Appellate Strategist’s survey of potential nominees to the California Supreme Court begins with Mariano-Florentino Cuellar. Cuellar graduated from Calexico High School in Calexico, California. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Harvard in 3 years (magna cum laude, 1993), he received a Master’s degree in political science from Stanford in 1996, followed by a law degree from Yale in … Continue Reading
The Illinois Supreme Court has announced that on the morning of Thursday, May 19th, it will file opinions in four civil cases (pdf): General Motors Corporation v. Pappas, No. 108893— (1) Does the 2005 amendment to the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/23-20, providing for the payment of interest on property tax refunds at the … Continue Reading
In his recent article in the online magazine, Slate, Richard Thompson Ford discusses the key class action case, Wal-Mart v. Dukes, currently pending before the Supreme Court. Ford notes some of the problems of handling such an enormous number of claims as class actions. Under the Dukes trial plan, each class member’s entitlement to back pay … Continue Reading
On Friday the Illinois Supreme Court published its Call of the Docket [pdf] for the May term, and the Court will hear oral argument in five civil cases. The cases, with the issue or issues presented in each, are: May 11: Palm v. 2800 Lake Shore Drive Condominium Association,No. 110505 – Are the provisions of the … Continue Reading
