Supreme Court Rejects Effort By Redskins to Join Slants By Ira S. Sacks & Rachel B. Rudensky on October 3, 2016 Email this postTweet this postLike this postShare this post on LinkedIn The Supreme Court rejected the effort by the Washington Redskins to skip the 4th Circuit and Join the hearing of the USPTO appeal of the SLANTS case, both of which have been the subjects of blogs here.