Oberlin College loses a defamation case brought by a local bakery
The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington, May 4, 2022.
MARY REICHARD, HOST: It’s Monday morning, June 13th, 2022 and we’re glad you’ve joined us for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning to you, I’m Mary Reichard.
NICK EICHER, HOST: And I’m Nick Eicher. It’s time for Legal Docket.
We expect the U.S. Supreme Court to hand down opinions this morning. Thirty argued cases remain to be decided out of a total of sixty-five accepted.
Last week, the justices handed down four opinions.
One is a unanimous decision dealing with corporate bankruptcy, what’s known as Chapter 11. An amendment to that law raised the fees U.S. Trustees earn for managing those bankruptcy proceedings. The problem is that North Carolina and Alabama were exempt from the law, because those states use a different system of bankruptcy.
The justices found that exemption violates the clause in the U.S. Constitution that requires uniform laws on bankruptcies throughout the country.
The case isn’t over. It’s now remanded to lower court to figure out what to do in light of the Supreme Court’s finding.
REICHARD: Alright, second ruling, also unanimous. It says an airline employee can take up her wage dispute in court in lieu of arbitration.
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