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20 Jul 2010, 6:57 am by Ted Frank
Sean Wajert tells us of a remarkable failure-to-warn case, Steven Morris v. [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 3:37 pm by Steven M. Taber
Motz, to felony obstruction of justice charges and violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships related to concealing deliberate vessel pollution from the M/V Iorana, a Greek flagged cargo ship that made port calls in Baltimore, Tacoma, Wash., and New Orleans. [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 4:16 pm by Lawrence Solum
Possibly it serves to bring this notion into relief to state it in algebraic terms: if the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B less than PL.United States v. [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 2:08 pm by Jeff Gamso
*Less well known than O'Connor's opening, less well known than they should be,  are the opening paragraphs of Harry Blackmun's dissenting opinion (joined by Marshall and Stevens).Federalism; comity; state sovereignty; preservation of state resources; certainty: the majority methodically inventories these multifarious state interests before concluding that the plain-statement rule of Michigan v. [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 12:44 pm
The reasoning of these decisions varied at times, but the theme was consistent and widely understood that "a series of steps for conducting business could not be patented" (at pages 26-27 of his decision Justice Stevens cited several such cases including US Credit Sys Co v American Credit Indem Co (1893), Hotel Security Checking Co v Lorraine Co (1908), Loew's Drive-In Theatres, Inc v Park-In Theatres, Inc (1949)). [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 11:41 am
Justice Stevens states that it is not clear how the Court arrives at the decision that the Bilski patent is an abstract idea and thus not patentable. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 4:44 pm by Lyle Denniston
”   (The vote was 5-3 because there is one vacancy, retired Justice John Paul Stevens’ seat.) [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 7:53 am by Eugene Volokh
(Eugene Volokh) The case is United States v. [read post]
16 Jul 2010, 4:30 am by Jim Dedman
Benjamin Stevens at the South Carolina Family Law Blog offers this post about the perils of litigants posting about themselves on Facebook.Speaking of which, the South Carolina Court of Appeals this very week released Jennings v. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 5:21 pm by Joe Mullin
Schreiner said the Court had “launched the United States Patent System into the Information Age with the Bilski v. [read post]