COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (AUGUST 5 – AUGUST 9)

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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 5, 2024.

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T.O. Estate v. D.O. was a family law decision that dealt with debts owing between the spouses and their corporations. At trial, the $ 341,000 debt owing by the wife’s company to the husband was found to be statute-barred. The wife was

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The morning read for Friday, August 9

The morning read for Friday, August 9

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

  • Republicans ask Supreme Court to revive parts of Arizona proof of citizenship voter law (Tierney Sneed, CNN)
  • What the Supreme Court left unsaid about Trump’s criminal immunity (Josh Gerstein & Kyle Cheney, Politico) 
  • Who Won Big in the Supreme Court’s Latest Term? The ‘Regulated Community.’ (Lydia DePillis, The New York Times)
  • Americans want to
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The morning read for Wednesday, August 7

The morning read for Wednesday, August 7

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

  • How Tribal Nations Are Reclaiming Oklahoma (Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker)
  • US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds (Geoff Mulvihill & Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press)
  • Appeals court sets emergency abortion care case for argument — after the election (Chris Geidner, Law Dork)
  • The Law as Justice Gorsuch Sees
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The morning read for Friday, August 2

The morning read for Friday, August 2

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

  • Trump’s election subversion case to return to D.C. after immunity ruling (Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)
  • Biden administration rule protecting LGBT students blocked in 26 states (Andrew Chung, Reuters)
  • Schumer vows Supreme Court reform will be ‘a very big priority’ if Democrats win election (Sahil Kapur, NBC News)
  • Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling means
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The morning read for Thursday, August 1

The morning read for Thursday, August 1

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

  • In an Attempt to Reverse Supreme Court’s Immunity Decision, Schumer Introduces No Kings Act (Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press)
  • Ex-justice department officials raise alarm over US supreme court’s immunity ruling (Peter Stone, The Guardian) 
  • Kagan’s High Court Ethics Proposal Poses Enforcement Challenges (Lydia Wheeler, Bloomberg Law)
  • Supreme Court Term Limits Are a Waste
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