SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In June 2020, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal – meaning it decided the case without merits briefing or oral argument – in Andrus v. In an unsigned opinion, the court ruled that Terence Andrus had demonstrated that his lawyer provided deficient performance at sentencing for failing to investigate or introduce mitigating evidence.

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Stare Decisis Court Court Rules Legal 94

SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ,

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Statute Stare Decisis Court Manufacturing 103

SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

Empire Health Foundation did not mention Chevron at all, even though Chevron loomed large in the briefing for both cases, which involved agency interpretations of complex Medicare statutes. Instead, the court simply interpreted the two statutes at issue by looking primarily at the statutes’ text and structure.

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Laws Stare Decisis Court Statute 99

SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Mississippi acknowledges that it must overcome the principle of “stare decisis” – the idea that courts should normally follow their prior precedent. But here, the state insists, the “stare decisis case for overruling Roe and Casey is overwhelming.” Stare decisis and the Kavanaugh test.

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Stare Decisis Court Laws Statute 144