what is the latest us supreme court opinions,describe them briefly?”
MAUREEN CAVANAUGH (Host): I’m Maureen Cavanaugh. You’re listening to These Days on KPBS. This is a big day at the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court’s term is ended, final decisions are announced, and it’s the final day of Justice David Souter’s tenure as member of the Court. Typically in the last days of the term lots of Supreme Court decisions are released, and here to guide us through some of the most important and interesting rulings in this session is These Days Legal Analyst Dan Eaton. And good morning, Dan. DAN EATON (Attorney and KPBS Legal Analyst): Good morning, Maureen. This is one of these red-letter days that gets the blood pumping for people like – for me, as you know. CAVANAUGH: Exactly. Well, of course, the first thing we must talk about is the decision that’s just been handed down in Ricci de (sic) DeStephano and that, of course, is the issue that’s, for critics of the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, has become a big issue. Tell us about the case. EATON: It has, and this peo
Monday, June 29, 2009 Tomorrow at the Court 10:45am Minto Grain v. Tibert New Opinion: June 29 The Supreme Court posted a new opinion on June 29. U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 29 # United States Supreme Court building The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a firefighter promotion case and a fair lending law case. Ricci v. DeStefano # Cuomo v. Clearing House Assn. Souter bids goodbye to Supreme Court colleagues Associated Press: “Justice David Souter and his colleagues exchanged fond farewells as he ended a career of nearly two decades at the Supreme Court.” U.S.: Court fails to decide on anti-Hillary movie Associated Press: “The Supreme Court has failed to decide on whether a scathing documentary about Hillary Rodham Clinton that was shown during the presidential race should be regulated as if it were a campaign ad.” A.G. speaks to indigent defense providers N.D. Commission on Legal Counself for Indigents: “Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the states’ top indi
It is sent to the printer later in the day on which the “bench” opinion is released by the Court. Each slip opinion has the same elements as the bench opinion–majority or plurality opinion, concurrences or dissents, and a prefatory syllabus–but may contain corrections not appearing in the bench opinion. The slip opinions collected here are those issued during October Term 2008 (October 6, 2008, through September 5, 2009). These opinions are posted on this Website within hours after the bench opinions are issued and will remain posted until the opinions are published in a bound volume of the United States Reports. For further information, see Column Header Definitions and the file entitled Information About Opinions.
