It's Supreme Court Day again...

[brooklynite]

http://www.scotusblog.com/

Court Opinions are usually issued at 10 AM.

[Iliyah]

1. Well thats in a few minutes.

Hooray for Marriage Equality, which I believe will be approved.

Sick at the stomach re: ACA. Death Panels. . . GOPers base mostly. They sure hate Americans.

[brooklynite]

2. There's one more Monday in June...

...no assurance both rulings will come out today.

[brooklynite]

3. Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment (Spider Man)

9th Circuit ruling upheld

"The question in this case was whether the Supreme Court would overrule a very old decision that prohibits a patentee from collecting royalties after the patent expires, even if the patentee and licensee expressly agreed that the royalties would last longer. The Court was encouraged to overrule that precedent because it doesn't make much economic sense. The Court said it would adhere to its old rule anyway."

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4. Los Angeles v. Patel

9th Circuit ruling upheld

"whether a hotel has an expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment in a hotel guest registry where the guest-supplied information is mandated by law and an ordinance authorizes the police to inspect the registry, and if so, whether the ordinance is facially unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment unless it expressly provides for pre-compliance judicial review before the police can inspect the registry."

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5. Kingsley v. Hendrickson. (pre-trial detention)

7th Circuit ruling overturned

"a pretrial detainee must show only that the force purposely or knowingly used against him was objectively unreasonable to prevail on an excessive force claim."

[Iliyah]

6. Thanks!

[brooklynite]

7. Horne v. Department of Agriculture.

Decision of 9th Circuit reversed

"Fifth Amendment requires the government to pay just compensation when it takes personal property, just as when it takes real property."

[brooklynite]

8. No ACA/Marriage Equality rulings today

[HERVEPA]

10. No ACA or gender equality on marriage delivered today

[onenote]

11. No SSM. No ACA.

Thursday is a "conference day" for the Court, but it's possible they could decide to isue decisons on Thursday as well as next Monday.