Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will file opinions in People v. Fayed and Rockefeller Technology Investments (Asia) VII v. Changzhou Sinotype Technology Co., Ltd., which were both argued in January. (Briefs here; oral argument videos here.)
Fayed is an automatic direct appeal from a November 2011 judgment of death. But the defendant’s attorneys are also on trial. A prosecutor who put defendant on death row subsequently joined the law firm representing the defendant, and one of the issues raised on appeal is the (former) prosecutor’s alleged misconduct. The court asked for briefing — and raised questions at oral argument — about whether the attorney’s move violated any laws. (See here, here, here, here, here, and the oral argument video at 5:22:00.)
In the Rockefeller Technology case, the court limited the issue to: “Can private parties contractually agree to legal service of process by methods not expressly authorized by the Hague Convention?” At stake is a $414 million judgment. The court granted review in September 2018.
The opinions can be viewed tomorrow starting at 10:00 a.m.
