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Rule of Reason Applied to Price Fixing Under Sherman Act PDF Print E-mail
Written by Norton Gappy   

Leegin Creative Leather Products v. PSKS, Inc.,
Opinion No. 06-480

Decided June 28, 2007

Summary By: Norton T. Gappy

On June 28, 2007, the United States Supreme Court decided
Leegin Creative Leather Products v. PSKS, INC., DBA Kay’s Kloset, Opinion No. 06-480.  At issue in the case was the Sherman Act and the most recent from the United States Supreme Court determined that it is no longer per se Illegal for manufacturers to agree with distributors on a minimum price for which to sell its products as a vertical price restraint, and it is now to be judged by the so-called “Rule of Reason.” 

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Constitution Guarantees Prisoner’s Right PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jano Hanna   

Panetti v. Quarterman, Opinion No. 06-6407

Decided:  06/28/07

Summary By: Norton T. Gappy

The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution provide procedural guarantees that allow a prisoner the opportunity to prove mental incompetence. 

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Assigning Students to Schools Based on Race is Not a Compelling State Interest PDF Print E-mail
Written by Norton Gappy   

Parents Involved in Comm’ty Schools v. Seattle School Dist.

Opinion No. 05-908

Decided: 06/28/07

Summarized By: Norton T. Gappy

The United States Supreme Court has decided that assigning students to public schools based on race alone is not a compelling state interest when the school is not under a desegregation decree.

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Waiver of a right to a speedy trial PDF Print E-mail
Written by Steve Nofar   

Zender v. United States, Opinion No. 05-5992

Argued April 18, 2006
Decided June 5, 2006

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California’s determinate sentencing law PDF Print E-mail
Written by Norton Gappy, Esq.   

Cunningham v. California, Opinion No. 05-6551.

Argued October 11, 2006
Decided January 22, 2007

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