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Court DIGs Boyer v. Louisiana, Affirms McBurney v. Young
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Supreme Court disposed of two more matters on its to-do list this morning, but it only issued one opinion. Today, we have a unanimous opinion in McBurney...
This Week at First Street: Arguments End and NLRB Showdown Begins
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
As spring actually starts to feel like spring, we're experiencing the same of end-of-school emotions that consume most high school kids this time of year:...
SCOTUS Won't Stand in the Way of Beer and COLA
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
If you spent Monday perusing the latest Supreme Court orders, then you may have noticed that the government is contesting Beer. (Ugh, Mondays.) For those of...
A Couple of Joints (Probably) Won't Get You Deported
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Adrian Moncrieffe, a Jamaican citizen, came to the U.S. legally in 1984, when he was three. During a 2007 traffic stop, police found 1.3 grams of marijuana in...
SCOTUS Sends Federal Rules Amendments to Congress
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
You thought that this was going to be just another uneventful Friday afternoon on First Street? Au contraire! The Supreme Court is rocking your world with rule...
'Presumption Against Extraterritoriality' Bars Alien Tort Claim
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
A group of Nigerian plaintiffs claim that Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Transport and Trading Company -- which you probably know as Shell Oil --...
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