Affirmed!
In an event almost as rare as a total solar eclipse, the Supreme Court today affirmed a decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. The Ninth has had a miserable season. Coming into today's match, the court was 0-9 on First Street, including six unanimous reversals. Unfortunately, the administrative rate dispute at issue in Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Tele-Communications, Inc., No. 05-705 is far and away too boring to discuss here. Regardless, the Ninth will no doubt take what it can get in the way of affirmances. Howard has posted the Global Crossing decision as well as the other two equally boring decisions issued this morning (Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., No. 05-1342 and Zuni Public School Dist. v. Department of Education, No. 05-1508). If you can't take my word for the ho-hum nature of today's results, SCOTUSBlog briefly reports on all three cases.
