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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

After he left the company, Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before returning to Virginia. Mallory filed his lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court. In fact, Norfolk Southern has registered to do business in Pennsylvania in light of its “regular, systematic, [and] extensive” operations there. Washington , 326 U.S.

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Could Cosby Sue For Wrongful Conviction?

JonathanTurley

Bill Cosby is a free man after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the conviction that sent him to jail roughly three years ago to serve 3-10 years for sexual assault. Roughly 30 states and the District of Columbia have statutes allowing for recovery for wrongful convictions and imprisonment. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Delaware Loses Bid to Keep Uncashed MoneyGram Checks

Constitutional Law Reporter

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin , 598 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. Because MoneyGram does not, as a matter of regular business practice, keep records of creditor addresses for the two products at issue in the case, it applied the secondary common-law rule and transmits the abandoned proceeds to its State of incorporation, i.e., Delaware.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off Term With Oral Arguments in Four Cases

Constitutional Law Reporter

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin : The case centers on what should happen to uncashed checks issued by MoneyGram, which is the second largest money transfer company in the world. McDonough: The case involves whether the doctrine of equitable tolling applies to a statute governing veteran benefits. Arellano v.

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Locked and Loaded: Third Circuit Declares Federal Gun Law Unconstitutional Over Ex-Felon Rights

JonathanTurley

However, when Range pleaded guilty in 1995, his conviction was classified as a Pennsylvania misdemeanor punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. When his wife recently bought him a deer-hunting rifle, he learned that he was barred under federal law. That triggered the federal ban.

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In Re Peanut: New York Family Moves to Sue State Over the Killing of Beloved Squirrel

JonathanTurley

When the squirrel refused to return to the wild, they adopted him as a pet in their home in rural Pine City , near the Pennsylvania border. Even though Peanut was a pet, he was still considered a wild animal in New York, both by statute and common law. Peanut then became an internet sensation.

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Fetterman Turns to Controversial Clinton Lawyer Marc Elias’ Firm to Strike Down Pennsylvania Election Provisions

JonathanTurley

Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman and other Democrats have filed a federal lawsuit to strike down parts of Pennsylvania’s election law after the state Supreme Court ruled that mail-in ballots with incorrect dates or no dates should not be counted.Fetterman is challenging the state law on constitutional and federal statutes.

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