Live blog of orders and opinions | June 24, 2019
We live-blogged as the Supreme Court released orders and opinions. The justices released their opinions in four argued cases: United States v. Davis, Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, Iancu v. Brunetti and The Dutra Group v. Batterton. SCOTUSblog is sponsored by Casetext: A more intelligent way to search the law.
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We have 12 argued cases that are still awaiting resolution. Amy goes through them all in this post: http://amylhowe.com/2019/06/24/and-then-there-were-12/
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Amy's talked about the orders at 9:30 and the opinions at 10. In this post, she answers frequently asked questions, such as the difference and importance between orders and opinions. https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/06/faqs-announcements-of-orders-and-opinions-3/
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I'm watching to see if the State of Alabama's Petition for Certiorari is granted in Scott Harris v. West Alabama Women's Center, Case No: 17-15208. It was apparently considered in the conference on June 20th. I'm wondering if I am expecting an answer too soon. It's an abortion case.
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At the close of the penultimate day, whenever that is, the Marshal will announce the next day's sitting and announce that that will be the last day. So be 10:30 or so, not only will we know when the next day's sitting is, we'll know if there will be any additional ones to come.
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I've always wondered something- why do the controversial ones come out at the end? Is it that the SC likes a bit of theater? Or do they know it'll be controversial and just wanna get out of the spotlight as quick as possible after the decision is rendered? Or do they take the longest to decide?
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I'm surprised we haven't already seen a GVR of City of Pensacola v. Konrat'yev in light of the decision in American Legion v. American Humanist Association. Should we expect to see that in the "clean up" orders or might they grant the petition to address the standing question?
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Here's the link to today's order list: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/062419zor_bp7c.pdf
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They granted review in Dex Media v. Click-to-Call, on whether federal patent law allows an appeal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to institute an inter partes review – that is, a procedure for challenging the validity of a patent – after finding that a one-year time bar does not apply.
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There are two calls for the views of the solicitor general. One is out of Puerto Rico, involving whether a court must defer to how a religious organization has structured itself or can instead deem its various parts one legal entity for liability purposes. The other is Avco Corp. v. Sikkelee.