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I Know I’m Going to Love a Brief That Repeatedly Cites Marbury v. Madison

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Josh Hawley about his favorite Supreme Court case - Marbury v. The case has come to stand for the principle of judicial review, establishing the Supreme Court's authority to determine the constitutionality of laws and executive actions.In by Dennis Crouch Back when he was a law professor here at Mizzou, I recall taking with Sen.

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Patent Puzzles after the Supreme Court’s 2024 Administrative Law Cases: Stare Decisis, Rulemaking, and Discretion

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Latty Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law In a flurry of recent decisions, the Supreme Court has continued its skepticism of administrative agencies. Consider first stare decisis and the Court’s overruling of Chevron deference (i.e. no standing requirement).

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Divided Supreme Court Strikes Down Chevron in Landmark Decision

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine in its recent decision in Relentless v. Facts of the Case The Supreme Court granted certiorari in the two cases to address whether Chevron U.S.A. Under Chevron’s two-step analysis, a reviewing court must first assess “whether Congress has directly spoken to the precise question at issue.”

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Supreme Court reaffirms limitation on governmental design immunity

At the Lectern

City of Rancho Palos Verdes , the Supreme Court today holds immunity under Government Code section 830.6 , that generally protects California public entities and employees from liability for injuries “caused by the plan or design of a construction of, or an improvement to, public property,” is not as broad as government defendants want.

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A few initial thoughts on Loper and the end of Chevron Deference

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In the past, both the USPTO and patent attorneys have largely ignored the larger scope of administrative law, but in recent years USPTO operations have been under tighter control from the White House, and courts have increasingly asked whether the agency is following the rules. Importantly, the Supreme Court in Cuozzo Speed Techs.

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Conflict of Laws and Diversity of Opinions—A View of The Nigerian Jurisdiction

Conflict of Laws

The Supreme Court of Nigeria and the Judicature The Nigerian Supreme Court is necessary for the legal system’s stability, coherence, and sustainable evolution. [2] The Supreme Court of Nigeria and the Judicature The Nigerian Supreme Court is necessary for the legal system’s stability, coherence, and sustainable evolution. [2]

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Atextual Conditions for Patentability and Stare Decisis

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USPTO (Supreme Court 2022) focuses the question of whether COURTS have power to create non-statutory patentability doctrines. That patent finally issued in 2018–only after SawSafe filed a civil action and received a court-judgment in its favor. by Dennis Crouch. The new petition in SawStop v. 2016 Decision ]. 593 (2010).