federal courts

SCOTUS Cert Grant of Interest: Harrington v. Richter

February 25, 2010 18:17

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,...

Update -- The United States Supreme Court Defines Corporate Citizenship

February 23, 2010 21:46

Last November, I addressed the struggles of our Federal Courts to determine corporate citizenship for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.  My previous entry details the issues surrounding diversity jurisdiction as well as the various tests utilized by Federal Courts to determine corporate...

UPDATED: Texas Supreme Court Justices Sued in Federal Court for Failing to Rule on Class Certification Appeal

February 19, 2010 22:35

Plaintiffs in a Texas state court class action against Southwestern Bell have been waiting years for the Texas Supreme Court to decide whether the trial court's order certifying the class was proper. Southwestern Bell appealed to the Texas Supreme Court...

Federal Court Rules that VoIP Need Not Pay Access Charges

February 19, 2010 12:00

The U.S. District Court in D.C. ruled today that IP-originated calls are "information services" that are subject to the local reciprocal compensation scheme - and not access charges - for intercarrier compensation.  The ruling came in Paetec Communications v. CommPartners, LLC, U.S....

Tyler on United States v. Klein

February 11, 2010 12:00

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...