I have a family member who won a case in the Georgia court system. It was a well articulated case that a competitor was engaging in predatory business practices that affected a large group of business owners of a particular type of business. The court agreed, and an appeals court declined to hear the appeal. However, another appeal was made to the Georgia Supreme Court. What are the odds that the GA Supreme Court will hear a case already held up during an appeal? [more inside]
posted by carlodio on Sep 27, 2009 - 7 answers

A New York State bar exam question [more inside]
posted by rakish_yet_centered on Feb 9, 2009 - 5 answers

Where can I find the full text of recent Mexican Supreme Court rulings? I can only find the announcements of their decisions, but not the decisions themselves... [more inside]
posted by allen8219 on Sep 11, 2008 - 3 answers

Where can I find a transcript of what George Carlin told the Supreme Court? [more inside]
posted by philosophistry on Jun 30, 2008 - 6 answers

Dear US Supreme Court Fans, when will the opinion on Columbia v. Heller be issued? [more inside]
posted by Science! on Jun 13, 2008 - 7 answers

Is the 9th Circuit really overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court more often than the other circuits? [more inside]
posted by goatdog on Apr 23, 2008 - 12 answers

Where can I find information about the cases granted certiorari for the upcoming term of the US Supreme Court? Preferably, I'd like access to both short, layman-accessible summaries and merit briefs for all cases for the October '07 term. [more inside]
posted by anotherpanacea on Jul 25, 2007 - 13 answers

what's the name of the little bib-like thing that the women on the U.S. Supreme Court wear?
posted by spiderwire on Apr 1, 2007 - 6 answers

My googlefu is failing me. During the debate over the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, I saw somewhere a pdf copy of his résumé from when he was fairly young — just out of his clerkships and applying, probably, to some government job. It was typed on a typewriter and was multiple pages long, in a style and format that would be quite abnormal today. Now I can't find it. Can you?
posted by raf on Jul 24, 2006 - 3 answers

Good U. S. Supreme Court histories? I really like the Supreme Court. I like to hear about it and read about it. I love the place it occupies in our national politics, the deliberative position it holds. I'm interested in reading books of history about it, how it has evolved, major trends, what it used to be like. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by OmieWise on Jan 25, 2006 - 15 answers

With the Dem's threatening to fillibuster Bush's new nomination for the Supreme Court, can Bush just wait until Christmas time when Congress takes a recess and install Alito with no confirmation vote? I have heard of similar things as an option in past political situations, and I'm assuming that somewhere in our 200+ year history something like this has been done. Unfortunately, I never really paid attention to the actual workings of the whole thing. What are the actual rules/laws as to what the President can do when Congress isn't in session. Specifically for the things Congress would 'normally' vote on or approve had they been in session.
posted by whoda on Nov 1, 2005 - 20 answers

What does it really mean to "overturn" a Supreme Court decision? [more inside]
posted by MrMoonPie on Aug 10, 2005 - 9 answers

Where can I find the text of briefings filed with the Supreme Court? Also, where can I find a list of cases a lawyer has participated in? [more inside]
posted by Embryo on Jul 20, 2005 - 6 answers

Anyone happen to remember which Supreme Court case dealt with federal funding going to states that complied with guidelines, and specified that the funding incentives had to be related to the guideline (ie, money for highways if you instituted a speed limit is OK, but money for highways if your public school test scores were past a minimum is not OK)?
posted by kafziel on May 17, 2005 - 2 answers

Has the Supreme Court ever reversed a unanimous Supreme Court ruling? How frequently are 8-1 rulings overturned? I'm writing a paper on Brown v. Board of Education and was wondering whether it was worth it for Warren to press for unanimity given that the "all deliberate speed" clause was added to achieve this, and severely diluted the ruling. [more inside]
posted by alphanerd on Jul 28, 2004 - 8 answers

Feeling strongly on the issue, I'm planning on heading into Washington, DC in hopes of being in the courtroom when the Supreme Court hears Hamdi v. Rumsfeld and Padilla v. Rumsfeld.

Keeping in mind the likely popularity of these cases, when should I show up and be on line? If I make it in to hear argument on the first case, will I need to try to throw someone some cash for their ticket to the second? What might be helpful to know that I won't find on the official info sheet? [last three links PDF] [more inside]
posted by John Kenneth Fisher on Apr 9, 2004 - 10 answers