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• Coverage of SCOTUS Argument in Hertz Corp. v. Friend (Where Is a Corporations Principal Place of Business?)

  
  Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog — Authority: 431
  One notable event during this oral argument (previewed here and covered here) was this exchange between Chief Justice Roberts and respondents counsel: MR. SCHNEIDER: Mr. Chief Justice, did the Court have interest in the jurisdictional argument? CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: I...
  3 days ago

• Todays SCOTUS argument in Hertz Corp. v. Friend: Where is a corporations "principal place of business"?

  
  Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog — Authority: 431
  As previewed earlier here, Hertz Corp. v. Friend presents the question of how to determine a corporations principal place of business for purposes of diversity jurisdiction. The transcript from todays oral argument is available here. --A PS: Numerologists among you...
  6 days ago

• Am I Not A Man?: The Dred Scott Story by Mark L. Shurtleff -- Book Review

  
  The Book Connection... — Authority: 470
  The story of Dred Scott has been told before, but never has it been told in such a moving and engaging way as in Am I Not A Man? The Dred Scott Story by Mark Shurtleff. Born Sam Blow on a plantation in Virginia, he was born into slavery, an issue that plagued the nation since its inception. But slavery was more ...
  1 week ago

• Yesterdays SCOTUS Argument in Shady Grove Orthopedic Assocs. v. Allstate Ins. Co.

  
  Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog — Authority: 431
  As previewed earlier here, Shady Grove Orthopedic Assocs. v. Allstate Ins. Co. considers whether New Yorks bar on class actions for certain statutory-damages claims (N.Y. C.P.L.R. 901(b)) precludes class certification in a federal court diversity action. Among the relevant issues...
  1 week ago

• Cert. Grant Today: Federal Jurisdiction over Constitutional Challenge to Ohios Tax Benefits for Local Natural Gas Distributors (Levin v. Commerce Energy Inc.)

  
  Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog — Authority: 431
  Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Levin v. Commerce Energy Inc. (09-223). The questions presented are: (1) Did Hibbs v. Winn, which addressed the scope of the Tax Injunction Acts bar against federal cases seeking to enjoin the assessment...
  2 weeks ago

• Wyeth v. Levine Scholarship Roundup

  
  Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog — Authority: 431
  Earlier this year the Supreme Court rejected federal preemption of tort claims for FDA regulated prescription drugs in Wyeth v. Levine, 129 S.Ct. 1187 (2009). Since that time several commentators have weighed in on the decision. After the jump, I...
  2 weeks ago

• Upcoming Supreme Court Argument: Shady Grove Orthopedic Assocs. v. Allstate Ins. Co. (Monday 11/2)

  
  Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog — Authority: 431
  The Supreme Court will come off Halloween weekend in Erie fashion with Mondays oral argument in Shady Grove Orthopedic Assocs. v. Allstate Ins. Co. (No. 08-1008), which considers whether New Yorks bar on class actions for certain statutory-damages claims (N.Y....
  2 weeks ago

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