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Supreme Court divided over disputed civil rights attorney’s fees

ShareThe justices on Tuesday were divided over a dispute regarding attorney’s fees for plaintiffs in civil rights cases. A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled that a group of drivers challenging a state motor vehicle law was entitled to reimbursement of their attorney’s fees because a federal district court had issued an order that temporarily...

Wed Oct 9, 2024 00:43
Court likely to let Biden’s “ghost gun” regulation stand

ShareThe Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to uphold a 2022 federal rule regulating so-called “ghost guns” – untraceable weapons without serial numbers, assembled from components or kits that can be bought online. Defending the rule, U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar described an “explosion in crimes committed with ghost guns.” She told...

Wed Oct 9, 2024 00:12
The morning read for Tuesday, Oct. 8

ShareThe justices will hear oral arguments this morning in Garland v. VanDerStok and Lackey v. Stinnie. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Supreme Court will hear a challenge to ghost-gun regulation (Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press) Supreme...

Tue Oct 8, 2024 17:05
Pete Patterson on statutory authority and so-called “ghost guns”

ShareIn this video, Nate Mowry interviews Pete Patterson from Cooper & Kirk. Pete will be arguing on behalf of the challengers in Garland v. VanDerStok, who are seeking to invalidate a 2022 rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives that regulates so-called “ghost guns.”    The post Pete Patterson on statutory authority...

Tue Oct 8, 2024 15:44
Court turns down Biden’s bid for intervention in Texas emergency abortion dispute

ShareAfter granting 15 cases from the justices’ “long conference” last week, the Supreme Court on Monday denied more than a thousand more petitions for review. Among the noteworthy actions on the 50-page list of orders released on Monday morning was the rejection of a request from the Biden administration to send a dispute over emergency abortions in...

Tue Oct 8, 2024 00:02
Dispute over attorney’s fees in civil rights cases comes before justices

ShareThe Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a dispute over whether and when plaintiffs who obtain temporary relief in a civil rights case can later be reimbursed for their attorney’s fees. Although the issue in Lackey v. Stinnie may sound like a technical one, it has drawn considerable attention, with lawyers on both sides of the case...

Mon Oct 7, 2024 20:11

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