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Friday, November 16, 2012

Antitrust: Contemporary US Supreme Court Decisions (LandMark Case Law)

Antitrust: Contemporary US Supreme Court Decisions (LandMark Case Law) Review


This ebook contains the text of selected contemporary US Supreme Court opinions that interpret the antitrust statutes and define what conduct constitutes predatory and anti-competitive business behavior.

Antitrust Decisions: 1996 - 2004

1. Brown v. Pro Football, Inc., 518 U.S. 231 (1996)
2. Verizon Communications v. Law Offices of Curtis v. Trinko, LLP, 540 U.S. 398 (2004)
3. Kansas et al. v Utilicorp United, Inc., 497 U.S. 199 (1990)
4. State Oil Co. v. Khan, 522 U.S. 3 (1997)
5. Klehr v. A. O. Smith Corp., 521 U.S. 179 (1997)
6. Nynex Corp. v. Discon, Inc., 525 U.S. 128 (1998)
7. BE&K Constr. Co. v. NLRB 536 U.S. 516 (2002)
8. Postal Service v. Flamingo Industries (USA) Ltd., 540 U.S. 736 (2004)
9. F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., et al. v. Empagran S.A., 542 U.S. 155 (2004)
10. Verizon Communications v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP, 540 U.S. 398 (2004)

Antitrust Decisions: 2006 - 2010

1. Volvo Trucks North America v. Reeder-Simco GMC 546 U.S. 164 (2006)
2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007)
3. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co., 549 U.S. 312 (2007),
4. Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. 551 U.S. 877 (2007)
5. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Billing 551 US 264 (2007)
6. Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc., 555 U.S. 438 (2009)
7. Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds Int’l Corp. 559 U. S. --- (2010)
8. American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, 560 U. S. -- (2010) Read more...


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Friday, October 12, 2012

Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court VIII

Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court VIII Review


Volume VIII of "Landmark Decisions of the United States Supreme Court" covers ten cases decided from 2006-2010 on physician-assisted suicide, execution by lethal injection, the al Queda detainee, partial birth abortion, crack cocaine, age discrimination, reverse discrimination, campaign finance reform, sexually dangerous persons, and the right to keep and bear arms. Read more...


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Friday, October 5, 2012

Supreme Court Decisions (Penguin Civic Classics)

Supreme Court Decisions (Penguin Civic Classics) Review


In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution, draws together the great texts of American civic life, including the founding documents, pivotal historical speeches, and important Supreme Court decisions, to create a timely and informative mini-library of perennially vital issues.

The Supreme Court is one of America's leading expositors of and participants in debates about American values. Legal expert Jay M. Feinman introduces and selects some of the most important Supreme Court Decisions of all time, which touch on the very foundations of American society. These cases cover a vast array of issues, from the powers of government and freedom of speech to freedom of religion and civil liberties. Feinman offers commentary on each case and excerpts from the opinions of the Justices that show the range of debate in the Supreme Court and its importance to civil society. Among the cases included will be Marbury v. Madison, on the supremacy of the Constitution and the power of judicial review; U.S. v. Nixon, on separation of powers; and Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, a post-9/11 case on presidential power and due process.

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Friday, September 21, 2012

Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History

Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History Review


In the first Supreme Court history told primarily through eyewitness accounts from Court insiders, Clare Cushman provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that have shaped an American institution for more than 200 years. Each chapter covers one general thematic topic and weaves a narrative from memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts by the Justices, their spouses and children, court reporters, clerks, oral advocates, court staff, journalists, and other eyewitnesses. These accounts allow readers to feel as if they are squeezed into the packed courtroom in 1844 as silver-tongued orator Daniel Webster addresses the court; eavesdropping on an exasperated Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in 1930 as he snaps at a clerk’s critique of his draft opinion; or sharing a taxi with future Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., in 2005 as he rushes home from the airport in anticipation of a phone call from President Bush offering him the nomination to the Supreme Court. This entertaining and enlightening tour of the Supreme Court’s colorful personalities and inner workings will be of interest to all readers of American political and legal history.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

The Supreme Court Reborn: The Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt

The Supreme Court Reborn: The Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt Review


For almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life. Social Security, to take one example, is now seen as every American's birthright. But to validate this revolutionary legislation, Franklin Roosevelt had to fight a ferocious battle against the opposition of the Supreme Court--which was entrenched in laissez faire orthodoxy. After many lost battles, Roosevelt won his war with the Court, launching a Constitutional revolution that went far beyond anything he envisioned.
In The Supreme Court Reborn, esteemed scholar William E. Leuchtenburg explores the critical episodes of the legal revolution that created the Court we know today. Leuchtenburg deftly portrays the events leading up to Roosevelt's showdown with the Supreme Court. Committed to laissez faire doctrine, the conservative "Four Horsemen"--Justices Butler, Van Devanter, Sutherland, and McReynolds, aided by the swing vote of Justice Owen Roberts--struck down one regulatory law after another, outraging Roosevelt and much of the Depression-stricken nation. Leuchtenburg demonstrates that Roosevelt thought he had the backing of the country as he prepared a scheme to undermine the Four Hoursemen. Famous (or infamous) as the "Court-packing plan," this proposal would have allowed the president to add one new justice for every sitting justice over the age of seventy. The plan picked up considerable momentum in Congress; it was only after a change in the voting of Justice Roberts (called "the switch in time that saved nine") and the death of Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson that it shuddered to a halt. Rosevelt's persistence led to one of his biggest legislative defeats. Despite the failure of the Court-packing plan, however, the president won his battle with the Supreme Court; one by one, the Four Horsemen left the bench, to be replaced by Roosevelt appointees. Leuchtenburg explores the far-reaching nature of FDR's victory. As a consequence of the Constitutional Revolution that began in 1937, not only was the New Deal upheld (as precedent after precedent was overturned), but also the Court began a dramatic expansion of Civil liberties that would culminate in the Warren Court. Among the surprises was Senator Hugo Black, who faced widespread opposition for his lack of qualifications when he was appointed as associate justice; shortly afterward, a reporter revealed that he had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Despite that background, Black became an articulate spokesman for individual liberty.
William E. Leuchtenburg is one of America's premier historians, a scholar who combines depth of learning with a graceful style. This superbly crafted book sheds new light on the great Constitutional crisis of our century, illuminating the legal and political battles that created today's Supreme Court. Read more...


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Saturday, August 25, 2012

In Chambers: Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices (Constitutionalism and Democracy)

In Chambers: Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices (Constitutionalism and Democracy) Review


Written by former law clerks, legal scholars, biographers, historians, and political scientists, the essays in In Chambers tell the fascinating story of clerking at the Supreme Court. In addition to reflecting the personal experiences of the law clerks with their justices, the essays reveal how clerks are chosen, what tasks are assigned to them, and how the institution of clerking has evolved over time, from the first clerks in the late 1800s to the clerks of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

In Chambers offers a variety of perspectives on the unique experience of Supreme Court clerks. Former law clerks—including Alan M. Dershowitz, Charles A. Reich, and J. Harvie Wilkinson III—write about their own clerkships, painting vivid and detailed pictures of their relationships with the justices, while other authors write about the various clerkships for a single justice, putting a justice's practice into a broader context. The book also includes essays about the first African American and first woman to hold clerkships. Sharing their insights, anecdotes, and experiences in a clear, accessible style, the contributors provide readers with a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court.

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Campaigns and the Court: The U.S. Supreme Court in Presidential Elections

Campaigns and the Court: The U.S. Supreme Court in Presidential Elections Review


Over two centuries of American history the Supreme Court has often become a significant issue in presidential elections, with voters acutely aware that the dominance of one party at the polls may translate into that party's dominance on the nation's highest court. Should Americans presume that votes at the ballot box will have an effect on votes at the Supreme Court on what our Constitution means?

Donald Grier Stephenson Jr. explores the periods when the Court has been an issue in elections -- and when it has not----investigating ten elections in which the Court was clearly an issue and looking also at the election of 1992, in which it could have become a major issue but did not. Drawing from four areas of political history -- party evolution, presidential campaigns, as well as judicial and constitutional development -- Stephenson presents a sophisticated inquiry into the relationship of the Supreme Court to the electoral process and considers whether this recurring electoral phenomenon is a beneficial feature of democratic politics -- or one that ought to be met with concern.

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