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Christmas Week News

Posted: December 23, 2009 | Author: Shon R. Hopwood| Filed under: Brief Printings, Supreme Court | Leave a comment
Legal blogs continue to buzz over the Court’s grant last week in City of Ontario v. Quon, (08-1332). While Scotus Wiki added a new page for the case, both Nolo’s Employment Law Blog and Slate’s Double XX Blog discussed the case at length. Last week, Orin Kerr at the Volokh Conspiracy noted that the Ninth [...]

Court Grants City of Ontario v. Quon and Two Others

Posted: December 15, 2009 | Author: Shon R. Hopwood| Filed under: Supreme Court | Leave a comment
Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted three cert petitions and called for the Solicitor General’s view on another. In City of Ontario v. Quon, No. 08-1332, the Court will determine whether government employers may monitor employees’ text messages transmitted with a government-issued pager. The questions presented are: 1. Whether a SWAT team member has a reasonable [...]

Supreme Court News for December 8th, 2009

Posted: December 8, 2009 | Author: Shon R. Hopwood| Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Yesterday, the Court granted two cert petitions. The first questions whether it is unconstitutional for a public college to deny school funding to a student religious group that limits its officers and voting members to those who accept its religious beliefs. Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (08-1371). The second petition involves another aspect of the [...]
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