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.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2022

However, through laws and court decisions it has been recognized as one of the most basic requirements of a fair trial. Last summer, the Senate version of the House bill, Bill 601, Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act , co-sponsored by Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin of Illinois, and Sen. Constitution. The full U.S.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

An Illinois federal judge has refused to release Grubhub from a putative class action accusing it of unlawfully blasting consumers with robocalls, rejecting the argument that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision temporarily freed companies from liability for such alleged violations.

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Law 360

MAY 3, 2022

The Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to toss a suit from childcare centers in Illinois and Michigan seeking insurance coverage for claims related to closures caused by COVID-19, ruling Tuesday that they did not allege "direct physical loss of or damage to" property, as required under their policies.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The recent New York state court decision in Novolex Holdings v.

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LegalReader

JULY 5, 2022

Legislation may be introduced allowing rural Texas DAs to prosecute people outside of their jurisdictions, greasing a slippery slope.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2016

The decision released last week by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois joined courts in New York and DC (see our article about the DC court decision here ) in determining that FilmOn did not qualify for that license.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This case reached the Florida Supreme Court when it was certified by the United State Court of Appeals which was reviewing a District Court decision reaching the same conclusion as did the Florida Supreme Court – that there was no performance right under state law for pre-1972 sound recordings (see our summary of the District Court decision here ).

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2023

These rates were calculated by dividing (1) the total number of cases where a clause was enforced by (2) the total number of cases where the court considered the issue of enforceability. In theory, the fact that the federal courts apply federal common law to this question should produce uniform results across the nation.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

As is frequently the case when the court denies review in cases that have been relisted repeatedly, denial occasioned dissent, this time from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. The trial court recommended vacating the conviction due to a reasonable likelihood that the flawed DNA evidence affected the jurys decision.

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Law 360

JUNE 27, 2022

Abortion providers and officials in Illinois are preparing for potential interstate conflict and litigation as they expect a flood of patients to cross the state's borders following Friday's U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade that could clear the way for every surrounding state to outlaw the procedure.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2022

Was the Supreme Court decision last month overruling Roe v. Wade one of the worst decisions in the 233-year history of the Court? Dred Scott was a slave, whose owner took him to Illinois where slavery was illegal. Sound familiar? The owner later took Scott back to Missouri, a slave state.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions. First Amendment The current court is very solicitous of First Amendment rights. Beginning in March 2013, Michael Johnson, a state prisoner in Illinois convicted of murder, was held in solitary confinement for over three years. Maryland and Napue v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Maryland , which requires prosecutors to turn over any evidence that is favorable to the defendant and could affect the decision about guilt or punishment, and its 1959 decision in Napue v. But neither of those positions is a valid basis for this Court to review a state-court decision grounded in state law.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 21, 2022

First proposed in 2014, the 780-mile transmission line is intended to transport electricity generated by wind turbines in Kansas to customers in Indiana, passing through Missouri and Illinois along the way. It required approval from all four states to move forward.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The questions before the justices include: “(1) Whether the state’s suppression of the key prosecution witness’ admission that he was under the care of a psychiatrist and failure to correct that witness’ false testimony about that care and related diagnosis violate the due process of law under Brady v. Maryland and Napue v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

New Mexico , involving the admissibility of expert reports under the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause, the court granted review in Williams v. Illinois , which had been held for Bullcoming , and which presented a related expert confrontation issue. For instance, just a week after deciding Bullcoming v. While cases from the U.S.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

It was required reading by our detective and communications personnel,” a police chief in Illinois told Harpster. This training is unique and nobody else is doing it,” he told a local police training board in Illinois, “because I’m the only one who has done the research.”. It’s a feedback loop.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 13, 2024

Raoul , 23-879 Issue : Whether Illinois’ sweeping ban on common and long-lawful arms violates the Second Amendment. City of Naperville, Illinois , 23-880 Issues : (1) Whether the state of Illinois’ ban of certain handguns is constitutional in light of the holding in District of Columbia v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

Louisiana did not initially file a response to Granier’s petition, but – when instructed to do so by the Supreme Court – it countered that Granier was not entitled to relief because no Supreme Court decision had clearly accepted claims of implied bias. relisted after the May 16 and May 23 conferences) Barnett v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 23, 2025

While the Supreme Court routinely throws out lower-court decisions granting prisoners habeas relief, its fairly uncommon for the justices to summarily grant relief to habeas petitioners. City of Carbondale, Illinois , 24-57 Issue: Whether this Court should overrule Hill v. Relisted after the Nov. 10 and Jan.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2024

The justices did not act on two sets of high-profile petitions that they considered last week: a group of challenges to bans imposed by Illinois and several municipalities in that state on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as well as challenges to bans on gender-affirming care for minors in Tennessee and Kentucky.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2022

We have seen student governments move to block speakers, fellow students, or groups at schools like the University of Illinois , Stanford , Iowa State , Skidmore College , Cornell , Harvard , and other schools. Last term’s Supreme Court decisions are just the most recent high-profile evidence for this. Heidi Li Feldman.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

City of Englewood, New Jersey , 23-1189 Issues : (1) Whether the City of Englewoods speech-free buffer zones, including zones outside an abortion clinic, violate the First Amendment; and (2) whether the court should overrule Hill v. City of Carbondale, Illinois , 24-57 Issue: Whether this Court should overrule Hill v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2023

Doe instead opted to go to Illinois, where she obtained a judicial bypass and, later, an abortion. Both a federal district court in Missouri and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit rejected Chapman’s claim that she was immune from suit. There is no deadline for the Biden administration to file its brief.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). to Weigh in on Illinois Zero Emissions Credit Program for Nuclear Plants. order setting schedule Mar.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The question came to the court in the case of Ryan Carter , who was a member of the Air National Guard when he underwent spine surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., A federal district court dismissed Carters claims, relying on the courts decision in Feres.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The district court found the analysis of greenhouse gas and climate change impacts to be adequate but remanded for consideration of alternatives that did not involve leasing all nominated parcels. The conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12. Uetricht v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Parties Voluntarily Dismissed Appeals of Federal Court Decision Requiring More Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. 20-1530 (U.S. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. 20-1531 (U.S. Friends of Cedar Mesa v. Department of the Interior , No. 21-cv-971 (D.D.C., filed Apr. 8, 2021).

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