Punch and Jurists

DePierre v. U.S., No. 09-1533 (U.S. Supreme Court) (564 U.S. 70; 131 S.Ct. 2225) (June 9, 2011) (Justice Sotomayor) by Here the Court finally resolved the longstanding dispute among the Circuit Courts over the correct meaning of the term “cocaine base” as used in 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1), and held …

U.S. v. Simpson, No. 08-5293 (6th Cir.) (346 Fed. Appx. 10) (September 16, 2009) (Judge R. Guy Jr. Cole) by One of the unexplained curiosities of the American legal system has long been the distinction between published and unpublished decisions. Even though the vast majority of decisions issued by the …