Summary: This week the Court heard six cases in oral arguments, issued its first opinion of the 2012 Term and did not grant certiorari to any new cases. On this program we discuss the following two cases: Lefemine v. Wideman (12-168) - Were anti-abortion protesters properly denied attorney's fees in their suit against police officers who prohibited them from displaying graphic pictures of aborted fetuses even though they were successful in obtaining a permanent injunction against the officers? Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (11-1085) - Did a district court err in certifying a shareholder class based on the fraud-on-the-market theory without requiring proof that the purported misrepresentations that caused them to buy at an inflated price were material or was the district court correct that materiality is a merits issue not relevant at the certification stage? Case documents are HERE
