US Supreme Court issues 5 decisions
The United States Supreme Court issued five opinions today. The four civil case are summarized by Scotusblog and links are provided, via Cornell Law School:
"The Supreme Court, in the first of five final decisions, ruled on Monday that claims of parallel business conduct are not sufficient to prove an antitrust conspiracy under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. The 7-2 decision came in the case of Bell Atlantic v. Twombly (05-1126).
In the second ruling of the day, the Court decided that parents of a disabled child have an independent right to enforce the federal law on public education of children with disabilities. Thus, they do not have to have an attorney. The rights of the parents, the Court found, are independent of those of their child. Seven Justices joined fully in the ruling, and two partially dissented, in Winkelman v. Parma School District (05-983).
The Court, in the third decision, found it did not have jurisdiction to decide whether members of Congress are immune from lawsuits by employees claiming violation of their workplace rights. The decision in Office of Senator Dayton v. Hanson (06-618) was unanimous, although Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., did not take part.
The fourth ruling found that the U.S. Tax Court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear claims by federal taxpayers seeking relief from an IRS assessment of interest on taxes due. The unanimous decision came in Hinck v. U.S. (06-376)."
The fifth cases addresses prosecutorial misconduct and is summarized in a separate post.