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The morning read for Wednesday, March 29

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Garland looks to hand off security duty for Supreme Court justices (Josh Gerstein, Politico) Sup

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Court holds statute of limitations under Quiet Title Act is not a jurisdictional bar

Tuesday’s decision in Wilkins v. United States broke no new ground, as it followed a steady line of cases applying a rule under which time limits in federal statutes do not create jurisdictional bars unless the statute makes that intent clear. This partic

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Court concerned about scope of patent covering millions of antibodies

During oral argument in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi on Monday, the justices explored how to write an opinion on patent enablement when the parties agree on almost everything about the legal standard.  “Enablement” is the requirement that a patent must enabl

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Court seems reluctant to extend ban on concurrent sentences in Armed Career Criminal Act

Tuesday’s argument in Lora v. United States suggested that Efrain Lora, a Bronx man convicted of killing a rival drug dealer, is likely to get his re-sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act. The larger question is whether the court’s op

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