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Chemerinsky: These recent Supreme Court decisions have sparked a wave of litigation

ABA Journal

Supreme Court’s October 2022 term ended just a couple of months ago, but it’s already apparent that the decisions are leading to a great deal of litigation. What are the major issues left open by the cases that are likely to be litigated in state and federal courts?

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Court weighs Louisiana redistricting with second majority-Black district

SCOTUSBlog

A federal court threw the map out, agreeing with a group of voters who describe themselves as non-African American that the new map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander — that is, it sorted voters primarily based on race. The disputes path to the Supreme Court on Monday was a circuitous one. Aguinaga insisted that it was.

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US federal appeals court denies rehearing in case that may limit private organizations’ ability to file lawsuits under Voting Rights Act

JURIST

The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals declined Tuesday to rehear with the full Eighth Circuit panel of judges a prior appeals court decision curtailing private organizations’ ability to sue under section two of the Voting Rights Act for alleged racial gerrymandering in redistricting decisions.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court February 2022

Patently O

Rather, any new grant this term will very likely be pushed back to the October 2022 Term for hearing and decision. Still, there are a number of important patent cases pending before the court. 21-746 (CVSG requested February 22, 2022). 2022)(forthcoming). Lets talk them through. Daktronics, Inc., 35 U.S.C. §

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Milieudefensie v Shell: 3 Takeaways and Challenges on the Appeal’s Court Decision

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The district court had granted Milieudefensies claims for a reduction target of 45% by 2030, leading to Shells appeal in 2022. The appellate court followed the district court’s decision to a large extent, but also deviated from it on crucial points. Three Takeaways from the Decision 1.

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Who Escapes Texas? And Where Do They Go? Mandamus Petitioners and Transferee Courts in Patent Venue Disputes

Patently O

Litigants shouldn’t get to choose the judge who decides their case. Judge shopping, we’ve argued elsewhere , raises concerns about court bias and capture and can make litigation unnecessarily costly and inefficient. Google also won its only petition in 2022, bumping its grant rate up even higher, to 71.4%. of the time.

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Collateral Estoppel Beats Precedent Every Time

Patently O

This means that issues decided at the district or administrative court level can be binding on all other courts: district courts, administrative courts, appellate courts, and even the Supreme Court. District court decisions are not binding precedent because they are at the bottom.