From ALJs to Wedding Cakes: Civil Cases in the Supreme Court’s October 2017 Term

On the final day of the Supreme Court’s October 2017 Term, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, capping what already had been a historic year at 1 First Street Northeast. Justice Kennedy’s final year on the Court yielded a large number of broadly significant rulings in civil cases on matters concerning administrative agencies, executive power, religious freedom, voter-registration lists, employer-employee arbitration, public-sector unions, and states’ power to require out-of-state sellers to collect sales taxes, to name only a few. There is much to discuss, so off we go.