- With oral arguments out of the way, the Supreme Court can now start digging itself out from under the hefty pile of cases that still need to be decided. But summer recess is fast approaching.
- The Supreme Court has decided just 14 argued cases so far this term. The court had already resolved 24 argued cases by this time in the two previous terms.
- That slow output means the justices will have to decide 45 cases, more than three-fourths of their term load, before July if they want to leave in time for their regularly programmed summer break.
And Law.com has ACLU Staffs Up for New Initiative: 'State Supreme Courts Are More Important Now Than Ever' -- The American Civil Liberties Union is dedicating significant resources to state supreme court litigation, hiring two senior staff attorneys to work with ACLU state affiliates and local litigators on civil rights issues in state courts.
The DJ has Montana law school professor confirmed to 9th Circuit
For the latest disentitlement case, see here. And if you think you can submit trial exhibits after briefing has concluded, as here, think again (see fn.1).
The current issue of ASCDC's Verdict magazine has H&L's Marc Kressl's article Law and Linguistics: Tools of Construction, about the recent AJEI panel in Scottsdale on this topic.
And to truly geek out (re appeals and sci-fi) see the case of The Thing that got SLAPPed.
Want to know what's on the Cal Supreme Court's conference list tomorrow? Now you can see it here.
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