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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JURIST

MAY 2, 2022

In his own concurring opinion, Justice Neil Gorsuch criticized Boston officials for basing their legal argument on Lemon v. Kurtzman , a 1971 Supreme Court decision which he claims “substituted a serious constitutional inquiry with a guessing game.”

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The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

The decision follows multiple previous precedents set by the Court over the past decade that sharply limited courts’ ability to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without parole, the lawyers wrote. The court is fooling no one,”” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her dissent. In Miller v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Just by posting a photo to some website does not mean that the owner has given up its copyright protections – and just because you can easily right-click on the image and paste it on your website doesn’t mean it is legal to do so. However, relying on the creative commons license can be perilous.

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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. ” The state’s Charter School Board would have provided oversight of performance and legal compliance. ” This is binding on state through the Fourteenth Amendment.

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2023

The lower court ruled in favor of Hester, enjoining the county from imposing cash bail amounts on defendants who could not afford them. ” The post US Supreme Court declines to take up cash bail constitutionality case appeared first on JURIST - News. Judge Robin S.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

The court disagreed and affirmed the lower court ruling stating: Our cases are clear that we may not disregard Supreme Court precedent unless and until it has been overruled by the Court itself.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2022

Since July 2020, Assange has been locked in a court battle with US prosecutors in UK courts. The legal battle began when the US requested the extradition of Assange on charges of illegally receiving and publishing classified information. A lower court ruled in favor of Assange, barring his extradition.

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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? One such case in the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

Here’s the Friday morning read: How the Supreme Court rules during a pandemic shows what may happen next (Joan Biskupic, CNN). The Supreme Court Had No Legal Reason to Block Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Rules (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate). The Supreme Court Goes Anti-Vaxx (Irin Carmon, New York magazine).

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2023

Introduction In the Netherlands, international high-tech surrogacy is a hot topic, resulting in interesting legal developments. Important conditions include having a medical reason and medical, psychological and legal information and counseling. or rules that provide for the legal parenthood of the intended parents.

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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. They might not even be citable. (Cf.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The plan would replace the current Judicial Selection Committee, under which elected officials, senior judicial figures, and legal professionals share responsibility for appointing the 15 Supreme Court justices. A second area in which “rule by judges” can be restrained is in strengthening laws to overcome Supreme Court decisions.

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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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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 2, 2021

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court Rules on Tribal Police and Immigrants’ Testimony (Adam Liptak, The New York Times). billion cancer case award (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post).

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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. The first question in the Court’s analysis was whether the claim that the SEC brought is a “suit at common law,” i.e., if the case is legal in nature. Jarkesy.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The suit comes a few months after the Seoul Central District Court ruled against Netflix in June and confirmed its liability to pay for network usage costs incurred by ISPs. Netflix has filed an appeal against the Seoul court decision, which is currently pending.

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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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Patently O

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Beijing Internet Court ultimately ruled in his favor, ordering Liu to apologize publicly, pay ¥500 ($72) in damages, and cover ¥50 ($7) in court fees. Still, the Beijing Internet Court itself emphasized the approach of judging AI copyright issues based on the specific facts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

We’ve written extensively about copyright issues for audio services, but the big copyright decision that recently made headlines is a TV issue, though one that could have an impact on audio as well. Why, then, did the Court rule that no public performance was involved?

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2025

First Dismissal by the Supreme Administrative Court In February 2023, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic overturned the Prague Municipal Courts decision and returned the case for further proceedings. Both parties appealed against this judgement. The main reason was the collective nature of the EU NDC.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In June, the Supreme Court ruled that the SEC cannot use its administrative authority to impose civil penalties for securities fraud on the ground that these penalties violate the U.S. H&P specifically relies on the Supreme Court decision in Jarkesy , as well as the 2023 Supreme Court decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 3, 2025

First, talking with Aaron Street, representing one of the Devas companies, Sonia Sotomayor asked: Why cant we just answer the question presented, which was whether the FSIA requires minimum contacts statutorily, and let the court below on remand address the issues that werent addressed below, the arbitration issue and the minimum contacts issue?

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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. The agreement provided that disputes arising out of or in connection with the agreement would be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 24, 2025

That said, Swedish courts may soon be called upon to interpret and apply the ECtHRs standing test more directly. Following the Supreme Courts decision, the case was remitted to the Nacka District Court. It held that the former (climate change claims aimed at specific measures) cannot be heard at all by the Swedish courts.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 9, 2024

Within 30 days of being notified that their money was now in the government’s hands, Sanchez and Palacios went to court seeking its return. Both signed affidavits explaining that the money belonged to them and had been sent as payment for legal electronics, not drugs. In Sanchez v.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 19, 2023

the Supreme Court today holds a father’s appellate challenge of a juvenile court ruling that his conduct put his son at risk of serious harm was mooted by the juvenile court’s later termination of its jurisdiction. In In re D.P. ,

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 29, 2021

The Tenth Circuit upheld the district court decision in favor of the IRS and its authority to conduct the audit. Thomas noted that in 2005 a fractured divided court ruled Gonzales v. There is also massive public support for legalization that has been building for years. Raich , 545 U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 25, 2023

This number of ratifications, comparable to that of other prominent countries such as United States or Japan , speaks volumes about Morocco’s commitment to being an integral part of the global network of jurisdictions benefiting from the work of the HCCH on the harmonisation of private international and fostering mutual legal cooperation.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 31, 2024

Tokyo High Court On February 22, 2024, the Tokyo High Court ruled against an appeal in the Yokosuka climate case. Therefore, the plaintiffs in the Yokosuka case have largely inherited the legal structure adopted in that case. The case was filed by 45 residents in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 2019.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 10, 2024

Supreme Court ruled that public officials may be held liable for their social media activity in certain circumstances. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. The Sixth Circuit Court ruled that Freed was not liable because he maintained his Facebook page in his personal capacity. In Lindke v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 25, 2024

Supreme Court ruled that the National Rifle Association (NRA) may continue its First Amendment lawsuit against the former head of New York’s Department of Financial Services. The Supreme Court also reaffirmed its holding in Bantam Books, Inc. In National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo , 602 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The FTC Comments do not explicitly refer to or analyze the substantial body of court decisions holding that a range of non-expressive uses of copyrighted works are fair uses. 6] Machine learning based on copyrighted works is an application of text data mining, not a separate technological or legal phenomenon. Stability AI Ltd.,

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

The Court pointed out that its task was not to determine whether the ability of the FTC to substitute §13(b) for the administrative procedure in §5 and consumer redress under §19 was desirable, but rather to answer a “more purely legal question,” Slip Op. It did that by focusing on the text of the statute.

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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2021

The Supreme Court of Virginia Thursday ruled that the city of Charlottesville can remove two Confederate statues, including one of General Robert E. The ruling comes after the Virginia General Assembly approved a law last year that allows localities to remove war memorials. and The Monument Fund, Inc.

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