Petitions of the week (SCOTUS)

[Elderberry]

SCOTUSblog By Aurora Barne on Feb 1, 2019

This week we highlight petitions pending before the Supreme Court that address what a plaintiff must prove to be entitled to patent damages based on the entire market value of a product; the constitutionality of appointing a labor union to represent and speak for nonmember, public-sector employees; and the proper way to assess prejudice under Strickland v. Washington.

The petitions of the week are:
Uradnik v. Inter Faculty Organization
18-719

Issue: Whether it violates the First Amendment to appoint a labor union to represent and speak for public-sector employees who have declined to join the union.
Washington v. Alabama
18-742

Issue: Whether, under Strickland v. Washington, a court assessing the prejudice resulting from trial counsel’s errors should consider each error in isolation or should consider the cumulative effect of the errors.
Power Integrations Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc.
18-779

Issue: Whether a plaintiff who proves that a patented feature creates the basis for customer demand for infringing products is entitled to patent damages based on the entire market value of the products, or whether the plaintiff must also prove that other features do not drive demand for the products.

More: https://www.scotusblog.com/

[Elderberry]

Potentially the biggest union-related case since Janus appealed to U.S. Supreme Court

By Tyler Arnold | Watchdog.org Dec 4, 2018
https://www.watchdog.org/national/potentially-the-biggest-union-related-case-since-janus-appealed-to/article_1f791b48-f7f4-11e8-a6f7-cb0321b37f7f.html

Today, the Buckeye Institute appealed a case to the United States Supreme Court that could prohibit forced public sector union representation if successful.

If the court decides to hear the case, it could be one of the biggest union-related Supreme Court cases since the Janus decision earlier this year, which ruled unconstitutional the collection of union dues from nonmembers because it was a form of forced representation.

The Buckeye Institute is arguing in Uradnik v. Inter Faculty Organization that forcing nonunion members to be represented by public sector unions violates the First Amendment on the same grounds of forced association. Forced representation is the practice by which a public sector union negotiates contracts for nonunion members.

More at link

[austingirl]

And where is Ruth? Any sightings? Is some staffer voting for her?

[Cyber Liberty]

And where is Ruth? Any sightings? Is some staffer voting for her?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/ruth-bader-ginsburg-makes-first-public-appearance-since-cancer-surgery/2019/02/04/251d59f4-28cf-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html?utm_term=.7afbf74a500c

[Frank Cannon]

And where is Ruth? Any sightings? Is some staffer voting for her?

[Smokin Joe]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/ruth-bader-ginsburg-makes-first-public-appearance-since-cancer-surgery/2019/02/04/251d59f4-28cf-11e9-b2fc-721718903bfc_story.html?utm_term=.7afbf74a500c

If that's a recent pic, she spent time in the body shop getting the dents and wrinkles ironed out.

Sorry to be 'mean' but that looks like something has been heavily altered, or the image is 10 years old stock 'glamorshot' material.

[thackney]

If that's a recent pic, she spent time in the body shop getting the dents and wrinkles ironed out.

Sorry to be 'mean' but that looks like something has been heavily altered, or the image is 10 years old stock 'glamorshot' material.

Caption for the photo reads:

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen during a group portrait session Nov. 30. (Jim Young/Reuters)