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Mareva injunctions, submission and forum non conveniens

Conflict of Laws

Pelletier sold shares to buyers in Florida while allegedly misrepresenting the company’s value. Senior Judge Andrew Ang acknowledged that “the Mareva injunction remains, at its very core, ancillary to a main substantive cause of action.” ( Allenger , [125]). In doing so, he remained in step with Bi Xiaoqiong.

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RICO injury, federal jurisdiction, and giving veterans the benefit of the doubt

SCOTUSBlog

One of those four involves an issue on which the court already is considering 11 other relisted cases: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments require the use of a 12-person jury to try defendants accused of felonies, rather than the six-person jury Florida affords for many such offenses. Florida and Moore v. We’ll know more soon.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. In Florida, a woman has sued for defamation, harassment and emotional distress after her neighbor set up decorations that included an insane asylum sign that pointed to her yard and a fake tombstone with an inscription she viewed as a reference to her single status. Source: CBS.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. In Florida, a woman has sued for defamation, harassment and emotional distress after her neighbor set up decorations that included an insane asylum sign that pointed to her yard and a fake tombstone with an inscription she viewed as a reference to her single status. Source: CBS.

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Divergent views on text and history as justices ponder war powers and sovereign immunity

SCOTUSBlog

Prior precedent (including Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida ) held that Congress could abrogate state sovereign immunity when acting under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, but not when acting under many of its Article I powers. But because he worked for Texas, he had no cause of action. It’s not right.

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Nine new relists as the court approaches the finish line

SCOTUSBlog

Stanley was a firefighter in Sanford, Florida, until she was forced by Parkinson’s Disease to take disability retirement. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held that as a former employee, Stanley lacked a cause of action under the ADA. Florida and Moore v. In Stanley v. In Stanley v. rescheduled before the Mar.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Source: CBS In Florida, a woman has sued for defamation, harassment and emotional distress after her neighbor set up decorations that included an insane asylum sign that pointed to her yard and a fake tombstone with an inscription she viewed as a reference to her single status.

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