January 15th: Recently Filed Petition
Thomas v. Lynch, filed on January 12, 2016 To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link!
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Jan, 2016
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Jan, 2016
January 8th: New Merits Brief
Reply Brief for Petitioner in Molina-Martinez v. U.S., No. 14-8913, filed on January 4, 2016 To read this Supreme Court merits brief, or to review the Court’s docket for this case, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!
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Jan, 2016
January 8th: Recently Filed Petitions
Schneider v. U.S., filed on January 4, 2016 Chadd v. United States of America, Nat’l Park Serv., filed on January 4, 2016 United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Bible, filed on January 4, 2016 To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!
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Jan, 2016
Use Your Id. for a Supra Legal Brief
“Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you.” --Satchel Paige A couple of dangerous words legal brief writers use for looking back are “id.” and “supra.” Dangerous because what is usually gaining from one direction is a limit on words or pages (a word count under U.S. Supreme Court rules or a page limit [...]
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Dec, 2015
December 31st: New Merits Brief
Reply Brief for Petitioner in Duncan v. Owens, No. 14-1516, filed on December 30, 2015 To read this Supreme Court merits brief, or to review the Court’s docket for this case, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!
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December 31st: Recently Filed Petitions
Vermont v. MPHJ Tech. Invs., LLC, filed on December 28, 2015 Spaulding v. Welch, filed on December 29, 2015 To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links!
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Dec, 2015
December 24th: New Merits Briefs
Brief for Respondents in Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., No. 14-1382, filed on December 23, 2015 Brief for Petitioner in Nichols v. U.S., No. 15-5238, filed on December 23, 2015
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Dec, 2015
December 24th: Recently Filed Petitions
Beverly Enters., Inc. v. Cyr, filed on December 18, 2015 Owen Thomas, Inc. v. Atiapo, filed on December 18, 2015 Blanchard v. Brown, filed on December 21, 2015 Gov’t of Belize v. Belize Soc. Dev. Ltd., filed on December 22, 2015
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Dec, 2015
December 18th: Recently Filed Petitions
Wilson v. Texas, filed on December 11, 2015 Crow Allottees v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, filed on December 14, 2015 Beacon Res., Inc. v. W. Va. Dep’t of Transp., filed on December 15, 2015 Pundt v. Verizon Commc’ns, Inc., filed on December 15, 2015 Pitzer v. Tenorio, filed on December 16, 2015
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Dec, 2015
December 11th: Recently Filed Petitions
Minnick v. Wisc., filed on December 4, 2015 Shea v. Kerry, filed on December 7, 2015 Bonidy v. U.S.P.S., filed on December 8, 2015 Adkins v. Adkins, filed on December 8, 2015 Angino & Rovner, P.C. v. Santander Bank, N.A., filed on December 10, 2015 Angino & Rovner, P.C. v. Santander Bank, N.A., filed on [...]