Article snippet: In Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African-American Owned Media and Entertainment Studios Networks, the justices will decide a case alleging that Comcast is behind a racist conspiracy. When negotiations between the cable giant and a group of black-owned media businesses fell apart, that group argued that Comcast intended to discriminate on the basis of the group’s owne’s race. Comcast is represented by two of the most respected Supreme Court litigators in the nation, Miguel Estrada and Tom Hungar from Gibson Dunn. In Atlanta Richfield Co. v. Christian, the Supreme Court will dive into a CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act) case. It will decide whether federal courts lack jurisdiction to decide certain property rights claims that conflict with EPA actions under CERCLA, and whether CERCLA preempts other state-law claims. In McKinney v. Arizona, the Court will tackle the death penalty to determine what mitigating and aggravating evidence a state court must consider in a capital case under the Sixth and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution. Justice Anthony Kennedy often voted with liberal justices on death penalty cases, so this could be a revealing case for the Court’s new membership. In Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma, the justices will determine how to apply the three-year time limit for ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act). Obama Solicitor General Donald Verilli represents the compan... Link to the full article to read more