Ms.Fisher’s lawyersfiled a petition seekinga SupremeCourtreviewlast month, and legalexpertssaythe justiceswill probablyagree tohearit, setting the stage fora decision by June.
In Windsor, the Defense of Marriage Act case, the government also declines to defend its law, but the U.S. Solicitor General, unlike the California attorney general, filed a notice of appeal and a petitionforreview, and the government is continuing to enforce the law.
Lawyers representing Nigerians who accuse Royal Dutch Shell of being aiding human-rights abuses in their home country have filed a petitionfor Supreme Court review.