Tag:U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court will hear Colorado Catholic preschool case

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals case of St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy (No....

Supreme Court rules against private prison firm facing forced-work suit from immigration detainees

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a private prison company facing a lawsuit alleging immigration detainees were forced to work...

Supreme Court will decide on use of warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users (AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide the constitutionality of broad search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users...

Colorado Supreme Court Rules Boulder’s Tort-Based Climate Change Damages Lawsuit Can Proceed in State Court

In this opinion article, Spencer Fane Of Counsel John Watson discusses a recently released Colorado Supreme Court opinion that allowed a climate change lawsuit to proceed in state court.

Court Opinions: Divided US Supreme Court Affirms Oklahoma Supreme Court’s Denial of State-Funded Catholic Charter School

An equally divided Supreme Court affirmed a ruling rejecting a bid from an Oklahoma virtual charter school to be the country’s first state-funded religious charter school.

Court Opinion: Split US Supreme Court Rules Military Reservist Was Entitled to Differential Pay During National Emergency

In a 5-4 split, the high court found that a military reservist is entitled to differential pay if they serve during a declared national emergency without needing to show their service is connected to a particular emergency.

Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules EPA Can’t Impose “End-result” Permit Provisions for Water Quality

A split U.S. Supreme Court held the EPA can’t impose limitations through “end-result” permit provisions on the amount of contaminated discharge that can go into waterways.

Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules Voluntarily Dismissed Lawsuits May Be Reopened

The high court held that a case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Rule 41(a) counts as a “final proceeding” under Rule 60(b).