The petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment is denied without prejudice. It is assumed that the Court of Appeals will proceed expeditiously to decide this case. Kenneth Starr issued the following statement in response today: "In light of the Supreme Court's determination today, we ...
state governments, leading educational institutions, and individuals, especially in cases raising novel or challenging questions of administrative law. The appellate team regularly prepares petitions for certiorari, as well as merits and amicus briefs. ...
The US Supreme Court grants petitions for writs of certiorari in a case dealing with the question whether a state regulatory board created by state law can be treated as a private actor under antitrust law (North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners)...
Every supreme court has a procedure to limit the number of cases it hears. The U.S. Supreme Court uses a writ of certiorari, which is a legal Pleading that requests the Court to hear the case. State supreme courts have similar pleadings, sometimes called petitions for review, which also ...
victories before the Federal Circuit on behalf of its client Eli Lilly in matters against several generic drug manufacturers who challenged a patent protecting Lilly’s blockbuster anti- cancer drug Alimta®; subsequently defeated the challengers’ petitions for certiorari in the Supreme Court. ...
As a result of this growth in discretionary jurisdiction, the Supreme Court has the ability to set its own agenda. A party who seeks review of a decision petitions the Court for a writ of certiorari, an ancient Pleading form that grants the right for review. The justices deliberate in ...
The nation's highest court on Friday granted all four pending requests, known as petitions for writ of certiorari, to hear challenges to same-sex marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. The action is ten years in the making, following the 2004 legalization of marriage equality...
The Supreme Court granted Puerto Rico’s petition for a writ of certiorari on December 4, 2015. The Supreme Court’s Ruling The Supreme Court affirmed. Writing for the 5-2 majority (with Justice Samuel Alito abstaining), Justice Clarence Thomas explained that the cases required ...
not apparent from either the text of the FAA or any of the above three decisions – that the person performing the work be a member of the “transportation industry.” The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit determined that the answer was yes, and SCOTUS granted certiorari...
U.S. Supreme Court Turner v. Murray, 476 U.S. 28 (1986) Turner v. Murray No. 84-6646 Argued December 12, 1985 Decided April 30, 1986 476 U.S. 28 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Petitioner, a black man, was indicted in Virginia on...