Thursday round-up
on Oct 8, 2020 at 10:52 am
The Supreme Court concluded its first week of oral arguments Wednesday by hearing arguments in Google v. Oracle, which involves the copyright status of certain types of computer code, and Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, which involves the extent of personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants. The justices will return to the (telephonic) bench next week. On Wednesday night, the court received an emergency request from the Trump administration, which is seeking to block a lower court’s order requiring the 2020 census count to continue through the end of October.
Other Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web:
- Supreme Court struggles over broad jurisdictional rule in Ford crash cases (Alison Frankel, Reuters)
- Ford Faces Stiff Headwinds at High Court Jurisdiction Clash (Martina Barash, Bloomberg Law)
- Low tech talk in Google, Oracle high tech copyright clash (Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
- Justices wary of upending tech industry in Google v. Oracle Supreme Court fight (Tucker Higgins, CNBC)
- Questions for Amy Coney Barrett (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
- U.S. Seeks Supreme Court Review of Marathon Bomber Case (Kent Scheidegger, Crime & Consequences)
[Disclosure: Goldstein & Russell, P.C., whose attorneys contribute to this blog in various capacities, is among counsel to the petitioner in Google.]
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