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January Hearing List Released

Kedar Bhatia

January 09, 2012 20:07

The Supreme Court has released the Hearing List for the January sitting and you can find it here. Several high-profile advocates are back in action during the January sitting. Gregory Garre leads all attorneys in private practice with his fourth argument of the term in United States v. Home...

A Big Little Case

Kedar Bhatia

December 01, 2011 12:00

Next Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in an interesting case about water law in Montana, PPL Montana v. Montana. The case will be a difficult one for a variety of reasons and the Court is going to need all the help it can get with the case. Luckily, the Court will have five-star...

Another Elena Kagan – Miguel Estrada Connection

Kedar Bhatia

November 30, 2011 16:42

Justice Kagan and Miguel Estrada have had a long relationship that has confounded and surprised many of their skeptics. At Kagan’s confirmation hearing, Estrada waxed poetic about her abilities and good humor while Kagan volunteered that Estrada was “qualified to sit as a Supreme Court...

Profile: H. Bartow Farr, III

Kedar Bhatia

November 30, 2011 16:22

In the past, we’ve profiled notable advocates and judges that were in the news. This is the first in a series of posts about the advocates who will be arguing in the Healthcare Cases. On November 18, the Supreme Court invited H. Bartow Farr to brief and argue an important point of law in the...

Another Addition to the Two-in-a-Month Club

Kedar Bhatia

November 28, 2011 13:24

Former Solicitor General Gregory Garre is scheduled to argue twice during the December sitting, a relatively uncommon feat for private practice lawyers. He will argue in both Mims v. Arrow Financial Services on November 28 and PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana on December 7. This will be Garre’s...