Court Court Rules Stare Decisis 
JURIST
JUNE 28, 2024
The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that courts must exercise independent judgment in assessing an agency’s statutory authority. The Supreme Court did not decide on the facts of Loper. This overruled the deference afforded to an agency’s interpretation of its mandate from Chevron U.S.A.
JURIST
APRIL 24, 2021
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Jones v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. The court’s six conservative justices disagreed.
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The Crime Report
MAY 18, 2021
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But the majority of the court unraveled this holding. In Miller v.
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.
SCOTUSBlog
JULY 1, 2021
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday narrowed the doctrine of patent assignor estoppel, which prohibits an inventor from assigning a patent to someone and then later contending in litigation that the patent is invalid. By a vote of 5-4, the court rejected calls to completely abandon the doctrine. The ruling in Minerva Surgical Inc.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 30, 2022
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court granted review on a case raising the question whether Andy Warhol paintings made using a copyrighted photograph were so “transformative” as to be a non-infringing “fair use.” Case in point: Texas v.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Share The Supreme Court on Monday issued orders from the justices’ private conference last week. After granting four petitions for review on Friday afternoon, the court – as expected – did not add any new cases to its docket for the 2022-23 term. A state appeals court ruled that Anthony had not received a fair trial.
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