Case briefing has a long history in legal studies as a tried-and-true method for reviewing and analyzing judicial opinions. Whether you’re a law student attempting to master case briefing, or a lawyer ...
This brief is a summary of a research paper authored by Amanda King, a third-year Case Western Reserve University law student, founder of “Shooting Without Bullets” and member of the Cleveland ...
Each June, the nation turns its attention to the U.S. Supreme Court as it hands down some of its most consequential decisions ...
All told, the court received more than 800 amicus briefs in the 67 argued cases with signed opinions. That's 24,000 pages or 7.2 million words — "War and Peace" a dozen times over. What do ...
“These case law quotations are the bread and butter of winning appeals if argued correctly.” The first two articles of this series focused on convincing your clients to file more appeals and ...
Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. It’s the age-old question: Does the Supreme Court decide its cases based on rank partisanship rather than legal principles?
"I've signed many of them over the years," retired U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said of amicus briefs from former jurists. "But nothing like now. Now, it's like every other week somebody is ...
Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions and ...
With the opening appeal briefs now filed in the copyright infringement case over the Internet Archive’s scanning and digital lending of print library books, the filing of amicus briefs is also now ...
In recent years, the number of amicus briefs submitted to the Supreme Court, as well as to the lower courts, has increased. Generally, at the beginning of every brief is a "Statement of Interest," ...
Yesterday, the Liberty Justice Center and I filed our appellate brief VOS Selections, Inc. v. Trump, the case challenging Trump's massive "Liberation Day" tariffs on behalf of five small businesses.