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US Supreme Court hears arguments over Louisiana electoral map

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday over a challenge to Louisiana’s recently redrawn voting map and its two Black-majority districts. “Louisiana would rather not be here,” state attorney J. “Louisiana would rather not be here,” state attorney J.

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US Supreme Court refuses to move California suit against oil companies to federal court

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The US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal by a group of oil companies challenging a California state court ruling permitting two California cities to sue for damages related to climate change, meaning the case will be heard in state court.

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Supreme Court likely to let vape company’s FDA challenge proceed

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Share At oral arguments earlier this week the Supreme Court was skeptical of the Food and Drug Administrations effort to block a North Carolina-based company from challenging the denial of its application to market e-cigarettes in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana.

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What constitutes “identity theft”?

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In recent years, the Supreme Court has expressed misgivings about white-collar prosecutions under broadly worded statutes. Louisiana , 21-993. This week’s installment will be brief, because there’s only one newly relisted case: Dubin v. United States. Think McDonnell v. relisted after the Oct. 14 conference). Returning Relists.

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The first relists of October Term 2022

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McDonough , a case that the court already rescheduled seven times last term, and which involves the construction of a statute providing disability pay for members of the military. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, by a divided vote , deferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs construction of the statute under Chevron U.S.A.,

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Reschedule Watch: Birthright citizenship and torts to members of the armed forces

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Louisiana , 21-993. permits courts to defer to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the pro-veteran canon of construction; and (2) whether Chevron should be overruled. Until next time, stay safe ! New Relists. Returning Relists. 28 and Oct.

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Intellectual property and Navajo water rights

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The Supreme Court has held that the federal government assumes a trust obligation to assert reserved water rights for Native tribes only when it “ expressly accepts those responsibilities by statute ,” by regulation, or by treaty with a tribe. Louisiana , 21-993. relisted after the Oct. 28 conference). Returning Relists.