U.S. Supreme Court
Recent News About U.S. Supreme Court
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Report: U.S. SC orders petitioners in EPA greenhouse gas case to keep briefs short
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the petitioners in a case challenging the Obama administration's greenhouse gas regulations to keep their briefs short. -
Third D.C. Circuit nominee clears Senate panel hurdle
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Robert Leon Wilkins, President Barack Obama's third pick for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, made it out of a Senate committee Thursday. -
Ga. AG picks lawyers for water lawsuit
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) -- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and Attorney General Sam Olens announced this week the appointment of special assistant attorneys general to help defend the state in a lawsuit filed by neighboring Florida in the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Former NLRB member confirmed as board's general counsel
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Richard Griffin, a former member of the National Labor Relations Board, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as the board's general counsel. -
Hobby Lobby wants U.S. SC to review case over contraceptive mandate
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. says it wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its case against the federal government over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate. -
Cuccinelli blasts Obama's health care law in GOP address
RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli earlier this week called President Barack Obama's health care law "downright dishonest." -
CEO asks U.S. SC to review case over contraceptive mandate
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The CEO of a Michigan-based company is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to protect his family's religious freedom and overturn a federal appeals court's decision requiring the company to provide contraceptive drugs to its employees. -
U.S. SC to hear challenge to EPA's greenhouse gas regulations
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the Obama administration's greenhouse gas regulations. -
Business groups ask U.S. SC to review securities class action litigation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Business groups are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case that, they argue, challenges a key precedent in securities class action cases. -
U.S. SC declines to hear Toyota appeal in lawsuits over Prius brakes
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Toyota Motor Corp. in lawsuits over the anti-lock brake systems in its Prius cars. -
U.S. SC declines to hear Scruggs' appeal
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by disgraced Mississippi attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs. -
Government shutdown hits DOJ, D.C. local courts hardest so far
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The federal government is on the second day of its first shutdown in nearly 18 years and hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been furloughed, including more than 1,000 U.S. Department of Justice lawyers. -
Obama administration wants U.S. SC to review ruling in Hobby Lobby case
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The federal government is taking a case filed against it last year by Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Offers pour in to help represent Georgia in water lawsuit
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) -- Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens earlier this month sought out lawyers to help represent the state in a lawsuit filed by neighboring Florida in the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Sen. Warren slams U.S. SC for being too far right, business-friendly
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) -- U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren this weekend slammed the U.S. Supreme Court for being too far right and too often siding with corporate America. -
Wyo. governor names new AG to replace Phillips
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Legal Newsline) -- Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead has named Peter Michael his new attorney general. -
Ohio AG appoints new solicitor
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Wednesday announced that he has named Eric Murphy as State Solicitor for the Attorney General's Office. -
Report: Amazon takes case over N.Y. tax law to U.S. SC
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Online retailer Amazon is taking its fight over a New York tax law to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
DRI files brief to U.S. SC in Lexmark patent case
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar said Thursday it has filed an amicus brief on merits with the U.S. Supreme Court in a patent infringement case. -
Report: U.S. SC justice's son joins Gibson Dunn
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Philip Alito, son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, reportedly has been hired by law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.