Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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15-458 | 9th Cir. | Apr 26, 2016 | Jun 9, 2016 | 6-2 | Sotomayor | OT 2015 |
Holding: A federal district court has a limited inherent power to rescind a jury discharge order and recall a jury in a civil case for further deliberations after identifying an error in the jury's verdict. The district court did not abuse that power here.
Judgment: Affirmed, 6-2, in an opinion by Justice Sotomayor on June 9, 2016. Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Kennedy joined.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Oct 9 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2015) |
Oct 21 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 14, 2015. |
Dec 1 2015 | Brief of respondent Hillary Bouldin in opposition filed. |
Dec 15 2015 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016. |
Dec 15 2015 | Reply of petitioner Rocky Dietz filed. (Distributed) |
Jan 11 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 15, 2016. |
Jan 19 2016 | Petition GRANTED. |
Feb 29 2016 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed) |
Feb 29 2016 | Brief of petitioner Rocky Dietz filed. |
Mar 4 2016 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tueasday, April 26, 2016 |
Mar 14 2016 | Record requested from U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit. |
Mar 15 2016 | CIRCULATED. |
Mar 30 2016 | Brief of respondent Hillary Bouldin filed. (Distributed) |
Apr 6 2016 | Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed. (Distributed) |
Apr 6 2016 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
Apr 8 2016 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
Apr 15 2016 | Reply of petitioner Rocky Dietz filed. (Distributed) |
Apr 26 2016 | Argued. For petitioner: Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.; and John F. Bash, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae). |
Jun 9 2016 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined. |
Jul 12 2016 | JUDGMENT ISSUED |
The Supreme Court got rid of several cases this morning -- in one fell swoop. Read @AHoweBlogger's latest coverage of the emoluments cases, spiritual advisers at Texas executions, Texas abortion policies, COVID restrictions, and NY political corruption.
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The Supreme Court on Monday morning released orders from the justices’ private conference on Friday, Jan. 22. The justices once again did not ac...
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In this morning's orders list, SCOTUS took no action on pending cert petitions involving:
- Mississippi's near-ban on abortions after 15 weeks,
- a Trump rule banning Title X clinics from providing abortion referrals,
- the Trump administration's "public charge" immigration rule.
No real opinions today. The Supreme Court dismissed cert as "improvidently granted" in Henry Schein Inc. v. Archer and White Sales Inc.—a case about arbitration agreements.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-963_2c8f.pdf
That's all for today, folks.
The Supreme Court does not add any cases to its docket. It sends the Trump emoluments case back to the lower court with instructions to dismiss as moot.
Here is the orders list. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/012521zor_3f14.pdf
Here is the orders list. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/012521zor_3f14.pdf
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