Anybody know if there was a constitutional-based reason for accepting the certiorori or a constitutional basis in the opinion for the decision?
Ronald Mann’s report on Petrella:
“A big day for the Ninth Circuit. For the first time this Term, a Justice voted to affirm the Ninth Circuit! Unfortunately, only three Justices voted in favor of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, so the Ninth Circuit was still reversed.” (*snort*)
Breyer, Roberts, and Kennedy dissented, BTW, which puts Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Ginsburg, Kagan and Sotomayor in the majority. (Careful. Don’t strain your neck on the doubletake.)