May 6th: Recently Filed Petition
To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link! Bldg. Indus. Ass’n of the Bay Area v. U.S. Dep’t of Commerce, filed on May 3, 2016
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May, 2016
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Apr, 2016
The Making of a Reversal (part 4)
The previous parts of this look at the docket for a major regulatory case that ended with a decision upholding the government tracked the timelines and procedural stages. This final part looks a bit more closely at the several organizations and people who offered their thoughts to the Court without official invitation or direct interest [...]
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Apr, 2016
April 22nd: Recently Filed Petitions
To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Pauma Band of the Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation v. California, filed on April 18, 2016 DiLeo v. U.S., filed on April 18, 2016
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Apr, 2016
The Making of a Reversal (part 3)
Merits Stage: Once the Court granted certiorari in the consolidated cases, moving it from the petition phase to the merits phase, the Court’s focus shifted from whether to decide the dispute to how to resolve it. And that called for a whole new round of briefing from the parties and any old or new “friends.” [...]
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Apr, 2016
The Making of a Reversal (part 2)
Petition Stage: The linked regulatory cases that are the subject of this four-part look at the Supreme Court’s docket began in the typical way for any request for certiorari review, with final decisions at the top of a chain of lower courts. On May 23, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of [...]
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Apr, 2016
The Making of a Reversal (part 1)
If you follow a big U.S. Supreme Court case in the news, you see an occasional milestone – certiorari petition filed, cert. granted, oral argument, and the decision – and you hear from the lead counsel for the two sides, along with all the commentary from talking heads. If you follow it on the Court’s [...]
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Mar, 2016
March 18th: Recently Filed Petitions
To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Mondaca-Vega v. Lynch, filed on March 14, 2016 Michigan v. EPA, filed on March 14, 2016 Bowen v. Texas, filed on March 15, 2016
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Mar, 2016
Petition Appendix (pt 5)
The first four parts of this series covered the Supreme Court appendix contents that are either required or that are too lengthy to leave in the brief. This final installment addresses a provision that allows pretty much anything, but that should be used with caution. Other Material Believed Essential. Rule 14.1(i)(vi) is the tempting catchall [...]
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Mar, 2016
March 11th: Recently Filed Petitions
To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Kim v. Virginia, filed on February 29, 2016 Morales v. Lynch, filed on March 7, 2016 Flowers v. Troup Cnty. Sch. Dist., filed on March 10, 2016
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Mar, 2016
Petition Appendix (pt 4)
Rehearing Denial. The last required appendix document may or may not exist, but if it does, it goes at the end of the required category. This would be an order denying rehearing by the court that issued the final judgment you are directly challenging. Rule 14.1(i)(iii). Or the last document may be something else, depending [...]