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Monday, June 14, 2010
Courts - SCOTUS news from today [Updated]
Updating this ILB entry from June 9th, headed "Indiana confrontation clause case being considered for cert by SCOTUS at the conference tomorrow," the Supreme Court today announced that it had denied certiorari in Pendergrass.
The SCOTUS issued four new opinions this morning,none of them were on the most-watched list. See this SCOTUSblog entry for details of today's opinions.
The Court will issue another batch of opinions this Thursday.
[Updated at 11:21 AM] Here is a cert denial the ILB missed. The AP is reporting under the heading "Supreme Court won't get involved in fight over adult store opening in small Indiana town":
10:14 AM EDT, June 14, 2010The case is City of New Albany, Ind. v. New Albany DVD, 09-1027. Here is a long list of ILB entries on the case.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't get involved in an Indiana town's fight to close an adult book and movie store.The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from the city of New Albany, Ind. City officials have been trying to shut down New Albany DVD since 2004.
When the store first tried to open, the city council adopted a six-month moratorium on new sexually oriented shops. The store's owner sued, claiming the city violated his right to free expression.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 14, 2010 11:09 AM
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