SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A Texas state court ruled that the federal law under which Torres brought his suit, the Uniform Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act , which allows members of the military to sue to remedy employment discrimination based on their service, is unconstitutional. Moriana joins the court’s growing arbitration docket.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

Agreeing with the challengers, the lower courts put different parts of the law on hold. New York Attorney General Letitia James then asked the 2nd Circuit to reinstate the law while the litigation proceeds, and the court of appeals granted her request.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 22, 2023

786), the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize a German court’s bankruptcy ruling based on the principle of reciprocity. 3, where the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize and enforce a trademark judgment of the Korean Supreme Court. 99 Trade Co.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This decision is also interesting because it is unlikely, if not impossible, to have foreign judgments recognized and enforced in Thailand. 1, [14] where the Shanghai Third Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize the Tokyo District Court’s decision to commence civil rehabilitation proceedings and the order appointing the supervisor.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 9, 2021

The family court decision was reviewed by Judges Stan Pritzker, John Egan Jr., They admit that the rock was “not addressed by family court or the attorney for the child, the mother’s testimony at the hearing, as well as an exhibit admitted into evidence.” Sharon Aarons, Molly Reynolds Fitzgerald and John Colangelo.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2025

That standard, Judge Locher wrote, went beyond the US Supreme Court’s well-established precedent on obscenity for minors. Judge Locher acknowledged that not all books with sexual content are appropriate for every age group and that prior federal court decisions could justify restricting explicit material for younger students.

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MAY 6, 2024

They must be examined by the courts in Kenya for them to gain recognition and to be enforced’ [para 66]. ’ This Case is highly significant, because it extensively addresses the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Kenya and the principles to be considered by the Kenyan Courts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects. 47641-0-II (Wash.

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2025

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case brought by the state of Utah seeking to assert state control over 18.5 million acres of federally owned lands, leaving in place a lower court ruling that upheld federal authority.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

As is frequently the case when the court denies review in cases that have been relisted repeatedly, denial occasioned dissent, this time from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. And once again, Jos Garza, the Travis County district attorney, has filed a brief supporting the petition.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. Zepeda , No. 80593-2-I (Wash. A20-1513 (Minn.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2022

.” Kennedy brought the case to the district court claiming the school district violated his First Amendment right of free speech. The district court ruled in favor of the that the school district. Kennedy appealed the district court decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the decision.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The court also sent Joseph Smith’s case from Alabama’s death row back to the court of appeals for more clarification of the basis for the lower court’s decision. Alabama had asked the justices to reverse an appeals court decision that lifted Smith’s death sentence. 5 until Nov.

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2022

The DOJ’s case to overturn the Arizona law rests on a 2013 Supreme Court decision, Arizona v. The court ruled the federal 1993 National Voter Registration Act preempted Arizona from requiring proof of citizenship when applicants register to vote with federal forms. Inter Tribal Council, Inc.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2022

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to review the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that overturned entertainer Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction. The case was settled, and District Attorney Bruce Castor declined to press criminal charges. The court did not provide any other comment on the case.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

But a federal appeals court ruled last year that Gutierrez does not have a legal right to sue, known as standing, to bring federal civil rights claims challenging the constitutionality of the Texas laws governing DNA testing. But that analysis badly misapprehends the law of standing, Gutierrez counters.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2022

Was the Supreme Court decision last month overruling Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in the 233-year history of the Court? The ruling in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization has been described as such by many judicial commentators and experts in the middle of the spectrum, and a large segment of the U.S.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

“I hate to say it’s not rocket science, but in many ways it’s not,” said Breanne Schuster , a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. This decision was prompted by a recent Supreme Court ruling in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson , and the impact that this decision may have on the homeless community.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2024

solicitors general – Seth Waxman, representing Glossip, and Paul Clement, representing Oklahoma’s attorney general – will appear before the justices, seeking to persuade them to set aside Glossip’s conviction and death sentence and order a new trial. 9, two former U.S. Sneed had said that he was accidentally prescribed the drug for a cold.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

They were in custody but when they asked for an attorney that request was ignored. In 1969 the Supreme Court ruled in Frazier v. Numerous court decisions have upheld the investigator’s capacity to verbally misrepresent evidence during an interrogation. ” Denial of Rights or Physical Needs.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

Hill , the Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed a district court ruling that struck down two state statutes — one requiring sex offenders to obtain specialized identification cards (with the words “SEX OFFENDER” in all caps) and the other prohibiting alteration of such identification documents. In Louisiana v. Louisiana v.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 27, 2022

Forensic guardianships, which entail wards who are at substantial risk of being questioned by law enforcement officials, are assiduously protected by the law; and they have been further reinforced by Supreme Court decisions. Both loopholes are detrimental to the ward when a law enforcement official is not trained in guardianship laws.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

There is an interesting fight brewing in Kentucky between Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Gov. Beshear has correctly cited a major victory recently before the Kentucky Supreme Court — an unanimous decision in favor of his authority to issue pandemic orders. Andy Beshear.

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MARCH 24, 2022

Hirshfeld has the legal power to fulfill the expanded job as required by the Supreme Court’s decision. Guest post by Nina Mendelson , Following one Supreme Court decision posing dangers for the integrity of all sorts of agency adjudication, the ongoing litigation in Arthrex v. — Dennis Crouch.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But in July, Laufer asked the justices to throw out the case, and invalidate the 1st Circuit’s decision in her favor. If the court ruled on the standing question, he seemed to suggest, it would be issuing “an advisory opinion.”

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In a 6-3 decision Ex parte Danny Richard Lane , the state’s highest criminal appeals court ruled that Texas’ historical doctrine of “judicial clemency” does not forgive sex offender registration. His criminal defense attorney, however, managed to secure a 10-year plea deal which he accepted in October 2007.

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At the Lectern

JULY 1, 2021

The court’s opinion is authored by Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar. and California Supreme Court decisions holding it unconstitutional for an attorney to racially discriminate in peremptorily challenging prospective jurors. Justice Goodwin Liu dissents, claiming Batson / Wheeler error, named after U.S.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Searches for 911 call analysis in national court dockets come up virtually empty too. Dozens of other defense attorneys had similar reactions. He said he helps defense attorneys and prosecutors alike and “the research is designed to find the truth wherever it goes.”. But Gibbons told someone. It’s my life’s work,” he told me.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 6, 2024

Supreme Court the chance to disapprove the California Supreme Court decision in Adolph v. Supreme Court had misinterpreted California law about the viability of representative actions under the Labor Code’s Private Attorneys General Act when representatives’ individual claims are being arbitrated (see here ).

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

That ruling included Henry and Andrew. In June 2016, five months after the Supreme Court ruling, Andrew became the first Louisiana “juvenile” inmate to be released on parole. In November 2021, more than five years after the Supreme Court ruling, Henry was also released on parole. He had served 19 years.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 30, 2024

Courts too have recognized how seemingly innocuous phrases may convey profane messages. A county court in San Diego, California referred an attorney to the State Bar when counsel, during a hearing, twice directed the phrase “See You Next Tuesday” toward two female attorneys. Grandville Cent.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 25, 2025

The lower court ruled that such funding of a religious school is unconstitutional. Before the Oklahoma Supreme Court, Oklahoma Attorney General, Gentner Drummond, prevailed in arguing that the charter school board violated state law, the Oklahoma Constitution, and the U.S. Here is the lower court decision: St.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The decision in Folajtar v. The Attorney General of the United States may be one of the most perfectly tailored case for major Supreme Court decision. Indeed, the only thing lacking from the 2-1 decision is a mailing label directly to Justice Amy Coney Barrett. McDonald v. City of Chicago , 561 U.S. at 626–27).

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

And I had their ear, explaining Supreme Court decisions on a regular basis over many years. In June, the court ruled in R.G. & Before becoming clerk of the Supreme Court, Stevas was the clerk of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and worked as an assistant U.S. Harris Funder Homes v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Finally, the petition claims the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision violates voters’ First Amendment right of association because it prevents a voter from choosing their preferred political candidate. I’m very happy with the ruling. I felt they read the Constitution.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Recent Victories The decision from Missouri, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association [ (SIFMA) ] v. The federal court ruled resoundingly in favor of SIFMA, finding for plaintiffs on all counts. Ashcroft , was a strong rebuke of anti-ESG disclosure requirements.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Federal Court Stayed Remand Order in Minnesota’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, Denied Attorney Fees. The federal district court for the District of Minnesota stayed its order remanding Minnesota’s climate change lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry. City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 2:20-cv-14243 (D.N.J.

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