Real estate, landlord groups file legal salvo to stop new eviction moratorium
Only one day after the Biden administration issued a new policy protecting renters from eviction, a series of real estate and landlord groups is trying to invalidate it.
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Justices turn away florist who refused same-sex wedding job
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up the case of a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding, leaving in place a decision that she broke state anti-discrimination laws.
Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting restrictions
The Supreme Court decision affirmed state rights to set its own voting rules and could make it harder to challenge other voting limits put in place by Republican lawmakers following last year’s elections.
White House replaces regulator for mortgage giants after Supreme Court ruling
The White House replaced the regulator who oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after the Supreme Court ruled that the leadership structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency was unconstitutional.
Supreme Court rules for cursing cheerleader over Snapchat post
The court voted 8-1 in favor of Brandi Levy, who was a 14-year-old high school freshman when she expressed her disappointment over not making the varsity cheerleading squad on Snapchat with a string of curse words and a raised middle finger.
Analysis: Court ruling leaves NCAA more vulnerable than ever
The high court delivered a heavy blow to a defense the NCAA has used for years, that in its role as a shepherd of amateur sports it deserves “latitude” under antitrust laws.
High court: Congress erred in patent dispute board setup
The case involved more than 200 administrative patent judges who make up the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and issue hundreds of decisions every year. The case is of particular importance to patent holders and inventors, including major technology companies.
Supreme Court sides with former athletes in dispute with NCAA
In a ruling that could help push changes in college athletics, the high court on Monday unanimously sided with a group of former college athletes in a dispute with the NCAA over rules limiting certain compensation.
Obamacare survives: Supreme Court dismisses third challenge to Affordable Care Act
The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left the entire law intact in ruling that Texas, other GOP-led states and two individuals had no right to bring their lawsuit in federal court.
Justices reject Johnson & Johnson appeal of $2B talc verdict
The Supreme Court is leaving in place a verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc products.
Johnson & Johnson asks high court to void $2B talc verdict
The case features an array of high-profile attorneys, some in unusual alliances, including former independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who is representing the women who sued Johnson & Johnson.
Student’s Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case
The topic is especially meaningful in a time of remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic and a rising awareness of the pernicious effects of online bullying.
High court sides with Google in $8B copyright fight with Oracle
To create Android, which was released in 2007, Google wrote millions of lines of new computer code. But it also used 11,330 lines of code and an organization that’s part of Oracle’s Java platform.
Justices uphold FCC’s easing of local media ownership limits
The decision comes as newspaper and broadcasting industries say they need the changes to deal with growing competition from the internet and cable companies.
Supreme Court sides with Facebook in text message dispute
Democratic lawmakers and consumer groups said the court opened a gaping hole in the law, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, that would subject anyone with a cellphone to endless automated calls and messages.
Supreme Court skeptical of NCAA’s case for withholding benefits from student athletes
In 90 minutes of arguments held via teleconference, justices across the ideological divide grilled the NCAA’s lawyer and repeated criticisms that the organization invokes its defense of amateurism as a way to increase profits while keeping its labor cost low.
Supreme Court case could change the nature of college sports
If the former college athletes who brought the case win, colleges could end up competing for talented student athletes by offering over-the-top education benefits worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Indiana group asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear mail voting suit
Attorneys for the advocacy group Indiana Vote By Mail argue in the petition filed Friday that the state law allowing no-excuse mail balloting by those ages 65 and older infringes on the constitutional rights of those younger.
Supreme Court ends suits alleging Trump illegally profited from biz interests
It means that there is no definitive answer after years of legal wrangling over the Constitution’s emoluments clauses, which prohibit presidents and others from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments without congressional approval.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Indiana birth certificate case
The court declined Monday to take up an Indiana case seeking to reverse a lower court’s ruling that allows both members of same-sex couples in the state to be listed as parents on the birth certificates of their children.