JURIST

JUNE 26, 2023

As in Alabama, the people of Louisiana have the law on their side and the facts on their side. Robinson had previously been stayed while the Supreme Court deliberated in a similar case regarding Alabama, Allen v. The removal of the stay will allow a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling to go forward.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Again Alabama is on the wrong side of a court ruling. The post Alabama’s F You To The Supreme Court Isn’t Working Out The Way They Hoped appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Several of the courts conservative justices expressed skepticism about the map and about whether the 2022 ruling on which Louisiana relied to justify the creation of a second majority-Black district in the state was actually correct, but it was unclear whether those concerns would be enough to uphold the lower courts ruling.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in Jones v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. Jones argued that under two of the court’s recent decisions, 2012’s Miller v. Alabama and 2016’s Montgomery v. … For most, the answer is yes. .

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JURIST

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Soelen noted that, under New Mexico law, a congressional map is not an impermissible gerrymander if it does not rise to an “egregious” gerrymander. Earlier in the litigation, the court ruled that the gerrymandering claim was “justiciable” under the New Mexico Constitution.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. The post The morning read for Friday, May 24 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 9, 2023

Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in unexpected defense of Voting Rights Act (Mark Sherman, The Associated Press) Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in poop-themed dog toy trademark fight (Devan Cole, CNN) The Supreme Court’s Damper on the Right to Strike (E.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: The Supreme Court banned affirmative action–except at military academies (Code Switch, NPR) Alabama’s congressional map dilutes the power of Black voters, advocates again tell Supreme Court (Ariane de Vogue & Fredreka Schouten, CNN) Supreme Court ruling sparks fears about economic fallout (Omar Mohammed, (..)

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.

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Above The Law

JULY 24, 2023

Supreme Court Rulings Matter Except For When They Don't: Alabama doesn't care what Roberts has to say. Lawyers Are Better At Math Than Election Law Scholars: Especially the ones named Derek Muller. Is Gen Z Somehow To Blame For The Roberts Court?: No, but they've got a few thoughts on how to move forward.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 18, 2023

Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Alabama Republicans reject call for 2nd majority Black district, despite Supreme Court ruling (Kim Chandler, The Associated Press) Plaintiffs ask US Supreme Court to temporarily halt Microsoft, Activision merger (John Kruzel, Reuters) California Supreme Court rejects SCOTUS decision, keeps state labor law alive (Bob (..)

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Dentons will combine with Alabama law firm Dentons has announced that it will combine with Sirote & Permutt, an Alabama law firm with 86 lawyers…

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

According to the author of Proposal 2, Vermont constitutional law professor Peter Teachout, the amendment makes no change to substantive rights. Additionally, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in 1802 that once crossed over into Vermont, a slave contract from another state was unenforceable. Vermont has always prohibited slavery.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The district court ruled in favor of the petitioners, and Galveston County appealed. On appeal, the Fifth Circuit said that the district court opinion was an error of law. Some courts have ruled in favor of them, while others have denied them.

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Law 360

MAY 20, 2024

The Corporate Transparency Act's reporting requirements violate the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination and other constitutional provisions, libertarian think tank Cato Institute and others said Monday in urging the Eleventh Circuit to uphold an Alabama district court's ruling against the law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 14, 2024

Share Two years after the court ruled that a disparity in bankrupt debtors’ fees between judicial districts was impermissible, the justices on Friday ruled 6-3 that charging equal fees going forward is an adequate remedy for that disparity. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC was how to remedy the problem.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

QUESTION: I’m a solo practitioner with a general practice handling everything from real estate transactions to family law. Laws, rules, regulations, and opinions vary by jurisdiction. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. 91-2 & Formal Advisory Opinion No.

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Intelligize Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

A constitutional ruling by an Alabama judicial body has the rest of the country wondering about its potentially widespread implications. We’re not talking about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through IVF are children , but another recent decision. Sound familiar?

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2021

Although the decision did not involve cash payments to college athletes, it may pave the way for a future Supreme Court ruling on whether college athletes should be able to earn money for playing sports – either directly from their universities or through lucrative endorsement deals. Monday’s decision in NCAA v.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. In Miller v. Four years later, in Montgomery v. Photo courtesy Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Friday issued orders from its so-called “long conference” – the justices’ private conference in the last week of September, at which they met for the first time since the end of June to add new cases to their docket. After the California Supreme Court declined to weigh in, Sheetz came to the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents , the Supreme Court ruled that a private individual could sue an FBI agent for violating his Fourth Amendment rights, even when there was not a specific law authorizing a claim for damages. The district court ruled that Boule’s claims would impermissibly extend Bivens , but the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 21, 2023

Last summer, the Supreme Court ruled in Siegel v. Fitzgerald that a 2017 law permitting debtors in bankruptcy proceedings in North Carolina and Alabama to pay lower administrative fees than those paid by debtors in other states violated the Constitution’s requirement that Congress provide uniform bankruptcy laws nationwide.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 7, 2022

Proponents of the theory, known as the “independent state legislature” theory, believe that the Constitution gives state legislatures nearly unfettered authority to write the rules for federal elections, with little or no oversight from state courts. The North Carolina case. The North Carolina dispute, Moore v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 17, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Over 40 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The officers sought review by the full 11th Circuit, which disagreed with the panel.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2021

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. These are extremely rare rulings and, in my view, the use the defense in this case was a mistake.

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2024

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed a bill into law Wednesday night shielding in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from legal liability, moments after it was passed by the legislature. The new law protects IVF providers from some civil lawsuits and criminal prosecutions.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 23, 2021

Sullivan, sued for defamation and won under Alabama law. Sullivan’s lawsuit was one of a number of civil actions brought under state laws that targeted Northern media covering the violence against freedom marchers. seven times. The Montgomery Public Safety commissioner, L. He was awarded $500,000 — a huge judgment for the time.

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Parasec

APRIL 4, 2024

Federal: Federal Court Rules CTA Unconstitutional On March 1, 2024, a federal court in Alabama ruled in National Small Business United (NSBU) v. The law shares with the CTA the same 23 exemptions from reporting requirements and definitions for the terms “beneficial owner,” “reporting company,” and “exempt company.”

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. ” Texas Governor Greg Abbott criticized the ruling, saying , “This decision is outrageous. SCOTUS [the Supreme Court] gives the Biden Admin.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2024

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would define biological sex in binary terms based on individuals’ reproductive systems rather than their gender identity. Critics of HB 111, however, claim the bill does not protect women’s rights but inflicts significant harm on the LGBTQ+ community in Alabama.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2021

Alabama’s policy requiring that transgender people show proof of sex reassignment surgery in order to change the sex designation on their driver’s license was found to be unconstitutional, courts ruled Friday.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

A federal judge in Alabama declined on Tuesday to stay a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (VCCPA). Burke dismissed the government’s motion without prejudice, noting that a stay may be appropriate if the Eleventh Circuit or Supreme Court take up these cases.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

“Frozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits”: Howard Koplowitz of Alabama Media Group has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Alabama issued Friday.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday night declined to postpone the execution of Willie Smith III, who argued that Alabama prison officials deprived him of a meaningful ability to select his method of execution under state law. That ruling forced the state to reschedule the execution.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal from the state of Alabama regarding a death row inmate’s request for an alternative execution method. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a dissent to the court’s denial, claiming that the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit was wrong.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday evening allowed Alabama to execute a man who argued that the state had failed to give him proper accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act so that he could select his method of execution. A few hours after the court issued the order, the state executed him by lethal injection.

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