Legal News

Originalist arguments and business interests clash in a dispute over where companies can be sued

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Tuesday in a major dispute over personal jurisdiction – a court’s power to hear a lawsuit against a defendant. The question in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. is whether a Pennsylvania court can hear a

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Denials of review in five cases draw dissents from various justices

The Supreme Court on Monday issued orders from the justices’ private conference last week. After granting four petitions for review on Friday afternoon, the court – as expected – did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2022-23 term. But with five.

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In family’s lawsuit against public nursing home, court revisits private rights of action and the spending clause

Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski, to be argued Tuesday, returns the court to the question of when federal law is subject to private enforcement. The court will consider whether to overrule a line of precedent and to hold that

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SCOTUS Spotlight: Michael Dreeben on helping the justices have a conversation

Michael Dreeben, who has argued 107 cases at the Supreme Court, joins us for another episode in our SCOTUS Spotlight series. Dreeben looks back on notable moments from his career as an advocate, including his very first argument — in which he faced

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