Round-Up
on Apr 13, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Nahal Toosi of the Associated Press reports here on Long Island Care at Home v. Coke (No. 06-593), which is scheduled for argument on Monday.
At Sentencing Law & Policy, Doug Berman has this post on Pannetti v. Quarterman (No. 06-6407), the Texas death penalty case that raises questions about mental competence and executions. Berman refers to this article by Mark Hansen available in the ABA Journal’s e-Report previewing the case, which will be argued before the Court next Wednesday.
Vikram David Amar has this column at FindLaw discussing a California ruling on pupil assignments that may serve as an alternative to the Seattle and Louisville race-based pupil assignment plans if the the Supreme Court turns them down.
At Election Law, Rick Hasen has this post pointing to the Center for Competitive Politics’ amicus brief in Todd Rongstad, et. al. v. Julie M. Lassa (No. 06-1084).
Lastly, the Evergreen Freedom Foundation has this press release reporting that the Washington State Senate passed legislation amending the statute at issue in the pending Washington/Davenport union fees cases (Nos. 05-1589 and 05-1657).
