Live blog of opinions | March 20, 2019
We live-blogged as the Supreme Court released opinions in two cases: Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP and Frank v. Gaos. SCOTUSblog is sponsored by Casetext: A more intelligent way to search the law.
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We are only waiting on one more opinion from the October sitting (which should not be confused with arguments, like Frank v. Gaos, that were argued in October but are part of the November sitting). Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the only justice who has not yet written an opinion from the October sitting, so she likely has Gundy v. United States.
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Here's a link to the court's opinion in Obduskey. Danielle D'Onfro will have our analysis.
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Here's a link to the opinion in Frank v. Gaos. Ronald Mann will have our analysis:
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In Spokeo, the court held that "standing" -- the right to sue -- requires an actual injury, even if there is a violation of a statute. And so the question that the Court is asking the lower courts to decide in Frank v Gaos is whether the plaintiffs in the class action have a right to sue.
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Andrew Hamm (I wish we could reply to replies), a while back I researched whether "review not first view" originated with the Cutter footnote, and I don't recall ever finding anything to the contrary. A quick search reveals the earliest instance of "court of review, not of first view," "review, not first view," or "review not first view" is in Cutter, so it looks like J. Ginsburg did indeed coin the catchy phrase. Obviously, the sentiment has been around much longer than 2005 though.
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Alright all, we are going to shut this one down. Thank you as always for joining us! Today we'll have our analyses of these two opinions, plus Amy's analysis of today's argument in Flowers v. Mississippi and her preview of next week's Kisor v. Wilkie. Hope to be back with you next week for more opinions!
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