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To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Johnson v. City of Shelby, Miss., filed on June 21, 2016 Merscorp Holdings, Inc. v. Malloy, filed on June 10, 2016 Bucaro v. Texas, filed on June 23, 2016
How are Cockle Legal Briefs and the United States Supreme Court linked? (Other than the fact that Cockle has been printing briefs for filing with the Supreme Court since 1923.) Through the College World Series, of course. Here is the linkage between the Court and Cockle by way of the baseball championship (which began this [...]
To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link! Jericho Sys. Corp. v. Axiomatics, Inc., filed on June 10, 2016
The Cockle Blog’s focus in recent weeks on a particular line on U.S. Supreme Court petition covers was not intended as an ongoing, multipart series, but there appear to be more nuances involved than initially apparent. A question raised when composing every petition (and subsequent brief) cover is which is the correct lower court to [...]
To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Rocha v. Cnty. Of Tulare, Cal., filed on June 3, 2016 Gailey v. Utah, filed on June 6, 2016
While most of the legal community has focused on the substance of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Foster v. Chatman, 578 U.S. ___ (May 23, 2016) (No. 14-8349) (something to do with cluttering up attorney files with notes on jury selection), the Cockle Blog is all over the Court’s procedural focus in that [...]
To read any of these Supreme Court petitions, click the heading to open this post, then follow the links! Cameron v. Texas, filed on May 31, 2016 Shimomura v. Davis, filed on June 2, 2016
In the era of the New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt saw several cherished reforms get thrown out by the Supreme Court. On this day in Supreme Court history, May 27, 1935, three separate decisions were handed down which struck against Roosevelt's power. One, Humphrey's Executor v. United States, declared that Roosevelt could not dismiss regulatory appointees [...]
To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link! Tunica-Biloxi Gaming Auth. v. Zaunbrecher, filed on May 26, 2016
To read this Supreme Court petition, click the heading to open this post, then follow the link! Mech v. Sch. Bd. of Palm Beach Cnty., Fla., filed on May 18, 2016