http://www.lexmonitor.com/tags/4103341-supreme-court-cases?only_path=false Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:46:44 GMT 20 Most Recent Articles tagged supreme court cases from LexMonitor http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/03/wanted-law-professors-to-sign-on-to-scotus-amicus-brief.html See announcement below: Max Huffman (Indiana) and Austen Parrish (Southwestern) have written an amicus brief in the case British American Tobacco v. United States in support of a petition for cert. The cert. petition is part of a massive case... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:06:07 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/03/wanted-law-professors-to-sign-on-to-scotus-amicus-brief.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/03/scotus-grants-cert-in-vaccine-preemption-case.html The BNA reports here: Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, No. 09-152. Does Section 22(b)(1) of the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, which states that "[n]o vaccine manufacturer shall be liable in a civil action for damages arising from a vaccine-related injury... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:56:22 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/03/scotus-grants-cert-in-vaccine-preemption-case.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/03/further-commentary-on-reed-elsevier-v-muchnick.html Readers who are following yesterday's SCOTUS decision in Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick may be interested in today's commentary by Professor Howard Wasserman (Florida International) over at PrawfsBlawg: Copyright and the (hopefully) end of drive-by jurisdictional rulings. See also additional coverage... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:26:38 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/03/further-commentary-on-reed-elsevier-v-muchnick.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/03/commentary-on-reed-elsevier-v-muchnick-a-win-for-jurisdictional-clarity.html Below, Professor Scott Dodson (William & Mary) comments on today's SCOTUS decision in Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick: Today, the Supreme Court decided Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick and held that § 411(a) of the Copyright Act is not jurisdictional. At issue... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:30:11 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/03/commentary-on-reed-elsevier-v-muchnick-a-win-for-jurisdictional-clarity.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/02/scotus-cert-grant-of-interest-harrington-v-richter.html This week the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Harrington v. Richter, No. 09-587, a habeas case out of the Ninth Circuit. Here are links to the opinion below, the docket, and SCOTUSblog's wiki on the case. From a federal-courts standpoint,... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:17:28 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/02/scotus-cert-grant-of-interest-harrington-v-richter.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/02/scotus-decision-in-hertz-corp-v-friend-where-is-a-corporations-principal-place-of-business.html Today the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Hertz Corp. v. Friend, covered earlier here, here, and here. The opinion, per Justice Breyer, begins: The federal diversity jurisdiction statute provides that "a corporation shall be deemed to be a... Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:15:26 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/02/scotus-decision-in-hertz-corp-v-friend-where-is-a-corporations-principal-place-of-business.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/02/tyler-on-united-states-v-klein.html This paper might be of special interest to federal courts teachers who teach United States v. Klein. Professor Amanda L. Tyler (George Washington University Law School) has posted "The Story of Klein: The Scope of Congress's Authority to Shape the... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/02/tyler-on-united-states-v-klein.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/01/eight-months-of-iqbal.html I've been guest-blogging over at Concurring Opinions, and I have a few posts discussing how courts ought to make sense of federal pleading standards after Ashcroft v. Iqbal, what lower courts are actually doing, and the bills now pending in... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:30:00 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/01/eight-months-of-iqbal.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/01/scotus-on-intervention-south-carolina-v-north-carolina.html No doubt most of today's SCOTUS-related attention is on the 183-page decision in Citizens United v. FEC. But our readers may be even more interested in yesterday's decision in South Carolina v. North Carolina, which involves that favorite of proceduralists--intervention.... Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:44:36 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/01/scotus-on-intervention-south-carolina-v-north-carolina.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/01/scotus-cert-grant-on-rule-15c1s-relation-back-provision.html The Supreme Court granted certiorari today in a case involving the relation-back provision of FRCP 15(c)(1). The case is Krupski v. Costa Crociere, S.p.A., No. 09-337. Links to the docket, filings, and the Eleventh Circuit's opinion are available at SCOTUSBlog.... Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:31:09 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/01/scotus-cert-grant-on-rule-15c1s-relation-back-provision.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/01/scotus-no-cameras-in-the-prop-8-trial-courtroom.html The Supreme Court has blocked cameras in the San Francisco federal courtroom where the challenge to California's Proposition 8 is proceeding to trial. SCOTUSblog has full coverage. RJE Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:02:00 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2010/01/scotus-no-cameras-in-the-prop-8-trial-courtroom.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/12/erie-and-class-actions-waiting-for-the-supreme-courts-decision-in-shady-grove.html While many children are spending today waiting for Santa, I thought I'd talk about a Supreme Court decision that the civil-procedure world is eagerly awaiting: Shady Grove v. Allstate, which was arguedlast month. Unlike Santa, a Dec. 25th arrival is... Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:07:14 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/12/erie-and-class-actions-waiting-for-the-supreme-courts-decision-in-shady-grove.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/12/vladeck-on-habeas-jurisdiction-for-guantanamo-detainees.html Over at Prawfsblog, Steve Vladeck has a good post on the jurisdictional issues raised by moving many of the Guantanamo detainees to the Thomson facility in Illinois. From the post: "Does this mean that all of the habeas petitions in... Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:11:00 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/12/vladeck-on-habeas-jurisdiction-for-guantanamo-detainees.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/12/justice-sotomayor-civil-procedure-and-the-tradition-of-unanimous-debut-opinions.html Yesterday brought the Supreme Court's first decision in a case argued this Term. The Court in Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter writes: "The question before us is whether disclosure orders adverse to the attorney-client privilege qualify for immediate appeal under the... Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:00:40 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/12/justice-sotomayor-civil-procedure-and-the-tradition-of-unanimous-debut-opinions.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/12/scotus-decision-in-mohawk-industries-v-carpenter-the-collateral-order-doctrine-discovery-orders-and-.html The Supreme Court today decided Mohawk Industries Inc. v. Carpenter, No. 08-678. (See here and here for our earlier coverage of the case.) Justice Sotomayor begins the opinion: "The question before us is whether disclosure orders adverse to the attorney-client... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:49:42 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/12/scotus-decision-in-mohawk-industries-v-carpenter-the-collateral-order-doctrine-discovery-orders-and-.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/cert-grant-in-morrison-v-national-australia-bank-is-there-federal-subjectmatter-jurisdiction-over-fo.html Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. (08-1191). The questions presented are: 1) Do anti-fraud provisions of U.S. securities laws extend to transnational frauds when (a) foreign-based parent company conducted substantial business in United... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:03:47 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/cert-grant-in-morrison-v-national-australia-bank-is-there-federal-subjectmatter-jurisdiction-over-fo.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/supreme-court-hears-argument-on-statute-of-limitations.html The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in Merck & Co., Inc. v. Richard Reynolds, which raises thee question of when a statute of limitations begins to run on a federal securities fraud claim. The case will resolve a... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:53:52 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/supreme-court-hears-argument-on-statute-of-limitations.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/coverage-of-scotus-argument-in-hertz-corp-v-friend-where-is-a-corporations-principal-place-of-busine.html One notable event during this oral argument (previewed here and covered here) was this exchange between Chief Justice Roberts and respondent's counsel: MR. SCHNEIDER: Mr. Chief Justice, did the Court have interest in the jurisdictional argument? CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:31:08 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/coverage-of-scotus-argument-in-hertz-corp-v-friend-where-is-a-corporations-principal-place-of-busine.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/todays-scotus-argument-in-hertz-corp-v-friend-where-is-a-corporations-principal-place-of-business.html As previewed earlier here, Hertz Corp. v. Friend presents the question of how to determine a corporation's principal place of business for purposes of diversity jurisdiction. The transcript from today's oral argument is available here. --A PS: Numerologists among you... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:37:27 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/todays-scotus-argument-in-hertz-corp-v-friend-where-is-a-corporations-principal-place-of-business.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/yesterdays-scotus-argument-in-shady-grove-orthopedic-assocs-v-allstate-ins-co.html As previewed earlier here, Shady Grove Orthopedic Assocs. v. Allstate Ins. Co. considers whether New York's bar on class actions for certain statutory-damages claims (N.Y. C.P.L.R. 901(b)) precludes class certification in a federal court diversity action. Among the relevant issues... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:13:00 GMT http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civpro/2009/11/yesterdays-scotus-argument-in-shady-grove-orthopedic-assocs-v-allstate-ins-co.html