Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 313: Listen and Learn -- The Basics of Justiciability (Con Law)
It is well-settled that under Article III of the Constitution, United States federal courts are limited to trying “cases and controversies.” Moreover, a case or controversy exists only if a plaintiff has standing to file the...more
In a seminal opinion, the United States Supreme Court held that a case removed on federal question grounds is properly remanded when the plaintiff amends his or her complaint and dismisses the federal claims. What is the...more
Although appellate courts are generally obligated to address the issues that are properly brought before them, that is not the case when it comes to issues that have been rendered moot by subsequent developments—either in the...more
On a previous post on the blog, we discussed the increased judicial focus on “corpus linguistics,” the use of searchable databases to find specific examples of how a word is used at a given time. The idea got additional...more
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Impression Products v. Lexmark will force patentees to get what they can in their initial sale or licensing of patented products in both the U.S. and abroad, knowing that they will have to rely...more