High Court Distributes Clemente Trademark Dispute For October Conference

( September 17, 2026, 2:33 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 16 distributed for conference a challenge from the family of baseball player Roberto Clemente to a partly divided First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel opinion that largely affirmed a Puerto Rico federal judge’s decision to dismiss a suit against Puerto Rican government entities by Clemente’s sons; while the family questions the extent to which the government entities are immune from trademark infringement suits, the government entities said in an August response that the bid for certiorari should be denied....