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Good article reassessment for Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 18:55, 15 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edits needed to Gibson Dunn

I’ve suggested some important edits to the page that need review. The firm has argued several noteworthy cases in front of SCOTUS so if there is an editor here who could be of assistance, I (employee of the firm) would welcome the feedback. Talk:Gibson_Dunn#February_2024_Requested_Edits CaseyatLeicesterStreet (talk) 14:34, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've replied at WT:WikiProject Law#Please weigh in on Gibson Dunn. SilverLocust 💬 17:24, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Holmes Devise histories

I was noticing the other day that the Internet Archive has scanned a lot of volumes of the Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court in the last year or two. These are very comprehensive (to a fault...) sources, and many of them are difficult to find online because of errors in the metadata, so I figured I'd list what's available here in case anyone finds it useful:

Volume I (beginnings to 1801): Internet Archive
Volume II (1801–1815): not to my knowledge currently available online
Volumes III and IV (1815–1835): Internet Archive
Volume V (1836–1864): Internet Archive
Volume VI (1864–1888, pt. 1): Internet Archive
Volume VII (1864–1888, pt. 2): Internet Archive
Volume VIII (1888–1910): Internet Archive
Volume IX (1910–1921): Internet Archive
Volume X (1921–1930): Cambridge Core through the Wikipedia Library
Volume XI (1930–1941): Cambridge Core through the Wikipedia Library
Volume XII (1941–1953): Internet Archive

Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:47, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RSN Discussion

A source that primarily deals with U.S. law, especially the Supreme Court, is currently being discussed at RSN. WikiProject members are invited to join the discussion. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:43, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Opinion of the Court"

The style guide currently recommends "Opinion of the Court" as a section title (or one of two possible section titles). This strikes me as somewhat crosswise of MOS:HEAD, especially the familiar injunction to [n]ot redundantly refer back to the subject of the article. Given that articles covered by this style guide are specifically about Supreme Court proceedings, is there any reason not to shorten this header to "Opinion"? -- Visviva (talk) 04:25, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Opinion" would cause confusion when there are also dissenting, concurring, etc. opinions. But "majority opinion" works, as would "decision" in some cases (I've used both before). At any rate, that style guide mainly reflects one or two editors' opinions, so while it contains some useful advice, feel free to just do whatever makes the most sense to you in any given instance. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 04:37, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This depends upon how we decide to balance correctness against brevity. "Opinion of the Court" may be clunky, but it is the technically correct term. A majority opinion is the official opinion of the court, not just of the judges in the majority. White Whirlwind 14:47, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would use "majority opinion", "plurality opinion", "concurring opinion [by X]", "dissenting opinion [by X]", etc. voorts (talk/contributions) 21:51, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The style guide was an attempt at standardizing the headings. I don't think it's followed much. --MZMcBride (talk) 22:42, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Jacobson v. United States

Jacobson v. United States has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 19:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cases lacking articles

Hello, I am new to this Wikiproject; does it have a designated list/area for cases that lack an article? The closest I could find was "articles for creation" under "article alerts", but that seems to be for drafts submitted for creation/review. If there is not, I think it would be useful to create one, so people wishing to create case articles can organize their efforts and easily find cases in need of one. Thank you, and please direct me to the proper location if this question is misplaced. Mason7512 (talk) 19:17, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if one exists, but if one is created, then I think it should be carefully constructed to ensure that each missing case is actually notable. voorts (talk/contributions) 19:21, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 20:51, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Berghuis v. Thompkins

Berghuis v. Thompkins has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 01:29, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]