Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 14, 2025

According to the appeals court, holding otherwise would give businesses a blueprint for using corporate formalities to insulate their infringement from financial consequences. Supreme Courts Decision The Supreme Court disagreed. The Court went on to find that background principles of corporate law support its holding.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism (SCDPR) challenging a lower court ruling that found the state had waived sovereign immunity by participating in a federal antitrust lawsuit against Google.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

Several of the courts conservative justices expressed skepticism about the map and about whether the 2022 ruling on which Louisiana relied to justify the creation of a second majority-Black district in the state was actually correct, but it was unclear whether those concerns would be enough to uphold the lower courts ruling.

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JURIST

MARCH 4, 2025

A Nigerian government official on Sunday addressed the Supreme Court’s annulment of local elections, after months of silence, with the view that while he disagreed with the decision, he would respect the court’s ruling.The Supreme Court of Nigeria nullified the local government elections in the Rivers State on October 5, 2024.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Kerala High Court ruled Monday that the Kerala Government’s notification banning online rummy played for stakes is unconstitutional. Relying upon the Supreme Court decisions K. Ravi opined that the order passed by the division bench was not in line with the precedents of the Supreme Court.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Additionally, the court ruled that Azerbaijan violated Mukhtarli’s right to private life. The “inspection” of Mukhtarli’s phone without a judicial warrant was therefore not “in accordance with law,” and Azerbaijan failed to justify the legitimate aim of the violation.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, which had thrown out David Smiths 22-year conviction and sentence for a brutal attack on Quortney Tolliver in 2016. The state trial court rejected that motion, and he was convicted. And he faulted the lower court for mischaracterizing the state courts ruling.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 25, 2021

“Ford Can Be Sued in States Where Accidents Occurred, Supreme Court Rules; The justices unanimously rejected a plea to limit product liability suits in state courts”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. In Miller v. Four years later, in Montgomery v. Photo courtesy Mississippi Department of Corrections.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2024

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the creation of a publicly-funded religious charter school, S t. The court said the St. Isidore contract violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which says the government “shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

Gentry in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama with the assistance of the Alabama ACLU, Civil Rights Corps and the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was held in jail pre-trial due to his inability to afford a $1,000 bail, based on the Alabama bail schedule in the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Since the Supreme Court struck down New York’s longstanding gun law, lower courts have ruled heavily against restricting guns, reports Jacob Gershman in the Wall Street Journal. . The June 23 ruling in N ew York State Rifle and Pistol Association v.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Sixth Circuit reinstates Ohio State University’s Lanham Act and state law right-of-publicity claims against Redbubble : You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

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LawInSport

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

A recent United States district court decision on copyright infringement has brought the issue of recreation of tattoos in video games back into the spotlight and has diverged from an earlier ruling from another district court in a different judicial circuit. The position under English law.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

In doing so, the Court rejected Taylor’s argument that Lathrop and Keller are no longer binding, because of intervening precedent from Janus v. In Janus , the Supreme Court overruled Abood v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who spent the last two years living in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. A second area in which “rule by judges” can be restrained is in strengthening laws to overcome Supreme Court decisions.

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Intelligize Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

A constitutional ruling by an Alabama judicial body has the rest of the country wondering about its potentially widespread implications. We’re not talking about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through IVF are children , but another recent decision. Sound familiar?

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“Federal Court Moves to Drastically Weaken Voting Rights Act; The ruling, which is almost certain to be appealed to the Supreme Court, would effectively bar private citizens and civil rights groups from suing under a key provision of the landmark law”: Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

Last January, the Supreme Court refused to disturb an order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that temporarily allowed New York to enforce a new concealed-carry law while multiple challenges to the law proceed. Bruen , the landmark ruling shifted the Second Amendment landscape.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2022

Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court Rules on Stolen Art, Signs and Puerto Rico’s Status (Adam Liptak, The New York Times). Supreme Court considers whether high school football coach has right to pray on the field (Mark Walsh, ABA Journal). To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 11, 2021

Could prior Supreme Court decisions help eliminate uncertainties in the recall process? That’s an interesting question, because the only court decisions regarding a gubernatorial recall aren’t published in the official reports and their precedential effect is questionable. ” ( Kowis v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2025

In 2016, the FDA issued a rule indicating that the law applies to e-cigarettes and e-liquids. Suri countered that the provision merely directs courts to determine, based on the laws structure, who is adversely affected. Justice Brett Kavanaugh echoed Roberts doubt.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found that Poland’s Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court acted undemocratically by appointing judges who are not sufficiently neutral, invalidating a Polish court decision. And Poland’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Polish law takes supremacy over EU law.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The Supreme Court ruling striking down New York State’s laws requiring permits for carrying a weapon will have a long-term effect on state gun laws, but in the interim it can be used by states to establish tougher gun restrictions, according to a new analysis from RAND Corporation.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 25, 2021

We have been discussing the state laws requiring contractors and employees to swear that they do not support the the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (“BDS”) movement against Israel. I have long maintained that the law is unconstitutional as a limitation of free speech and associational rights. 50-5-85(b). ” O.C.G.A.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 8, 2024

By Riëtte van Laack & JP Ellison — On Thursday, the 27 th of June, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Securities and Exchange Commission v. This decision likely will impact other federal administrative agencies, including those relevant to our practice. Jarkesy. This did not end the analysis, however.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 2, 2021

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court Rules on Tribal Police and Immigrants’ Testimony (Adam Liptak, The New York Times). Supreme Court will not take up Johnson & Johnson challenge of $2.1 No ‘Magic Words’ Needed as Asylum-Seekers Lose at High Court (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law).

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JURIST

JULY 7, 2021

A South African court has agreed to hear ex-president Jacob Zuma’s challenge to a 15-month jail term for failing to attend a corruption hearing, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported. They claimed that respect for the rule of law and court decisions is crucial for the protection and promotion of human rights.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Introduction It is widely recognized that choice of court and choice of law agreements are powerful tools for structuring and planning international dispute resolution. Alex Mills, Party Autonomy in Private International Law (CUP, 2018) p. The parties also agreed that English law should be the governing law.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The court decides internet related cases using online tools. Although the court uses AI judges in some cases, this one was decided by humans. Read an English translation created by GWU Law Students Yuqian Wang and Jiaying Zhang supervised by Prof. More AI related decisions are available at the GWU AI Litigation Database.]

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 23, 2024

Supreme Court held that 18 U.S.C. Facts of the Case As the Court explained in its opinion, Federal and state law distinguish between two kinds of payments to public officials—bribes and gratuities. In Snyder v. United States , 603 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. As enacted in 1984, the statute at issue in the case, 18 U.S.C.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 12, 2023

One of the three CLAY award Supreme Court decisions is Guardianship of Saul H. 5th 827 — “ Helping a teen boy escape El Salvadorian gangs and become a lawful resident.” 5th 93 — “ Missed break premiums count as wages, State Supreme Court rules.” 2022) 13 Cal.5th 2022) 13 Cal.5th

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The post Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. “Both provisions thus exempt government agencies from the Act’s otherwise-broad definition of ‘person’ for particular reasons in particular contexts,” he emphasized.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2023

This blogpost is an edited version of this blogpost written in Dutch by Stichting IJI (The Hague Institute for private international law and foreign law). Furthermore, on July 4 a bill was proposed that encloses several private international law provisions. This blogpost briefly highlights both developments.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A Texas state court ruled that the federal law under which Torres brought his suit, the Uniform Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act , which allows members of the military to sue to remedy employment discrimination based on their service, is unconstitutional. And in LeDure v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2025

The Court highlighted that global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions adversely affects the climatic conditions necessary for human life, thereby interfering with the right to a favorable environment, as guaranteed by Article 35(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Czech Republic.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 28, 2022

In what observers called as an “unusual” lineup of justices, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Fair Sentencing Act can be applied retroactively when considering First Step Act sentencing reductions, and (separate from the text of the First Step Act), so too can other laws and material changes of fact.

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