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Court strikes a blow for sentencing discretion under provision in federal firearm statute

SCOTUSBlog

.” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s concise opinion for the court opted for a simple and literal construction of the statute’s language. And Congress put subsection (j) in a different subsection of the statute.” It could have mandated harsher punishment under subsection (j) than under subsection (c).

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Proper analysis for petition to dismiss under Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA).

Day on Torts

Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , 1, 2022), plaintiffs filed suit against defendant construction company related to defendant’s construction of plaintiffs’ residential home, and defendant filed a counterclaim, which was the claim at issue in this appeal. In Reiss v. E2021-01513-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 16559447 (Tenn. quoting Tenn.

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The drop in straight grants is indeed not permanent — Part I

At the Lectern

The order granting the reconsideration petition was made more than 60 days after the petition’s filing, and the then-governing statute provided a petition “is deemed to have been denied. unless it is acted upon within 60 days from the date of filing. ” (Link added.)