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A Quintet of Supreme Court Rulings

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This morning brings ive new rulings from the Supreme Court. Check out SCOTUSblog for the details.
There are some important ones among the bunch, including a decision in KSR v. Teleflex, a big-ticket IP case. But with one exception, the cases weren’t close. Two were decided by a unanimous Court, and two were almost unanimous (with one dissenter apiece).
The case that split the Court the most was the scintillatingly-captioned United Haulers Association v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management. Here’s Lyle Denniston’s squib:

[T]he Court divided 6-3 in deciding that a local government does not violate the Constitution when it requries all solid waste generated in the community to be processed at a publicly owned facility, so long as the ordinance treats private businesses the same whether they are local or out-of-state.

Because the Supreme Court divides over the stupidest crap.
Court rules on two patent cases, and on high-speed chase [SCOTUSblog via How Appealing]
Earlier: Dispatch from One First Street: KSR v. Teleflex

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