When is a “question presented” actually presented to the Supreme Court? The Justices debated that issue in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co., LLC v. Owens, 135 S. Ct. 547 (2014). Click here to read more.
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Lawrence S. Ebner filed in U.S. Supreme Court a merits-stage amicus brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, No. 13-339, on the question of whether a federal preemption provision that expressly refers to state statutes of limitations governing third-party environmental damages suits also applies to state statutes of
Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a certiorari-stage amicus brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in Carpenter Co. v. Ace Foam, Inc., No. 14-577, arguing that the Court has certiorari jurisdiction to review district court class-certification decisions even when a court of appeals has denied Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) interlocutory
The United States can be a party’s best friend—or worst foe—when it enters an appeal as amicus curiae. My article for the DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee’s Certworthy newsletter provides attorneys with some practical guidance about interacting with the U.S. Department of Justice when it is engaged in the process of deciding whether to participate in an
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