By Tony Mauro | June 5, 2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who prides himself on his First Amendment views, made short shrift of the cake-as-art argument: “The free speech aspect of this case is difficult, for few persons who have seen a beautiful wedding cake might have thought of its creation as an exercise of protected speech.”
By Marcia Coyle | June 4, 2018
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 R. Robin McDonald | June 4, 2018
Lamar, Archer & Cofrin was pursuing more than $104,000 in legal fees a former client had discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle | June 4, 2018
Misconduct in the federal courts is more than "isolated," a judiciary working group reports. “Of the inappropriate behavior that does occur, incivility, disrespect, or crude behavior are more common than sexual harassment,” the report, released Monday, stated.
By Marcia Coyle | Tony Mauro | June 4, 2018
"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 | June 4, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a lower court ruling that allowed a pregnant immigrant teen to have an abortion, but the justices refused to reprimand her lawyers for allegedly misleading the government.
By Marcia Coyle | May 25, 2018
There may be another way: "non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel." The concept is fairly established in the law, but it has not been used much. And judges and arbitrators have broad discretion whether to apply it in any given case.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 24, 2018
The U.S. solicitor general has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case that addresses one of the most significant federal pre-emption issues for brand drug companies since Wyeth v. Levine.
By Tony Mauro | May 24, 2018
Early criticism of Justice Neil Gorsuch's writing style seems to be waning, but don't get any ideas that he has changed to please the pundits.
By C. Ryan Barber | May 23, 2018
It didn't take long for a U.S. Supreme Court decision this term on privacy rights to emerge in perhaps an unlikely spot: the special counsel's prosecution of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
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