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Court holds disparate fees in business bankruptcy cases unconstitutional

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The dispute involved the administrative costs of bankruptcy proceedings, which are quite substantial in large business cases. Since 1986, in all states other than Alabama or North Carolina, those cases have been administered by the U.S. Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s brief opinion for the court treated the case as a simple one.

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The last grants of October Term 2022?

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court announced that it would hold its “mop up” conference for October Term 2022 on Thursday, after completing the day’s opinion announcements. Legal Services Alabama, Inc. ,

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An important week for immigration law

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During the week of June 13, the Supreme Court decided two immigration cases (involving bond hearings for noncitizens in immigration detention) and declined to decide a third (involving the Trump-era “public charge” policy for green card applicants). The post An important week for immigration law appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Separation of powers and mental health evidence in capital sentencing

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. There was a lot of action among the relisted cases at last week’s Supreme Court conference. The court granted review in six-time relisted case Carnahan v. The court denied review in three-time relist St.