In Cochran Case, the Justices' Silence May Be Golden
The Supreme Court appears determined to rule on a dispute between famed lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr. and a disgruntled former client, in spite of Cochran's death on March 29.
The case of Tory v. Cochran, a First Amendment challenge to an injunction Cochran obtained to keep Ulysses Tory from picketing his Los Angeles office, was argued in front of the high court just a week before Cochran died at the age of 67 from a brain tumor. Soon after, the Court invited Cochran's lawyer to file what is known in Court terminology as a "suggestion of death" informing the justices about Cochran's death and advising whether it rendered the case moot. . . .
[S]ince then, the Court has met in private conference three times, but has not acted on the filings -- leading the two lawyers and a top Supreme Court procedural expert to believe that the Court is proceeding with the drafting of a decision in spite of Cochran's death.
Details here from Tony Mauro of Legal Times via Law.com.