Maryland vs. King

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  February 18th at 09:54 AM  | 

On February 26th, the Supreme Court will hear an important case involving the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure. This case arises out of Maryland, but has ramifications beyond that state. In all, 28 other states and the Federal government have practices and policies that roughly approximate those at issue in the Maryland case. This case is interesting since it pits the Constitution | Read More »

The January Supreme Court Docket

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  December 25th at 09:26 AM  | 

In January, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments 12 cases: 4 criminal law cases, 5 civil law cases and three in the area of administrative law and regulations. First, lets look at the civil cases, only one of which may have any interest here. That case is Maracich vs. Spears and involves liability for breach of privacy issues in the course of a lawsuit. | Read More »

The First Monday In October

By: davenj1 (Diary)  |  September 25th at 05:22 PM  | 

With much of the interest focused on the Presidential race this year, next Monday is October 1st- the first Monday in October- the traditional beginning of the 2012-2013 Supreme Court term. Some interesting cases will be heard this month. This article will try to summarize some of the more interesting cases being heard in October. In addition, yesterday the Supreme Court convened in what is | Read More »