The Cockle Bur Blog
Legal minds on legal matters and whatever else strikes our fancy.
Law Schools Are Teaching What They Can
David Segal’s piece in the New York Times yesterday raised serious questions about whether law schools are really teaching students to become practicing attorneys rather than, say, just good law students. The piece also addressed such things as clinical work, legal scholarship, and the cost of law school. My perspective on these [...]
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Printing
We filed three merits briefs this week: Brief for Petitioner in Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc., No. 10-1399, filed on November 14, 2011 Brief of Petitioner in Vartelas v. Holder, No. 10-1211, filed on November 15, 2011 Reply Brief of Petitioners in Messerschmidt v. Millender, No. 10-704, filed on November 16, 2011
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Printing
New Petitions Recently Filed by Cockle Printing
PLF defends southern California job creators against union favoritism
Pacific Legal Foundation today filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to review a Los Angeles City ordinance that deprives grocery store owners of the right to choose their own workforce. On behalf of the California Grocers Association—a trade group that represents some 600 grocery store owners in [...]
New Merits Brief Filed by Cockle Printing
We filed a merits brief this week: Reply Brief for Petitioner in Setser v. U.S., No. 10-7387, filed on November 10, 2011.
New Merits Brief Filed by Cockle Printing
New Petitions Recently Filed by Cockle Printing
More on Jones–the Supreme Court’s GPS Monitoring Case
SCOTUS news was dominated this week by the oral arguments United States v. Jones, No. 10-1259. In that case, the Court must decide whether law enforcement can conduct GPS monitoring sans warrant without violating the Fourth Amendment’s prescription of unreasonable searches and seizures. A lot was written about the oral arguments, but [...]