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Thursday, June 8, 2023

“Supreme Court Rules Against Dog Toy Resembling Liquor Bottle; The case, a trademark dispute, pitted Jack Daniel’s against Bad Spaniels Silly Squeakers, which looks like the distiller’s distinctive bottle and adds potty humor”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Says Jack Daniel’s Can Sue Maker of ‘Bad Spaniels’ Dog Toy; Unanimous opinion finds whiskey distiller has a case that parody product breaches trademark protection.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Poop-themed dog toy maker loses to Jack Daniel’s in Supreme Court trademark dispute.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in trademark dispute with dog poop toy.”

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Worst Trump Judge In America Is Neomi Rao: Find something you love doing in this life as much as Neomi Rao loves running interference for Donald Trump.” James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 8:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“John Roberts Throws a Curveball”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen — founder of the “Election Law Blog” — has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

Online at Slate, law professor Richard H. Pildes has a Jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision Is Even Better Than It Looks.” Dahlia Lithwick has a Jurisprudence essay titled “Why John Roberts Reversed Himself This Time on Voting Rights.” And Mark Joseph Stern has a Jurisprudence essay titled “John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh Really Did Just Save the Voting Rights Act.”

Ian Millhiser of Vox has an essay titled “Surprise! The Supreme Court just handed down a significant victory for voting rights; The Court’s new voting rights decision is one of the most reassuring opinions it’s handed down in years.”

And Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Racial Gerrymandering by Supreme Court Order; Five Justices say Alabama must create a second black district in Allen v. Milligan.”

Posted at 7:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Rejects Voting Map That Diluted Black Voters’ Power; Voting rights advocates had feared that the decision about redistricting in Alabama would further undermine the Voting Rights Act, which instead appeared to emerge unscathed”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has a report headlined “Supreme Court: Alabama’s voting maps unfair to Black residents.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court upholds Voting Rights Act in surprise ruling against Alabama Republicans.”

Jess Bravin and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Blocks GOP-Drawn Alabama Voting Map Challenged by Black Voters; Ruling departs from court opinions in the past decade narrowing the scope of the Voting Rights Act.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court rejects Alabama congressional map that diluted Black vote in surprise ruling.”

And Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have an article headlined “Supreme Court: Alabama violated Voting Rights Act by drawing only one Black congressional district.”

Posted at 7:24 PM by Howard Bashman



Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in four argued cases.

1. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court in Health and Hospital Corp. v. Talevski, No. 21-806. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a concurring opinion. Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued a concurring opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. joined. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, No. 22-148. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Alito joined. And Justice Gorsuch issued a concurring opinion, in which Justices Thomas and Barrett joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Dubin v. United States, No. 22-10. And Justice Gorsuch issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court in large measure in Allen v. Milligan, No. 21-1086. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued an opinion concurring in all but one part of the opinion. Justice Thomas issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Gorsuch joined in full and Justices Alito and Barrett joined to various extents. And Justice Alito issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Gorsuch joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:06 AM by Howard Bashman