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Sunday, June 05, 2011
Courts - Some of the cases awaiting decision by the SCOTUS
Time is drawing near for the SCOTUS summer vacation. What big cases are still outstanding?
Michael Kirkland at UPI has a lengthy story today listing five:
- Walmart v. Duke - can what may well be the largest class-action lawsuit in U.S. history go forward?
- Microsoft vs. i4i Limited Partnership - "At issue is whether the software giant or anyone charged with violating a patent can avoid liability by showing the patent doesn't meet the law's criteria for getting a patent. Also at issue is the standard to prove invalidity: Must it be by 'clear and convincing evidence.'"
- American Electric Power Co. vs. Conn. - "At issue is whether federal law allows states and private parties to sue utilities for contributing to global warming."
- Sorrell vs. IMS - Your local druggist collects data on what drugs are being prescribed for patients, edits out personal information and then sells the data to drug companies or otherwise makes it publicly available. At issue in the case is whether a state law can restrict access to the data unless patients consent, or whether such a law violates the commercial free speech guarantee implicit in the First Amendment."
- Arizona Free Enterprise Club vs. Bennett - Challenges to "Arizona laws that help publicly funded candidates at the expense of privately funded candidates."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 5, 2011 02:20 PM
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