November Sitting Archives - Legal Blotterca https://legalblotterca.com/category/november-sitting/ US Suprem Court Cases Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:26:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://i0.wp.com/legalblotterca.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-BalLegal.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 November Sitting Archives - Legal Blotterca https://legalblotterca.com/category/november-sitting/ 32 32 214693178 United States v. Tsarnaev https://legalblotterca.com/united-states-v-tsarnaev/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 06:25:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=166 Holding: The judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit vacating Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capital sentences is reversed. Judgment: Reversed, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Thomas on March…

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]]> Holding: The judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit vacating Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capital sentences is reversed.

Judgment: Reversed, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Thomas on March 4, 2022. Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the court, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett joined. Barrett filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch joined. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Sotomayor and Kagan joined except as to Part II-C.

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]]> 166 Wolf v. Vidal https://legalblotterca.com/wolf-v-vidal/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 07:58:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=629 Holding: The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.

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]]> Holding: The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.

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]]> 629 Trump v. NAACP https://legalblotterca.com/trump-v-naacp/ Thu, 18 Jun 2020 07:56:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=626 Holding: The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.

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]]> Holding: The Department of Homeland Security’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.

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]]> 626 Kansas v. Glover https://legalblotterca.com/kansas-v-glover/ Wed, 06 May 2020 07:35:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=607 Holding: When a police officer lacks information negating an inference that a person driving is the vehicle’s owner, an investigative traffic stop made after running the vehicle’s license plate and…

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]]> Holding: When a police officer lacks information negating an inference that a person driving is the vehicle’s owner, an investigative traffic stop made after running the vehicle’s license plate and learning that the registered owner’s driver’s license has been revoked is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

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]]> 607 County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund https://legalblotterca.com/county-of-maui-hawaii-v-hawaii-wildlife-fund/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 07:51:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=619 Holding: The Clean Water Act, which forbids “any addition” of any pollutant from “any point source” to “navigable waters” without the appropriate Environmental Protection Agency permit, requires a permit when…

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]]> Holding: The Clean Water Act, which forbids “any addition” of any pollutant from “any point source” to “navigable waters” without the appropriate Environmental Protection Agency permit, requires a permit when there is a direct discharge from a point source into navigable waters or when there is the functional equivalent of a direct discharge.

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]]> 619 CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co., Ltd. https://legalblotterca.com/citgo-asphalt-refining-co-v-frescati-shipping-co-ltd/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:45:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=613 Holding: The plain language of the safe-berth clause in the parties’ subcharter agreement—requiring the petitioners to designate a safe berth for a vessel to load and discharge cargo—establishes a warranty…

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]]> Holding: The plain language of the safe-berth clause in the parties’ subcharter agreement—requiring the petitioners to designate a safe berth for a vessel to load and discharge cargo—establishes a warranty of safety.

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]]> 613 Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media https://legalblotterca.com/comcast-corp-v-national-association-of-african-american-owned-media/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:04:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=635 Holding: A plaintiff who sues for racial discrimination in contracting under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 bears the burden of showing that race was a but-for cause of the plaintiff’s injury, and that burden…

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]]> Holding: A plaintiff who sues for racial discrimination in contracting under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 bears the burden of showing that race was a but-for cause of the plaintiff’s injury, and that burden remains constant over the life of the lawsuit.

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]]> 635 Allen v. Cooper https://legalblotterca.com/allen-v-cooper/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:37:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=610 Holding: Congress lacked authority to abrogate the states’ sovereign immunity from copyright infringement suits in the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990.

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]]> Holding: Congress lacked authority to abrogate the states’ sovereign immunity from copyright infringement suits in the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990.

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]]> 610 Hernandez v. Mesa https://legalblotterca.com/hernandez-v-mesa/ Tue, 25 Feb 2020 08:03:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=632 Holding: The holding in Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents does not extend to claims based on a cross-border shooting.

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]]> Holding: The holding in Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents does not extend to claims based on a cross-border shooting.

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]]> 632 Ritzen Group Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC https://legalblotterca.com/ritzen-group-inc-v-jackson-masonry-llc/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:25:00 +0000 https://legalblotterca.com/?p=639 Holding: A bankruptcy court’s order unreservedly denying relief from the automatic stay constitutes a final, immediately appealable order under 28 U.S.C. § 158(a).

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]]> Holding: A bankruptcy court’s order unreservedly denying relief from the automatic stay constitutes a final, immediately appealable order under 28 U.S.C. § 158(a).

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