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Marcia Coyle, based in Washington, covers the U.S. Supreme Court. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @MarciaCoyle
June 4, 2018 | National Law Journal
Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joined Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority ruling. Kagan opened her concurring opinion by quoting Kennedy: "It is a general rule that [religious and philosophical] objections do not allow business owners and other actors in the economy and in society to deny protected persons equal access to goods and services under a neutral and generally applicable public accommodations law."
By Marcia Coyle
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June 4, 2018 | National Law Journal
"Whatever the confluence of speech and free exercise principles might be in some cases, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission's consideration of this case was inconsistent with the state's obligation of religious neutrality," Kennedy wrote for the 7-2 court.
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro
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April 30, 2018 | National Law Journal
The justice will curtail activities for the next few weeks, the court said. She also will wear a sling for several weeks and undergo physical therapy for several months. Sotomayor is expected to recover full mobility and shoulder function, according to the court.
By Marcia Coyle
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April 18, 2018 | National Law Journal
The law firm Lamar, Archer & Cofrin claims that a client's fraudulent statement about a single asset does not allow his debt to the firm—more than $104,000 in legal fees—to be discharged in a bankruptcy.
By Marcia Coyle
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March 12, 2018 | National Law Journal
Google Inc. tells the U.S. Supreme Court there was nothing unfair or unreasonable about the tech company's $8.5 million settlement of a privacy class action in which $5.3 million of the funds go to third parties and none to members of the class. Class members—more than 100 million Google users—each would have received 4 cents, court records show. The Google settlement directs settlement funds to be distributed proportionally to six recipients that are devoted to web privacy.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 26, 2018 | National Law Journal
The Trump administration lost its bid Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court to terminate quickly an immigration program that allows hundreds of thousands of immigrant children, many now adults, to remain in the country lawfully.
By Marcia Coyle
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February 15, 2018 | National Law Journal
"We don't have the time, energy, ink or bites to change or to engage in that narrative. We have work to do. We have to write opinions," Thomas said in a wide-ranging interview with Judge Gregory Maggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
By Marcia Coyle
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January 23, 2018 | National Law Journal
"It was a private dinner, but I think about it as a return to civility in Washington, something we could use more of," Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who hosted the dinner, reportedly said in response to questions about the gathering.
By Marcia Coyle
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January 17, 2018 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with whether a criminal defense lawyer violates the Constitution by ignoring his client's express wishes in order to save him from the death penalty.
By Marcia Coyle
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January 8, 2018 | National Law Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review two challenges to a Mississippi law considered to be one of the most extreme anti-gay rights laws in the country.
By Marcia Coyle
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