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Recent News About U.S. Supreme Court
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Abbott names George Mason professor as Texas solicitor general
Mitchell AUSTIN � A faculty member from George Mason University in Virginia has been appointed as the chief appellate lawyer for the state of Texas, Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Friday. -
US Supreme Court won't hear Texas illegal download case
Alito WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the appeal of a San Antonio teenager who owes $30,000 for illegally downloading music. -
***PRINT *** Texas teen forced to pay up for downloads
Alito WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review an appeal from a Texas teenager who downloaded and shared "a sizeable list" of copyrighted music without paying. -
Coleman used courtroom skills to help Record get off the ground
Coleman �BEAUMONT � When prominent Texas attorney Greg Coleman died in a plane crash on Nov. 23, he was lauded from Washington to Austin for his integrity and ethical convictions. -
Appellate lawyer Coleman killed in plane crash
Coleman Greg Coleman, a former solicitor general for the state of Texas and a partner with Yetter Coleman LLP in Austin, died Tuesday when his small plane crashed in Florida. -
Supreme Court takes on class actions
Roberts WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case that could determine the future of class action lawsuits. -
** PRINT ** U.S. SC hears arbitration case
Roberts WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a case that could determine the future of class action lawsuits. -
Supreme Court more business friendly, think tank says
Alito WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is more business friendly now than it was almost 30 years ago, according to a study released this week by a D.C.-based think tank. -
U.S. SC term starts first term with three women on bench
Kagan WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term this week, with new Justice Elena Kagan one of three women now on the bench. -
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Kagan WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term this week, with new Justice Elena Kagan one of three women now on the bench. -
Legally Speaking: I'll Drink To That Lawsuit
Many writers have found inspiration in the bottle. I can't claim to be one of them, but as I enjoyed an ice-cold longneck on Labor Day, I did wonder whether beer had been at the heart of any lawsuit. -
Report shows special interests spending more in state Supreme Court races
Spending on state Supreme Court elections across the country has more than doubled in the past decade, and, according to a report released Monday, special interest groups are outspending individual donors by a wide margin. -
Report probes state SC spending
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The firm of heavyweight Alabama plaintiffs attorney Jere Beasley gave more than $600,000 to a candidate for the state Supreme Court in 2008 without appearing on a list of her contributors, a recent report shows. -
States respond to motion to dismiss health care challenge
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum PENSACOLA, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The 21 states challenging federal health care reform say Congress isn't regulating interstate commerce, it is forcing it. -
The Seminal Decision of 'Bilski v. Kappos'
In the seemingly pro-patent decision of Bilski v. Kappos, the U.S. Supreme Court relied on prior decisions -- instead of the test that was articulated by the Federal Circuit -- to find Bilski's business method unpatentable. -
USSC rules in arbitration of arbitration disputes
Scalia WASHINGTON � When an agreement to arbitrate disputes contains an agreement to arbitrate disputes over arbitration, an arbitrator and not a judge must determine the validity of the entire agreement, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June. -
Senate Judiciary Committee approves Kagan
Kagan WASHINGTON(Legal Newsline) - Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. -
Legally Speaking: Federal Preemption -- But Only When It Suits Us
As expected, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice recently filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent enforcement of Arizona's new immigration law, S.B. 1070.