US Supreme Court decides 1 case, grants cert. in 4
This morning the United States Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire. The case concerns the EEOC charging period and a claim of sex discrimination.
The Court granted certiorari in four cases. The following is Scotusblog's summary:
"The Court agreed to decide whether the federal law that protects railroads from discriminatory state taxes allows the carriers to challenge the state's accounting method for fixing the market value of their property (CSX Transportation v. Georgia State Board, 06-1287). The Justices also said they would rule on the duty of federal courts to defer to a contract agreement between the parties to have broad court review of any arbitration award (Hall Street Associates v. Mattel, 06-989). The Court also said it would rule on a jurisdictional issue involving the U.S. Court of Claims, testing whether the six-year statute of limitations on Tucker Act claims limits the Claims Court's reach (John R. Sand & Gravel v. U.S., 06-1164), and added review of a federal prisoner's rights case (Abdus-Shahid v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, 06-9130)."