SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 24, 2022

Instead, he went to federal district court, where he argued that the school district’s actions violated his rights under the free speech and free exercise clauses of the First Amendment. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld that ruling, Kennedy went to the Supreme Court in 2018, asking the justices to intervene.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

After the yacht ran aground in Florida and sustained significant damage, Raiders filed a claim. The trial court ruled in favor of GLI. The Third Circuit ruled in favor of Raiders. The Supreme Court granted GLI’s cert petition and heard oral arguments on October 10, 2023.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As courts keep hitting the Agency “…Baby, One More Time ,” the appellate court these days seems Toxic for FDA. FDA , the Eleventh Circuit reversed a decision from the Southern District of Florida holding that the statutory phrase “same disease or condition” in the Orphan Drug Act is ambiguous. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Supreme Court ruling in a related matter, where the Court affirmed a decision from a U.S. district court enjoining the NCAA from limiting universities from providing student-athletes with certain education-related benefits. [1] 2] The Court issued its decision on June 21, 2021. quoting NCAA Antitrust Litig. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 30, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated a lawsuit by the National Rifle Association, alleging that a New York official violated the group’s First Amendment rights when she urged banks and insurance companies not to do business with it in the wake of the 2018 shooting at a Florida high school.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

In 2021 a federal district court ruled that the government was partially responsible for the deaths due to negligence. The settlement issued Wednesday will resolve all appeals from this ruling. Today’s announcement brings the litigation to a close, ending a painful chapter for the victims of this unthinkable crime.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2024

In Florida, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. The ruling is based on 2022 Supreme Court ruling New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

McCall , a tire manufacturer resists Georgia courts’ exercise of jurisdiction on the basis of the state’s registration statute for foreign corporations. Cooper’s activities in Georgia had no connection to McCall’s claims against Cooper, meaning that Georgia courts lacked “specific jurisdiction” over Cooper. Goertz , 21-442.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2022

We previously discussed about the effort to fire University of Central Florida Professor Charles Negy after he tweeted about “black privilege.” UCF President Alexander Cartwright abandoned any pretense of academic freedom or principle in falling to protect a colleague from an anti-free speech campaign.

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SquirePattonBoggs

MAY 13, 2022

In dispute were the district court’s reading of the first two elements. The district court ruled otherwise, holding that the defendant “had purposefully targeted stores” across multiple states “to impede communication between law enforcement, triggering the relocation enhancement.”. Corpus linguistics extinguished any doubt.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

But after roughly 90 minutes of oral argument, it seemed that the justices might not reach that question at all and might instead hold that the case is moot – that is, no longer a live controversy – after Laufer dismissed her case in the lower court.

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 10, 2021

Off-price retailer Stein Mart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a bankruptcy court in Jacksonville, Florida on August 12. The 100-year old Jacksonville, Florida-based retailer cited $197.8 Alfred Angelo – a Florida-based company that stocks at nearly 1,400 boutiques across the U.S. The Fiorucci and Edwin Co.,

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

When agencies refused to turn over public records, ProPublica’s lawyers threatened litigation and in one case sued. As Adams faded into the background, Harpster took their work on tour, from Florida to Alaska, to university lecture halls and international homicide conferences, city police academies and statewide coroners’ seminars.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 31, 2022

On December 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit handed down a major opinion in in Adams v. Johns County, Florida. The court ruled 7-4 against a statutory and constitutional challenge of a transgender student to a district policy requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”. Four years later, her case reached the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court ruled in Olmstead v. Beyond her Supreme Court advocacy, Marcus was an influential lawyer in other ways.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2022

The Dobbs dissent rightly predicted that discovering what kind of abortion regulation is “legitimate” will lead to even more abortion litigation. Florida is a hybrid, with the courts holding that the state constitution protects access to abortion yet laws that restrict it.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” particularly those with ravenous monkeys.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. In addition, the court found that the writer failed to allege elements of an abuse of process or a malicious prosecution claim.

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Above The Law

MARCH 24, 2025

The memorandum directs the heads of the Justice and Homeland Security Departments to seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation against the United States or in matters that come before federal agencies. Read more here (gift link). #2 Two headlines for #2.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No. and non-U.S. 17cv1215, 17cv1873, 17cv1911 (S.D.

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2024

US District Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponed the Florida criminal trial of former president Donald Trump on Tuesday, moving the trial date back at least two months. Special Counsel Jack Smith, however, has denied claims of political motivation and argued that Trump’s team has used the other pending cases to delay the Florida trial.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Federal Court Upheld Environmental Review for Forest Thinning Project. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 27, 2021

While most Administrations tend to minimize such test cases to avoid creating bad precedent, the Biden Administration has litigated with an utter abandon — elevating political over legal considerations in litigation. In the prior decision, the Court ruled 5-4 decision in Alabama Association of Realtors v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2024

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to lift those orders while they appealed. The court of appeals refused, instead expediting argument. By a split vote, the 6th Circuit then reversed the lower courts’ rulings , concluding that the states were likely to win their appeals. The court thus allowed the laws go into effect.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Florida-Georgia Supreme Court Water Dispute Raised Issue of Climate Change’s Contribution to Decreased Water Flow.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

“This crabbed view of corruption,” O’Connor and Stevens concluded, “ignores precedent, common sense, and the realities of political fundraising exposed by the record in this litigation.” Federal Election Commission , the court overruled McConnell (as well as a 1990 campaign-finance decision, Austin v. In Citizens United v.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A native Washingtonian, Jackson moved to Florida as a young child with her parents, graduates of historically Black colleges and universities who worked as public schoolteachers. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit by President Ronald Reagan, from 1997 to 1998. Early life and career. But in Boy Scouts of America v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2022

Despite the pledge to return to a respect for the “rule of law,” Biden openly suggested that they could use the litigation to get as much money out the door as possible before being barred by the courts. Nothing could be more damaging to the litigation and the federal courts quickly rejected the CDC and Tribe arguments.

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