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Court holds disparate fees in business bankruptcy cases unconstitutional

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The dispute involved the administrative costs of bankruptcy proceedings, which are quite substantial in large business cases. Since 1986, in all states other than Alabama or North Carolina, those cases have been administered by the U.S. Trustee Program in the Department of Justice.

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The last grants of October Term 2022?

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Rahimi , which involves a petition for review by the federal government, strikes me as a particularly likely candidate for review. The federal government now asks the justices to weigh in on the case, arguing that the domestic violence ban is constitutional. Legal Services Alabama, Inc. , That last case, United States v.

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Separation of powers and mental health evidence in capital sentencing

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Somewhat surprisingly, the court took both the case the government recommended, Jackson v. The court also denied review to the state of Alabama in Hamm v. FDIC , involving separation of powers and administrative law claims. United States , as well as a second case, Brown v. The court denied review in three-time relist St.