The Respondents’ brief in City of Ontario v. Quon, No. 08-1332, was filed yesterday. Quon involves whether the Fourth Amendment permits a city to search government-issued pagers. The Supreme Court will conduct oral arguments in Quon on April 19th.
My wife Annie and I had a wonderful trip to Harvard University. We stayed at the famous Preacher’s Suite in Lowell House, and Sandy Alexander of WilmerHale was a gracious host. The following is a recap of our trip. We toured the Cambridge campus on Saturday. I gave a short speech to a group of [...]
My wife Ann Marie and I are traveling to Boston tomorrow for a three-day trip to Harvard University. I have been asked to speak to a group of Harvard faculty and undergrad students, and on Monday, I will be sitting in on a criminal law school class. The trip is exciting for a number of [...]
On several occasions we have had attorneys question how Shon is so knowledgeable about the Supreme Court, but yet, is not an attorney. An article in today’s New York Times answers that question. The article can be viewed here. Both Cockle and Shon want to say thank you to all the Cockle clients who have [...]
Yesterday, the Court granted two cert petitions. The first questions whether it is unconstitutional for a public college to deny school funding to a student religious group that limits its officers and voting members to those who accept its religious beliefs. Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (08-1371). The second petition involves another aspect of the [...]
On Monday, the Supreme Court granted three cert petitions. One of those petitions involves what evidence bankruptcy courts must use in determining a debtor’s “projected disposable income” before calculating a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan. Hamilton Chapter 13 Trustee v. Lanning, No. 08-998. The second petition asks the Court to determine whether the National Labor Relations [...]
· Tony Mauro at The BLT: a post on Justice Sotomayor’s decision to join the cert pool. · Howard Bashman at HowAppealing: a post discussing an important environmental decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. · Eugene Volokh of The Volokh Conspiracy: a post discussing whether and to what extent corporations possess constitutional rights. [...]
Cockle Law Brief Printing Company is proud to announce that a legal web blog will be launched in conjunction with the new Cockle website. Cockle Blog will provide Supreme Court news, articles on Supreme Court practice and filing rules, postings of briefs printed at Cockle, and links to other legal blogs providing Supreme Court developments.