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Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

Day on Torts

Defendant filed a petition for dismissal pursuant to the TPPA, and after finding that the TPPA applied, that plaintiff was a limited-purpose public figure in the context of this action, and that plaintiff “had not established a prima facie case for actual malice,” the trial court dismissed the case. The TPPA, Tenn.

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Supreme Court will resolve conflict about co-tenancy leasing requirements (and about punctuation?)

At the Lectern

.” The dissent criticized the majority for improperly “substituting its judgment for that of the trial court.” The court unheld People v. ” Burgos was one of a number of cases waiting for a part of the August death penalty opinion in People v. Rules of Court, rule 4.551, subd. (c)(1);

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The drop in straight grants is indeed not permanent — Part I

At the Lectern

The order granting the reconsideration petition was made more than 60 days after the petition’s filing, and the then-governing statute provided a petition “is deemed to have been denied. Rules of Court, rule 8.528(d); see In re Benoit (1973) 10 Cal.3d Criminal case grant-and-holds. ” (Link added.)

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Comparing Recent Federal Circuit Judges

Above The Law

The issue was whether federal courts can award equitable relief when state law permits it, but an adequate legal remedy exists. Decision The court ruled that Sonner was not entitled to equitable restitution because she failed to show that her legal remedy was inadequate. 101, which governs patentable subject matter.