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Honest-Services Mail Fraud Convictions Vacated
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In Black v. US, No. 08-876, the Court vacated the Seventh Circuit's affirmance of defendants' (including Conrad Black) honest-services mail fraud convictions,...
Constitutional Challenge to Terrorist Support Law Rejected
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Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, No. 08-1498, concerned a constitutional challenge to 18 U.S.C. section 2339B(a)(1), which prohibits knowingly providing...
Court Addresses Arbitrability and a "Delegation" Provision
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Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson, No. 09-497, involved an employment discrimination action.
Challenge to Approval of Deregulation of Genetically Modified Plant
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Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, No. 09-475, involved an action challenging the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) decision to approve...
National Labor Relations Act Requires NLRB to Maintain Membership of Three
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New Process Steel, L.P. v. NLRB, No. 08-1457, concerned an appeal from the Seventh Circuit's denial of petitioners' petition for review of the National Labor...
Takings Clause Challenge to Florida's Approval of Beach Restoration Permits Rejected
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Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Fla. Dept. of Env. Protection, Inc., No. 08-1151, involved an action challenging the Florida Department of Environmental...