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Court allows bar on Tulsa’s enforcement of municipal laws against Native Americans to remain in place

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place a federal appeals court ruling that bars the city of Tulsa from enforcing municipal ordinances against Native Americans. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit on hold to give the city time to appeal. But two years later, the Supreme Court ruled in McGirt v.

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2025 Court Holidays to be Aware of When Calculating Filing Deadlines

TypeLaw Briefing Insights

Weve prepared this guide to 2025 court holidays as a go-to resource to help you proactively mark critical dates in your calendar to ensure that youre always one step ahead of the clock. This is why, again, its vital to always check the applicable federal and local court rules when calculating your filing deadline dates.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently O

That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. Some, as noted above, have even banned the practice at common law, though state courts have increasingly relaxed those rules in favor of regulation. [23]

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Don’t Look Back: Why the Innocent Sometimes Stay in Prison

The Crime Report

In that new venue he carefully lays out the story of efforts to prove the innocence of Charlie Vaughan, an illiterate Arkansas prisoner serving a life sentence for a murder to which another man—who said he did not even know Vaughan—confessed. Doyle is a Boston defense lawyer and author, and a regular columnist for The Crime Report.

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How a veteran sketch artist offers a peek into oral arguments in the work-from-home era

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The court now allows live-audio streaming of its arguments — a step forward in transparency and access. Unlike when the court is open, he could not observe and draw the lawyers arguing cases in real time. 10, the court ruled unanimously in favor his clients. “I But still, no one could see what was happening.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. ” __ Another case in the court is a cautionary tale about those creating their own haunted houses. Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Walmart 2001 Ark.

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Court declines to hear death-row inmate’s claim of juror’s racial bias, prompting dissent from liberal justices

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The state court, Sotomayor observed, never addressed Love’s contention that he had been deprived of his constitutional right to an impartial jury. In the wake of those developments, the Biden administration urged the court to send one case back to the U.S.

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