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A bungled house sale, a bankrupt couple, and a statutory puzzle involving debts incurred through fraud

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Dissatisfied with the purchase, Buckley eventually obtained a judgment in a California state court based on the failure of the Bartenwerfers to disclose information about the house on the standard-form Transfer Disclosure Statement. Buckley also emphasizes a Supreme Court decision from 1885 (not a typo), Strang v.

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Another separation-of-powers case, press access to trials, and maritime insurance

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Three terms ago in Seila Law v. The lenders filed a conditional cross-petition arguing that if the court takes the CFPB’s petition, it should take two other issues that might also invalidate the rule. LLC involves how to determine the law to be applied under federal admiralty law in a maritime contract case.

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Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to remove order blocking firing of ethics agency head

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” The administration based its argument on several recent Supreme Court decisions. Seila Law LLC v. 1211(b) states that Special Counsel may only be removed for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” CFPB and Collins v.

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Supreme Court sidesteps Trump’s effort to remove watchdog agency head

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Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, dissented from the courts decision not to act on the Trump administrations request. Under the federal law creating the agency, the president can only remove the head of the office, who serves a five-year term, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.

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