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Suing the International Finance Corporation, and Chicago police’s destroy-or-sell policy

Suing the International Finance Corporation, and Chicago police’s destroy-or-sell policy

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This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the International Finance Corporation is immune from suit over its actions concerning the Tata Mundra Power Plant in Gujarat, India, and whether Chicago police’s policy of destroying or selling arrestees’ property left unretrieved after 30 days violates the Fourth or Fifth Amendments.

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s commercial-activity exception

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation heard oral … Read the rest

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During arguments over COVID-19 policy, two absent lawyers and more masks on the bench

During arguments over COVID-19 policy, two absent lawyers and more masks on the bench

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A View from the Courtroom is an inside look at significant oral arguments and opinion announcements unfolding in real time. 

There are several unusual and noteworthy things about today’s arguments in two cases regarding Biden administration responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

But a snow day in Washington is not really one of them. After the surprisingly disruptive snowstorm that hit the capital region on Monday, bringing misery to those stuck on I-95 for 24 hours or more, … Read the rest