Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp., No. 10-879, on whether the Locomotive Inspection Act preempts state-law tort claims relating to locomotive repairs. I had the honor of previewing the case at SCOTUS Blog today, which you can find here. Attorney David C. Frederick of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, [...]
There is a strong prospect of Supreme Court review in Heneford v. Castaneda, et al. (No. 08-1547) according to an article posted today in SCOTUS blog. Given that there is a direct conflict among federal courts of appeals on the question of immunity for U.S. Public Health Service personnel, and because the Solicitor General also [...]
Recently, SCOTUS blog posted an article on Brown, et al., v. Hovatter, et al., No. 09-231. The case could provide the Supreme Court with an opportunity to clarify a little known part of the Constitution—the Dormant Commerce Clause. The post (and a PDF version of the brief that Cockle printed) can be viewed here.