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Callais Right Away!

It makes no difference when the Court issues its judgment.

Josh Blackman | 4.30.2026 11:11 PM

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court decided Callais. The last paragraph of the opinion stated:

The judgment of the District Court is affirmed, and thesecases are remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

It is so ordered.

Well, it is not ordered right away. Under the Court's rules, the remand does not happen immediately. In this 2020 post, I described the process by which judgments are actually entered.........

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