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SCOTUS Digest

Apr 5, 2017

8th Amendment

By rejecting the habeas court’s application of medical guidance and by following the Briseno standard, including the nonclinical Briseno factors, the CCA’s decision does not comport with the Eighth Amendment and this Court’s precedents

Mar 1, 2017

Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies – IDEA

Exhaustion of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s administrative procedures is unnecessary where the gravamen of the plaintiff’s suit is something other than the denial of the IDEA’s core guarantee of a free appropriate public education.

Mar 1, 2017

Patent Infringement

The supply of a single component of a multicomponent invention for manufacture abroad does not give rise to Sec.271(f)(1) liability.

Mar 1, 2017

Certificate of Appealability

5th Circuit exceeded limited scope of certificate of appealability analysis

Dec 13, 2016

Statutory Coverage – Bank Fraud

Subsection (1) of the bank fraud statute covers schemes to deprive a bank of money in a customer’s deposit account.

Dec 13, 2016

Patent Act – Articles of Manufacture

In the case of a multicomponent product, the relevant “article of manufacture” for arriving at a §289 damages award need not be the end product sold to the consumer but may be only a component of that product.

Dec 13, 2016

Insider Trading – Securities Exchange Act of 1934

The Ninth Circuit properly applied Dirks to affirm Salman’s conviction. Under Dirks, the jury could infer that the tipper here personally benefited from making a gift of confidential information to a trading relative.

Dec 13, 2016

False Claims Act

A seal violation does not mandate dismissal of a relator’s complaint.

Jun 28, 2016

Sentence Enhancement

15-6092 Mathis v. United States

Jun 28, 2016

Warrantless Search – Blood Tests

14-1468 Birchfield v. North Dakota

Jun 28, 2016

Affirmative Action

14-981 Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, et al

Jun 28, 2016

Statutory Interpretation – RICO

15-138 RJR Nabisco, Inc. European Community

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