United States Supreme Court (1 summary)
Chafin v. Chafin
The return of a child to a foreign country under an International Convention return order does not render an appeal of that order moot.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
United States Supreme Court Certiorari Granted (5 summaries)
Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice
Whether the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (SLUSA) precludes a state-law class action alleging fraud and misrepresentation in a Ponzi scheme.
Area(s) of Law:- Preemption
FTC v. Watson Pharmaceuticals
Whether reverse-payment agreements between brand-name and generic drug manufacturers are per se lawful or presumptively anticompetative and unlawful.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Trevino v. Thaler
Whether a state court procedural defect acts to bar a federal habeas court from hearing a substantial claim of ineffective assistance at trial.
Area(s) of Law:- Habeas Corpus
Chafin v. Chafin
Whether an appeal of a ruling on a petition for Return of Children under the Hague Convention becomes moot when the child at issue returns to his or her own country of habitual residence.
Area(s) of Law:- Standing
Chaidez v. United States
Whether the rule announced in Padilla v. Kentucky—that an attorney provides ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment by failing to inform a criminal defendant that a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation—applies retroactively to persons whose convictions were already final.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure