By Marcia Coyle | August 3, 2017
In a 2015 campaign event, then-candidate Donald Trump declared Clarence Thomas his favorite U.S. Supreme Court justice. Prominent former Thomas clerks and a judge named to a Trump list of potential high court nominees—Judge William Pryor Jr.—undoubtedly share that sentiment. They recently described Thomas' contributions to the law in a Yale Law Journal forum marking the justice's 25th anniversary.
By Marcia Coyle | August 1, 2017
A federal agency brief that a Washington judge threw out recently might be memorable for what the court called "excessive" footnotes—48 of them, stretching hundreds of lines. We asked a few veteran U.S. Supreme Court and appellate lawyers to share the footnotes that, for them, have stood the test of time.
By Kathleen Foody | July 31, 2017
After banning mandatory life without parole for juveniles 17 and younger convicted of homicide, the high court last year said the ruling applied retroactively to the more than 2,000 inmates already serving such sentences nationwide, and that all but the rare irredeemable juvenile offender should have a chance at parole.
By Tony Mauro | June 26, 2017
Two years after embracing same-sex marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to deal with a repercussion from its ruling by taking up the case of a Colorado baker who refused to make a custom wedding cake for a gay couple.
By Tony Mauro | June 23, 2017
Tony Mauro highlights the best of this year's Supreme Court fiction, where justices have lives, including sex lives, and get caught up in all kinds of mayhem. In between the heart-pounding action, you might find some useful insights about the court.
By Steven Ginsburg, Duane Morris | June 20, 2017
On June 12, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, held that individuals and entities who regularly purchase debts originated by someone…
By Tony Mauro | June 19, 2017
A high-profile trademark fight centered on the Asian-American rock band The Slants ended Monday with a ruling that the Lanham Act's prohibition against “disparaging” marks violates the First Amendment.
By Tony Mauro | June 14, 2017
Civil litigators and corporate counsel can almost taste victory in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California, seen as the term's most important case on jurisdiction.
By Jesse J. Holland | June 12, 2017
When the Supreme Court decided the landmark case, only 3 percent of newlyweds were intermarried.
By Marcia Coyle | June 1, 2017
In the next few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court could issue a decision that puts a crimp in the investigation schedule of special counsel and former FBI director Robert Mueller III.
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