Congress's power upheld in three cases -- Sabri, Lane and Hood

[Marty Lederman]

Further details posted on SCOTUSblog, here:

http://www.goldsteinhowe.com/blog/archive/2004_05_16_SCOTUSblog.cfm#108480383051699662


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty Lederman" <marty.lederman at comcast.net>
To: <conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:31 AM
Subject: Congress's power upheld in three cases -- Sabri, Lane and Hood


> It's congressional power day:  Three cases in which congressional power
was
> upheld against constitutional challenge, including one case (Hood) in
which
> the SG did not even participate because of his conclusion that the statute
> was constitutionally indefensible.
>
> The Court today issued opinions in the following cases:
>
> No. 03-44, Sabri v. United States, per Justice Souter, affirmed and
remanded
>
> No. 02-1689, Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, per Justice Scalia,
> reversed
>
> No. 02-1016, Till v. SCS Credit Corp., per Justice Stevens, reversed and
> remanded
>
> No. 02-1667, Tennessee v. Lane, per Justice Stevens, affirmed (Goldstein
and
> Howe represented Respondents)
>
> No. 02-1606, Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. v. Hood, per the Chief
> Justice, aff'd
>
> More details to follow.
>
>
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