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Cert. Status
Coverage of the Supreme Court’s rejection of the NSA spying case
Enron revisited as court reviews whistle-blower shield
The Supreme Court will be deciding when shareholders can sue for securities fraud – through former giant Halliburton
The Court granted two cases on Friday
Can a drug dealer be liable for the death of a customer? The Supreme Court will decide
Should the Court DIG Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison?
The Supreme Court will not hear a new challenge to NSA spying
Court declines to review $111 million patent case
Justices to hear case on shareholder lawsuits
Will the Supreme Court take on contraception coverage challenge?
Cert denied in Marek v. Lane, but with a statement by Chief Justice Roberts
The Solicitor General urges the Supreme Court to provide guidance on ERISA stock drop class actions
Some of this week’s cert denials came with opinions attached. Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSblog examines them
Unite Here v. Mulhall
Find out how oral arguments went during Unite Here v. Mulhall from Nina Totenberg
Richard Wolf reports on the neutrality deal at issue in Unite Here v. Mulhall
Fair Housing Dispute Settlement
New Jersey town of Mount Holly settles fair housing dispute before Supreme Court argument
Housing bias case blocked before the Supreme Court heard argument (by Richard Wolf)
SCOTUSblog reports on the fair housing case settlement
The fair housing case set to be argued before the Court next month has been settled
The Justices
Clarence Thomas: The Supreme Court’s most happy fella
VIDEO: Justice Kagan spoke at University of Kentucky’s College of Law
Watch Justice Thomas’ interview at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention (#fedsoc2013) from C-SPAN and from the Federalist Society
The Documents
Last week’s oral argument audio and transcripts are posted on Oyez.org
The Supreme Court order list from Monday is available
Other News
Sometimes, you don’t want your case to make it to the Supreme Court
Linda Greenhouse on the ‘care and feeding’ of the Court’s docket
Justices say inmate can keep beard while contesting prison’s grooming policy
Learn about when the Justices “rode circuit” and heard cases around the country
Paul Clement at #fedsoc2013: there have been 66 5-4 decisions with Roberts, Alito, Kennedy, Thomas, and Scalia in majority since Alito joined
Abigail Fisher gets her day in court – again