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Supreme Court cabins reach of aggravated identity theft statute

SCOTUSBlog

Choosing between the two competing readings, “one limited and one near limitless,” the Supreme Court on Thursday handily rejected the government’s “boundless” interpretation of the aggravated identity theft statute. I guess we should all be glad that the court unanimously rejected the government’s interpretation of the statute.

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Justices wrestle with statute of limitations in Rodney Reed’s effort to revive DNA lawsuit

SCOTUSBlog

Representing Reed, lawyer Parker Rider-Longmaid told the justices that the statute of limitations began to run at the end of the state-court litigation denying Reed’s request for DNA testing – in this case, when the TCCA denied rehearing. Constitution” to Reed. Several justices did not clearly tip their hands.

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Court holds statute of limitations under Quiet Title Act is not a jurisdictional bar

SCOTUSBlog

United States broke no new ground, as it followed a steady line of cases applying a rule under which time limits in federal statutes do not create jurisdictional bars unless the statute makes that intent clear. Share Tuesday’s decision in Wilkins v. So, if the bar is jurisdictional, they would be completely out of luck.

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ICJ permits seven states to intervene in The Gambia’s alleged genocide case against Myanmar

JURIST

The court found their declarations of intervention admissible under Article 63 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice. The article allows states that are parties to the convention whose construction is in question to intervene in the proceedings.

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Legislature filled a gap Justice Liu identified in statute about resentencing of veterans

At the Lectern

So, it’s an appropriate time to remember that Justice Goodwin Liu issued a 2021 separate statement exposing a gap in a veteran-specific sentencing statute and that the Legislature responded with corrective legislation. The following year, the Legislature accepted the constructive judicial criticism. Valliant (2020) 55 Cal.App.5th

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United States: Florida Legislature Proposes Significant Revisions To Construction Defect Statute - Cozen O'Connor

Mondaq

3)(c) by eliminating the current statute of repose for latent claims. A new bill has recently been submitted to the Florida Senate (SB 2022-736) that proposes to amend Fla.

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Summary judgment based on GTLA and Recreational Use Statute affirmed.

Day on Torts

Where defendant governmental entity did not own the park where plaintiff was injured, and plaintiff was attending a concert in the park when she fell, summary judgment based on both the GTLA and Recreational Use Statute was affirmed. The Court next turned to whether summary judgment was appropriate under the Recreational Use Statutes.

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