July 26 DeBoer by Darrow v. DeBoer, 509 U.S. 1301 (decided July 26, 1993): Stevens denies (on grounds of lack of a federal issue) couple’s petition to stay Michigan Supreme Court’s order to hand over to biological parents the baby girl they had cared for for two years, due to papers signed by biological mother were defective and did not have required 72-hour waiting period. (Years ago when I ran a crisis center I allowed it to serve as the site for giving up children, or for

Wasmuth v. Allen, 85 S.Ct. 5 (decided July 25, 1964): Harlan refuses to stay enforcement of a New York statute requiring chiropractors to pass exams in various medical topics before licensure; chiropractors were bent out of joint (sorry) by this allegedly arbitrary exercise of legislative power (14 N.Y.2d 391), but Harlan says a public health measure should not be stayed except in “demanding circumstances” and no federal issue anyway warranting granting certiorari. No furthe

United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (decided July 24, 1974): Court denies President Nixon’s motion to quash the Special Prosecutor’s subpoena; rules that he has to hand over “the tapes” which included the June 23, 1972 “smoking gun” tape which depicted what everyone in those days (including Nixon, a well-read lawyer) understood to be obstruction of justice: he had agreed with his Chief of Staff Haldeman’s suggestion that the CIA be told to lean on the FBI to stop the Waterga

In re Discipline of Quinn, 567 U.S. 955 (decided July 23, 2012): Brian S. Quinn suspended from the Supreme Court bar; he later consented to be stricken from the rolls; Pennsylvania Supreme Court disciplinary decision recounts drug convictions and related malpractices; he became advocate for overcoming addiction (and does presentations on the topic for the same CLE outfit I did presentations for)