Award for excellence on the internet. |
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