Filing a U.S. Supreme Court brief is a consuming task. By its very nature, Supreme Court litigation makes demands on your talents, your time, and your budget. When you choose a printer, you are taking on a partner who will be closely involved in an important aspect of your work through filing day. Before [...]
After mass shootings in Texas and Ohio earlier this month, public pressure to reform gun laws has been largely focused on Congress and the President. However, the Supreme Court appears poised to address two significant Second Amendment issues for the first time in a decade. Petition Stage: Sandy Hook Victims No. 19-168; Remington Arms v. [...]
SCOTUSblog released its annual Stat Pack for the October Term 2018 last week—an invaluable resource for the Supreme Court community. You can access the Stat Pack in full, here. SCOTUSblog’s Adam Feldman provided such a well written summary that I want to quote entirely from his piece here. Please read the original in full: Adam [...]
Amicus curiae briefs can play an important role in Supreme Court advocacy by bringing relevant facts and argument to the Court’s attention that the parties have not addressed. Therefore, Amici have a unique opportunity to shape the outcome of a decision. The incidence of Amicus curiae participation in the Supreme Court has increased dramatically over [...]
Between now and the end of June, the Court will release opinions in 24 cases. Two hot-button political issues have garnered the most attention: (1) whether the Trump administration can put a citizenship question on the 2020 census, and (2) whether federal courts can strike down voting maps as excessively partisan. Though we have no [...]
Legal commentators have long speculated that Supreme Court Justices prefer to release their most controversial opinions at the end of each term before embarking on summer recess to travel, teach, and write. For the fifth straight term, however, the Court has more than half of its opinions still outstanding at this point of the [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court adopted changes to its rules this week that reduce the number of words allowed in merits briefs and require parties to identify any lower court cases that are directly related to Supreme Court proceedings. The new rules go into effect July 1, 2019. Word limits: A revision to Rule 33.1(g) [...]
During the Supreme Court’s 2017 Term, the number of paid (booklet format) cases increased 11% while the number of in forma pauperis (IFP) filings decreased 3%.* 2017 Term 6,315 total filings 4,595 IFP filings 1,720 paid filings 2016 Term 6,305 total filings 4,755 IFP filings 1,550 paid filings To place these numbers in perspective, [...]
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor says she has been diagnosed with early onset dementia and will step away from public life. O'Connor, 88, was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan as the first female Supreme Court justice of the United States in 1981. O’Connor served on the nation’s highest [...]
Today we filed a petition for rehearing in No. 17-1571, Marranca v. Loytsker.