The case of Bowles v. Russell did not generate headlines at any point in its journey to the Supreme Court. And when it was decided by the high court by a 5-4 vote Thursday, no justice spoke in angry dissent. The ruling turned on "a doctrinal thing that only lawyer geeks and the Supreme Court care about," says attorney Kevin Russell, who authored a brief in the case. But the low-profile case offers as good a glimpse as any into the Court's sharp conservative-liberal divide emerging this term.
June 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The case of Bowles v. Russell did not generate headlines at any point in its journey to the Supreme Court. And when it was decided by the high court Thursday, no justice spoke in angry dissent.
But the low-profile case offers as good a glimpse as any into the sharp conservative-liberal divide emerging this term.
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