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• Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling
  • via ABA Journal Top Stories
  • The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the honest services law was applied correctly when former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was convicted for his role in the collapse of the energy company. Skilling is serving a 24-year prison term for his…
• Should we thank new Justices Alito and Sotomayor for all the big criminal law SCOTUS action?
  • via Sentencing Law and Policy
  • As detailed in this SCOTUSblog post, three of the four cases in which the Supreme Court granted cert today involve criminal justice issues: The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to rule on claims that searing media attacks on longtime Enron...
• Cert. Grant in Federal Preemption Case (with a Lurking Removal Issue)
  • via Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
  • Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Health Care Service Corporation v. Pollitt (No. 09-38). The decision below is at 558 F.3d 615 (7th Cir. 2009). The case is being described by SCOTUS Blog as raising the issue "whether federal...
• Cert. Grant in Case Involving Complete Preemption and Federal Officer Removal
  • via Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
  • Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Health Care Service Corporation v. Pollitt (No. 09-38). The decision below is at 558 F.3d 615 (7th Cir. 2009). BNA reports that the questions presented are: (1) Does the Federal Employee Health Ben…
• SCOTUS to review fraud convictions of Jeff Skilling, former Enron executive
  • via Sentencing Law and Policy
  • As detailed in this AP report and this SCOTUSblog post, the biggest and perhaps highest-profile white-collar conviction of recent vintage is going to be reviews by the Supreme Court. Here is the SCOTUSblog report: The Supreme Court agreed on T…
• Supreme Court To Review Enron "Honest Services" Mail Fraud Conviction
  • via Litigation and Trial - Max Kennerly
  • SCOTUSBlog reports: The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to rule on claims that “searing media attacks” on longtime Enron executive Jeffrey K. Skilling tainted his criminal trial and conviction on various fraud charges. The case o…
• Supreme Court Orders
  • via Crime and Consequences Blog
  • The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in four new cases. SCOTUSblog has posted the orders list, and Lyle Denniston provides a brief summary of the four cases. Two of the four cases involve issues of criminal law. The first, United...
• Supreme Court to consider role of media tainting in trials
  • via Full Court Press
  • There’s a lot of controversy in the Supreme Court this term: the possible overturning of the McCain-Feingold Act, the inevitable incorporation of the 2nd amendment under the 14th, and now: whether or not “searing media attacks…
• Supreme Court web fails transparency test
  • via The washington times Blogs: 'Water Cooler'
  • Word is the Supreme Court's website is a complete joke. Upon review by Watercooler staff, the site indeed looks like it hasn't been updated since Al Gore invented the internet.