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Supreme Court News

Today, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Alford v. Greene (combined with Camreta v. Greene), on the question of whether law enforcement and child welfare officials need a court order or parental permission before interviewing a child they suspect is being abused.

Read the briefs (including amicus briefs) here.

Commentary at Huffington Post, Ohio Family Law Blog, and The Rutherford Institute.

In other SCOTUS news, opinions came out today for three cases, including FCC v. AT&T, ruling (8-0) that corporations do not have a right of personal privacy under Exemption 7(C) of the Freedom of Information Act. Read the opinion here.

Staub v. Proctor Hospital and Henderson v. Shinseki were also decided.