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SCOTUS Clarifies Statute of Limitations for APA Claims

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Supreme Court held that a claim under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) does not accrue for purposes of 28 U.S.C. 2401(a) ’s default six-year statute of limitations until the plaintiff is injured by final agency action. The District Court dismissed the suit as time-barred under 28 U.

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Supreme Court Rules Bribery Statute Doesn’t Criminalize Gratuities for Past Acts

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By contrast, if a federal official accepts a prohibited gratuity, federal gratuities law sets a 2-year maximum prison sentence pursuant to §201(c). As enacted in 1984, the statute at issue in the case, 18 U.S.C. Justice Kavanaugh wrote: The bribery statute for federal officials, §201(b), uses the term “corruptly.”

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SCOTUS Narrows Reach of Identity Fraud Statute

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Supreme Court narrowed the scope of a federal aggravated identity theft statute. Because the crux of Durbin’s overbilling was inflating the value of services actually provided, and the patient’s means of identification was an ancillary part of the Medicaid billing process, the statute was not violated. In Durbin v.

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Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron in Landmark Decision

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By a vote of 6-3, the Court held that Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether a federal agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous.

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Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

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Given that the United States, as a sovereign, is generally immune from suits seeking money damages unless Congress chooses to waive that immunity, the Court’s “clear statement” rule allows a suit against the government only when “the language of the statute” is “unmistakably clear” in allowing it.

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SCOTUS Clarifies Standard for Retaliatory Arrest Claims

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A private attorney tasked with leading the investigation concluded that Gonzalez had likely violated a Texas anti-tampering statute that, among other things, prohibits a person from intentionally “remov[ing]. The Court remanded the case back to the lower courts to assess whether Gonzalez’s evidence suffices to satisfy the Nieves exception.

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Scheme

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The Supreme Court went on to find that the CFPB’s funding statute contains the requisite features of a congressional appropriation. Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Scheme appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. The post U.S.

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