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Archive for June, 2009

6/30/2009

High Court Losses Stun Environmentalists

L&C Law’s Juliet Stumpf on the Supreme Court’s New Title VII Disparate Impact Standard
:: A Willingness to Make Its Own Law

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules for Franken, 5-0
:: Coleman v. Franken (pdf)

The Supreme Court Gets Ready To Turn on the Corporate Fundraising Spigot

Groups Sue Arizona State U, Say Kindle Use Hurts Blind Students

Goodbye Warren Court: A Look Back at the Supreme Court Term

Exxon Agrees to Pay Spill Penalty Interest

6/29/2009

Illinois Admissions Scandal Widens to the Law School
:: Email Excerpts

It’s Now Legal to Catch a Raindrop in Colorado

U.S. Supreme Court Looks Over 9th Circuit’s Shoulder

Supreme Court’s Odd Not-so-Final Day

Supreme Court, 5-4, Rules for White Firefighters in Bias Case
:: Ricci v. DeStefano

Court, 5-4, Rules States Can Apply Some Laws to National Banks
:: Cuomo v. Clearing House Association

Court Delays, Expands Challenge to Campaign Finance Act

Souter Bids Goodbye to Supreme Court Colleagues

New Guidance Issued on Military Trials of Detainees

High Court Rejects Review of Ruling Blocking 9-11 Suits of Saudia Arabia

Portland Mayor’s Scandal Tests Oregon’s New Attorney General

First Online Law Grad Admitted in Massachusetts

6/26/2009

L&C Law’s Dan Rohlf on PEAC Suing FEMA Over Flood Plain Development
:: Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center

L&C Law’s Bill Funk on the 1st Amendment and Alleged Web Threats to Murder 3 Judges

L&C Law’s Jim Huffman on Property Rights’ Strange Bedfellows

Judge Kent Resigns Amid Impeachment Proceedings

6/25/2009

Supreme Court, 8-1, Rules Strip Search of Student Illegal; Splits 7-2 on Qualified Immunity
:: Safford Unified v. Redding (pdf)

Justices, 5-4, Ease Oversight of AZ English Program, Returns 12-Year Old Case to Trial Court
:: Horne v. Flores (pdf)

Court Rules, 5-4, Lab Technicians Must Testify at Criminal Trials
:: Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (pdf)

Justices, 5-4, Allows Punitive Damages in Maritime Case Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend (pdf)

DePaul Names Illinois Judge as Interim Dean Over Unanimous Opposition of Faculty
:: Leiter: “I Have Never Seen a Law School Mistreated Like This

White Supremacist Radio Host Is Arrested in Threats on 3 Judges

Apple’s Silence on Steve Jobs’ Health May Have Broken Federal Securities Rules

VA Abortion Ban Reinstated by 4th Circuit 6-5, Supreme Court Likely Next Stop
:: Richmond Medical Center for Women v. Herring (pdf)

9th Circuit OKs Suing Prosecutor Over DNA Sample
:: Friedman v. Boucher (pdf)