SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 10, 2021
Andrus further argues that the Texas court’s decision conflicts with “vertical stare decisis,” the principle that lower courts must follow the Supreme Court’s decisions. Intellectual disability and the death penalty. CLS Transportation Los Angeles LLC. Apple Inc. Qualcomm Incorporated.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 5, 2023
On February 1, 2023, the Death Penalty Information Center reported that Andrus’ attorney, Gretchen Sween , told the Los Angeles Times that the latest Supreme Court denial left her client a “broken” man “careening toward the abyss.” Andrus’ attorney, Gretchen Sween, once again sought and secured certiorari review before the Supreme Court.
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Patently O
JUNE 29, 2021
These ideas of stare decisis and silent reenactment are part of a major ongoing debate within the Court over its role in changing its own prior precedent. = = = =.
The Crime Report
APRIL 8, 2022
The remaining 97 percent have been decided by plea bargain: an arrangement made between a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and the defendant under which an individual enters a guilty or no contest plea in exchange for a reduction in the level of a charge, a reduced number of charges, or the recommendation of a lighter sentence.
Patently O
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Apple’s attorneys were able to convince the judge that the license to Fortress meant that Uniloc no longer held full rights to the patent and thus lacked standing to sue. Uniloc then failed to meet the goal, and, by the terms of the deal, those license rights arguably automatically passed to Fortress. After some venue-action, Uniloc v.
Patently O
JULY 2, 2024
In the past, both the USPTO and patent attorneys have largely ignored the larger scope of administrative law, but in recent years USPTO operations have been under tighter control from the White House, and courts have increasingly asked whether the agency is following the rules. to dictate the outcome of cases.”
Patently O
JULY 6, 2022
Steve Gass has a PhD in physics and also a patent attorney. And, in any case, these exceptions have defined the reach of the statute as a matter of statutory stare decisis going back 150 years. My middle school shop teacher was missing fingers courtesy of a table saw. Kappos , 561 U.S. 593 (2010).
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