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Justice Kagan's First Opinion

The Supreme Court decided the case of Ransom v. FIA Card Services this week. Involving the question of a debtor in bankruptcy and his deductions for ownership of a car, the opinion is the first authored by Justice Elena Kagan, with only one dissent--Justice Scalia.

Read Justice Kagan's opinion here.

SCOTUSblog's case page for Ransom v. FIA Card Services, including briefs and opinion analysis, is here.

Naturally, there has been much discussion of this first opinion. Here are just a few articles:

The Volokh Conspiracy

The Wall Street Journal Law Blog

The Blog of LegalTimes

As well, there has been discussion about unanimity (or not) for debut opinions:

The Faculty Lounge

The Volokh Conspiracy

Concurring Opinions