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SCOTUS Win for CockleBur Contributor Dan Ortiz

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:47:57-05:00June 21st, 2011|Tags: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, Dan Ortiz, Petition Clause, UVA Supreme Court Clinic|

CockleBur contributor and UVA Law Professor Dan Ortiz earned a big SCOTUS win yesterday in Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, No. 09-1476. This is how SCOTUS Blog's Lyle Denniston described the Court's opinion: Solemnly fretting that lawsuits by government employees challenging their bosses might disrupt official activity by, among other ploys, an emotional appeal to a jury [...]

Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri Merits Briefs

On Tuesday, we filed the Respondent's Brief in Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania, et al v. Guarnieri, No. 09-1476. Since SCOTUS Blog does not appear to have the Petitioner's Brief on their site, I thought we would place this one on the blogosphere as well.