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US dispatch: ‘independent state legislature’ theory raised by Moore v. Harper threatens US election administration

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Gore (2000), and Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (2015). Even where not done so directly, the Court has repeatedly repudiated the underpinnings of the theory in cases like Smiley v. Holm (1932), Bush v.

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Collateral Estoppel Beats Precedent Every Time

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Uniloc has a litigation financing relationship with Fortress with the patents serving as collateral for the deal. The terms of the Fortress financing became important for the subsequent litigation. Actually Litigated : The issue was actually litigated in Apple. California , 530 U.S. ” Id.

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Stephen Breyer, pragmatic liberal, will retire at end of term

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Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, and Bruce Babbitt of Arizona, then the secretary of the interior, before nominating Breyer – releasing the decision so quickly that Breyer did not have time to travel to Washington for the announcement.

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