SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider cases and statutes about suing various government entities, ranging from two counties to a state governor to the United States itself. The district court ruled that Ex parte Young applied because Congress’ approval of the compact made it binding federal law.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Prosecutors had argued that the claim was spurious on the grounds that the teenager’s decision to bring an AR-15 to the protest made him an “initial aggressor” under Wisconsin law. Howrey Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, state statutes vary widely on defining what constitutes aggression.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In 2008, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling in District of Columbia v. City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. The high court has been carefully waiting for just the right case to address states and cities that have sought to limit gun rights. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f)

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Tuesday upheld lifetime GPS monitoring for some convicted sex offenders in Wisconsin. ” The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit previously addressed lifetime GPS monitoring for convicted sex offenders in Belleau v. .” Wall where the court upheld the statute.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. Zepeda , No. 80593-2-I (Wash.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 20, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 21, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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JURIST

JULY 7, 2024

The US Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Friday to reinstate the use of secure ballot drop boxes for the 2024 elections, reversing a prior ruling from 2022 by the court’s then-conservative majority that had banned this method for returning absentee ballots.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2023

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Hunter “Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Liber Amicorum Natalia Ivanovna Marysheva, pp. David Walker (dir.),

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 4, 2023

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Hunter “Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Liber Amicorum Natalia Ivanovna Marysheva, pp. David Walker (dir.), 105-112 (available here ) III.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Hunter “Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Liber Amicorum Natalia Ivanovna Marysheva, pp. David Walker (dir.), 105-112 (available here ) III.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2025

In the other two, on April 22 and 30, the court will consider whether parents can opt to have their children excused from instruction with LGBTQ-themed storybooks, on religious grounds, and whether a Catholic online school can become the country’s first religious charter school.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Tamara Loertscher arrived at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Aug. The Taylor County Department of Human Services had issued a request for temporary physical custody under Wisconsin Act 292, dubbed the Unborn Child Protection Act. 1, 2014 despondent. Severe hypothyroidism fueled her anguish.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The New Jersey court also found no basis for Grable jurisdiction, rejecting the companies’ arguments that the City’s claims necessarily raised substantial and actually disputed issues of federal law such as First Amendment issues or issues addressed by federal environmental statutes.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. The court granted the company leave to amend its complaint with 21 days. Resolute Forest Products, Inc. Greenpeace International , No. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.

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