Benchslaps
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Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Clarence Thomas, Intellectual Property, Patents, Rudeness, Sandra Day O'Connor, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Benchslapped: Scalia v. Thomas?
Who knew that jurisdiction in the patent context could cause judicial tempers to flare? In MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., an 8-1 decision handed down earlier this week, Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas — who voted together almost 90 percent of the time last Term — exchanged harsh words. Justice Scalia wrote the […] -
A. Raymond Randolph, Adam Liptak, Benchslaps, D.C. Circuit, David Sentelle, Federal Judges, Harry Edwards, Judith Rogers, Laurence Silberman, Patricia Wald, Vicious Infighting
Benchslapped: Take This Brief and Shove It
Fun news CAN break over a holiday weekend. Check out this Times article (by the indefatigable Adam Liptak, a Yale Law School alum): A divided panel of the [exceedingly powerful] United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which will soon decide an important case concerning detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, rejected […] - Sponsored
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9th Circuit, Benchslaps, Consuelo Callahan, Douglas Berman, Harry Pregerson, Howard Bashman, Orin Kerr, SCOTUS, SCOTUS Potential, Sentencing Law, Stephen Reinhardt, Supreme Court
Judge Harry Pregerson Is Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
Or at least a big benchslap upside the head, courtesy of the Supreme Court. Per Orin Kerr: A lot of people have talked about the Supreme Court’s small docket; Judge Harry Pregerson of the Ninth Circuit is actually doing something about it. He handed down an opinion today in Carrington v. United States that has […]
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7th Circuit, Benchslaps, Frank Easterbrook, Jurisdiction, Richard Posner, Ted Frank, Terence Evans
Benchslapped: Is Judge Posner Getting Enough Fiber These Days?
Because this distinguished and brilliant jurist seems rather grumpy as of late. Last week, in a published opinion, he slapped around the IRS. And now Judge Richard Posner — who, by the way, will be assuming virtual form later this month — delivers stinging benchslaps to lawyers for playing fast and loose with jurisdiction: [T]he […] -
Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Federal Circuit, Intellectual Property, John Roberts, Patents, SCOTUS, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Thomas Goldstein
Dispatch from One First Street: KSR v. Teleflex
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of KSR International v. Teleflex. Here’s our quick-and-dirty summary of the proceedings. Subject Matter / Question Presented: To qualify for patent protection, an invention must be novel, useful, and not “obvious” to a person of “ordinary skill” in the field. So how do you […] -
7th Circuit, Benchslaps, Richard Posner, Tax Law
Benchslapped: Judge Posner Gets Medieval on the IRS
Few things make us happier than when judges administer benchslaps to either colleagues or litigants. When the judicial power of the United States is deployed to diss, the result is fun for the whole family. Heck, bench-slaps can even make tax law enjoyable! If you doubt this proposition, check out Judge Posner’s recent opinion in […] -
9th Circuit, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Jay Bybee, Stephen Reinhardt
Bench-Slapped! Reinhardt v. Bybee
Judge Stephen Reinhardt (left), perhaps the most prominent liberal appeals court judge in the country, is buddies with his conservative colleague on the Ninth Circuit, Judge Alex Kozinski (right). But we suspect that Judge Reinhardt feels less warmly towards Judge Jay S. Bybee (far right). You can always count on the Ninth Circuit for a […] -
9th Circuit, A. Wallace Tashima, Asians, Benchslaps, Betty Fletcher, Election Law, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, William Fletcher
Benchslapped: The Arizona Voter ID Ruling
We realize we’re late on this, since the news broke on Friday. But at the time, we thought Purcell v. Gonzalez was just a run-of-the-mill Supreme Court ruling. We didn’t realize it featured delicious benchslaps of the Ninth Circuit, the lower court whose decision was vacated. The state of Arizona adopted a rule for next […] - Sponsored
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Benchslaps, Death Penalty, Gay, Gay Marriage, Morning Docket, Securities and Exchange Commission, Sun Microsystems
Morning Docket: 10.06.06
* ATL Stock Tip of the Day: Start shorting Pottery Barn. [How Appealing (linkwrap)]** * A hot new trend among federal judges out west (even more popular than Bikram yoga): Benchslapping the Bush Administration over its environmental policies. [Washington Post] * Joan Biskupic is a distinguished Supreme Court reporter; but this article is très USA […]
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Antonin Scalia, Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Sandra Day O'Connor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, William Pryor
An Anthology of Benchslappery
Judge William H. Pryor, Jr., of the Eleventh Circuit, had an interesting op-ed in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, in which he took issue with various “leaders of the bench and bar [who] have decried what they describe as unprecedented threats to the independence of the judiciary.” It’s a fun little piece, largely because the position […] -
Benchslaps, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, HP, Morning Docket, Options Backdating, Patricia Dunn, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 10.05.06
* “If Mark Foley had sex with a page in the District of Columbia, it wouldn’t be a crime. In the capital, the age of consent is 16, as it is in many states. That, coincidentally, is the minimum age to be a page.” [Los Angeles Times] * The Sixth Circuit has placed Judge Anna […]
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Benchslaps, Bernstein Litowitz, Comverse, Milberg Weiss, Options Backdating, Plaintiffs Firms
Milberg Weiss Death Watch: The Last Throes
Sometimes a dying person twitches and convulses violently before finally biting the big one. Such is the case with Milberg Weiss, which is showing a few final signs of life. The New York Law Journal passes along this good news for our favorite class-action complaint assembly line: A New York judge has given a boost […]