Round-Up

At Law.com, Tony Mauro of the Legal Times has this preview of the Winkelman case, which will be argued tomorrow. Ross Runkel of the Supreme Court Times Blog offers previews and predictions of this week’s arguments here.

AP writer Pete Yost reports here about the Court’s decision not to hear Blackwater v. Nordan. The AP also has this article on the Court’s refusal to hear the Berger case, dealing with a former high school teacher’s 200 year prison sentence for possessing child pornography. Mark H. Anderson of the Wall Street Journal reports here (subscription req’d) on the Court’s refusal to rehear a worker immigration lawsuit filed against Mohawk Industries.

The AP reports here on the justices’ decision to hear a special education tuition case and here on the decision to consider the constitutionality of the Washington “Top 2” primary system. Rick Hasen has this post regarding the Washington state primary case at Election Law Blog. Kent Scheidegger of Crime & Consequences reports here on the Court’s decision to grant certiorari in Watson v. United States. The AP also has this summary of the Supreme Court’s latest actions.

Mark Sherman of the Associated Press has this preview of the high-speed chase case, Scott v. Harris, heard before the court today; Warren Richey of the Christian Science Monitor reports here. Last night, ABC News correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg had this video segment on World News Tonight (via How Appealing).

Finally, Paul Secunda of Workplace Prof Blog has this update on the ERISA remedies case, LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg, and Assoc. Howard Bashman weighs in on the Philip Morris decision here at Law.com and the Washington Post has this editorial on the Court’s ruling.