Academic

Justice Who?

By Gordon Smith, Christine, Hurt, Vic Fleischer, Fred Tung, Lisa Fairfax, David Zaring

Earlier this week, I went through all of the cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the current term. I was looking for an opinion to discuss in our summer Supreme Court seminar. Ideally, it would be an opinion that I might teach in one of my classes or examine in a law review article. Fifty-one cases ... not a single hit.

As you know if you read this blog, we pay much closer attention to the Delaware Supreme Court than the United States Supreme Court. With the exception of an occasional case on securities law -- or perhaps an antitrust or bankruptcy opinion -- the United States Supreme Court is hardly the focus of attention at corporate law conferences. That's why the announcement of Justice Souter's impending retirement got much less play in Chicago today than this story.

Full post as published by Conglomerate on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).