TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

The Court’s Most Cited Decisions of 2016

One trope that was often repeated this past Supreme Court term was that the Court did not take on a particularly exciting caseload. Evidence for this comes in the form of the unprecedented level of agreement among the justices compounded by the eight justice composition for most of the term that wished to avoid 4-4…

The Year of the Patent

Possibly due to its eight Justice configuration, the Supreme Court heard a unique slate of cases this term with no noted landmark cases or decisions. Then again perhaps landmark is in the eye of the beholder. This term the Supreme Court heard six patent cases which conceivably is the most such cases the Supreme Court has heard…

Opinion Stats: TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

This is the first of a new and (hopefully) regular feature added to the blog. Link to Opinion Link to Oral Argument Thomas Majority Opinion When each Justice/Attorney Spoke