JURIST

MAY 25, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday against a non-US citizen who was contesting his indictment for unlawful re-entry into the country. In that case, it was held that under the relevant federal statute, DUI convictions such as that of Palomar-Santiago’s are not aggravated felonies. The case, US v.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the government cannot keep the profits of properties sold to pay off tax debts. The court reached this decision in the case of Tyler v. In 2015, Hennepin County seized the property, as permitted under Minnesota Statute §§281.18 , 282.07 , and sold it for $40,000.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the majority, criticized the lower court ruling , which called the law “overbroad,” saying: Properly interpreted, this provision forbids only the intentional solicitation or facilitation of certain unlawful acts. .”

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2022

Davis ruled that Delaware’s two-year statute of limitations applies and not New York’s one-year statute of limitations. ” The post Delaware court rules Fox Corp. ” The post Delaware court rules Fox Corp.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2022

Kagan stated that the term “entitled” had the same meaning throughout the statute, “best implement[ing] the statute’s bifurcated framework by capturing low-income individuals in each of two distinct populations a hospital serves.”

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2024

After two heated council meetings, it was alleged that Gonzales had placed the petition—with over 300 signatures—in her binder, violating a Texas anti-tampering statute. Following this ruling, Gonzales can pursue her claim of retaliation against the county.

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2022

The Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit’s decision. Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted that the court ruled in Jennings v. The post US Supreme Court rules immigration detainees not guaranteed bond hearings appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion Thursday that mistakes of law—and not only mistakes of fact—could protect parties from losing their copyrights on grounds of inaccurate registration. The post US Supreme Court rules mistakes of law can excuse copyright registration inaccuracies appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2024

The US Supreme Court decided to focus on the issue of whether the defendants’ interpretation of the discovery rule was correct because the discovery rule was unchallenged in this case. The court found that the plain meaning of the statute does not provide any time limit on recovery damages.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In a 2-1 decision, the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that the US Attorney General must be a plaintiff in a suit brought to enforce the VRA. ” Though the court could not determine whether Section 2 creates an individual right, it found that the statute does not contain a private enforcement mechanism.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may not cut Medicare drug reimbursement for a specific group of hospitals without a survey of hospitals’ pharmaceutical acquisition costs.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that tribal police officers have the authority to detain and search non-Indigenous persons on federal highways within their territories. Both of these, the court held, introduced confusion into enforcement over difficulties with the “problem of interpretation” of the law.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

Baird and Nicolas Lyon, were charged for their roles in the Flint water crisis under Michigan’s “one-man grand jury statute.” The cases were remanded to the state district court. Three state employees, Nancy Peeler, Richard L.

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JURIST

JUNE 7, 2023

The case resulted from Bryan Range’s appeal from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Hardiman authored the opinion of the court. The court ruled that under new US Supreme Court precedent from New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. Circuit Judge Thomas M.

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JURIST

MARCH 5, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Thursday that undocumented immigrants bear the burden of showing that they have not been convicted of a crime involving “moral turpitude,” or they will face lawful removal. Clemente Pereida, is being deported under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of 1952.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

During oral arguments, counsel for Helix Energy Solutions Group Paul Clement sought to persuade the court that Hewitt’s compensation scheme met the minimum weekly salary requirement as an executive. Under the relevant statute, an employee qualifies as an executive if, among other things, they are paid a salary.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 9, 2024

Congress’ house, appeals court rules, rejecting Jan. 6 defendant’s challenge; The ruling upholds a statute that criminalizes parading, picketing or demonstrating in a Capitol building.’” ” Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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JURIST

APRIL 16, 2021

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Department of Health Services (DHS) lacked authority to limit capacities for indoor public gatherings. As a result, the court held that “Emergency Order 3 should have been promulgated according to rulemaking procedures set forth in Wis.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the heirs of Jewish art dealers cannot bring a lawsuit in US courts against Germany over the alleged forced sale of art and artifacts under the Nazi regime. The Court directed the lower court to reconsider the case in light of the opinion in Germany v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 29, 2021

Garland , reversing a lower court’s decision that had limited access to “cancellation of removal,” an important form of relief for noncitizens in deportation proceedings. That rule can foreclose access to immigration relief by preventing noncitizens from accruing the time required for eligibility.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday in United States v. Georgia that the Eighth Amendment forbids a death sentence for the rape of an adult woman, respondents argue that they could not, in fact, have been sentenced to death, and therefore the statute of limitations for their crimes. Justice Samuel Alito authored the opinion.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2021

Gorsuch found that the plain meaning of “extension” does not require continuity, and examined similar language in other statutes and regulations that suggest if Congress does not include limiting language like “consecutive” then continuity is not required.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2021

The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously struck down a state law provision Friday that allowed police to draw blood from unconscious drivers and test it for alcohol content without a warrant. Many courts have addressed the issue of taking blood samples from drivers without consent, including Texas and Nevada.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2020

A panel of five judges unanimously decided that the ERO, which has been in Hong Kong’s statute book for almost 100 years and has survived two constitutional challenges before Hong Kong declared independence from Great Britain in 1997, is constitutional. The person would then face a conviction and imprisonment for up to six months.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. ” The denial from the Supreme Court offered no explanation or reasoning. The challenged statute, N.C.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Thursday to disturb a federal statute governing the adoption and foster proceedings for Indigenous children in the US. The court issued three findings in its Thursday decision. The post US Supreme Court ruling rejects challenges to Indian Child Welfare Act appeared first on JURIST - News.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 6, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case to its docket for the 2022-23 term, a technical dispute over the binding nature of the statute of limitations for a federal property law. A lower court ruled that the landowners filed their lawsuit too late and that the statute of limitations is jurisdictional.

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JURIST

MARCH 14, 2023

” The district court dismissed the case finding that “the Director’s instructions were made unreviewable by the IPR provisions of the patent statute.” ” The Appeals Court reversed in part and affirmed in part the district court’s decision. In the opinion written by Judge Richard G.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 28, 2022

The Supreme Court has previously held that private plaintiffs may secure a particular judicial remedy for the violation of spending clause statutes only if the defendant that received federal funds is on notice that it exposes itself to that remedy by accepting the funds. Check back soon for in-depth analysis of the opinion.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 13, 2022

Share In a pair of cases on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled against non-U.S. Pursuant to the post-removal order statute, 8 U.S.C. It raised the question of whether class members facing prolonged detention under the post-removal order statute were entitled to bond hearings. The first case, Johnson v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Jicarilla Apache Nation , the court held that the United States owes no duty to Indian tribes except those expressly noted in treaties, statutes, or regulations. The post Supreme Court rules 5-4 against Navajo Nation in water rights dispute appeared first on SCOTUSblog. Following cases such as United States v.

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JURIST

JUNE 27, 2022

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Concepcion v. The Justice Department argued that Concepcion’s original sentence of 228 months was within the statute’s range of 188 to 235 months, meaning that district court judges are not able to adjust Concepcion’s sentence.

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JURIST

JULY 26, 2024

Amnesty International Kenya praised a High Court ruling Thursday which found that 11 police commanders and officers have a case to answer in connection with the death of baby Samantha Pendo and other victims of the 2017 post-election violence.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined on Friday to block a district court ruling that a Missouri law that attempts to invalidate federal firearm law within the state is unconstitutional. Missouri applied to Justice Brett Kavanaugh to stay the lower court ruling.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas reversed the Board’s decision without affording any deference to the agency’s interpretation of the relevant statute. Later, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals held that a court must defer to an administrative interpretation only if the court finds a statute to be ambiguous.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The court delivered the landmark decision in an appeal filed by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai against an NGT order on waste disposal that was issued after the NGT took suo moto cognizance of an article published by an online news source.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 23, 2024

As enacted in 1984, the statute at issue in the case, 18 U.S.C. Justice Kavanaugh cited that six reasons that, taken together, led the Court to conclude that §666 is a bribery statute and not a gratuities statute—”text, statutory history, statutory structure, statutory punishments, federalism, and fair notice.”

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