United States Supreme Court Certiorari Granted

Opinions Filed in December 2012

FTC v. Watson Pharmaceuticals

Whether reverse-payment agreements between brand-name and generic drug manufacturers are per se lawful or presumptively anticompetative and unlawful.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Patents

Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey

Whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts state law on the manner by which a towing company can collect debts secured by a lien.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Preemption

Hollingsworth v. Perry

Whether it is a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment for a state to use the ballot initiative process to ban marriage between same-sex couples.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Constitutional Law

Oxford Health Plans, LLC v. Sutter

Whether an arbitrator acts within his powers under the Federal Arbitration Act or exceeds those powers when allowing class arbitration based solely on parties’ use of broad contractual language in an arbitration agreement.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Arbitration

United States v. Windsor

Whether section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the Fifth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause by defining marriage as "only a legal union between one man and one woman."

Area(s) of Law:
  • Constitutional Law

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