Supreme Court decides Comcast Corp. v. Behrend *

USA - March 27 2013
On March 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, No. 11-864, holding that, in determining whether common…

Co-authors: Aaron D. Van Oort , Charles F. Webber .

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Comcast Corp. v. Behrend—Supreme Court tightens class certification standards for proof of impact and damages *

USA - March 27 2013
Today, in a much anticipated decision, the Supreme Court determined that lower federal courts may not certify a class action without assessing…

Co-authors: Jeffrey S. Roberts , Aaron D. Van Oort .

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Supreme Court decides FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc. *

USA - February 19 2013
In 1941, Georgia enacted the Hospital Authorities Law, which authorized the state's counties and municipalities to create public entities called…

Co-authors: Kathy L. Osborn, Sarah C. Jenkins .

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Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit over the federal government's land acquisition for the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians *

USA - June 18 2012
On June 18, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States decided Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak and Salazar v. Patchak, 567 U.S. ___ (2012).

Co-authors: Aaron J. Harkins , Kent E. Richey, Leah R. Sixkiller.

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Eighth Circuit decision further clarifies the principle of tribal sovereign immunity *

USA - April 9 2012
On April 4, 2012, in Alltell Communications, LLC v. DeJordy, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that a third-party subpoena in private civil litigation is a "suit" for purposes of an Indian tribe's common law sovereign immunity, thus requiring waiver or congressional abrogation of that immunity before compliance with the subpoena may be compelled.

Co-authors: Leah R. Sixkiller.

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