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Thousands of Felons in North Carolina Can Now Vote

The Crime Report

Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots following an appeals court ruling, reports the Associated Press. million registered voters in North Carolina. There are more than 7.3

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US appeals court rules University of Texas must face affirmative action lawsuit

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) can continue their lawsuit against the University of Texas Austin (UT) for racial discrimination in their admissions process. The court found that the lawsuit was barred under res judicata because of it’s similarity to Fisher v.

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You Can’t Manipulate Venue!

The IP Law Blog

So, for those of you who enjoy hypotheticals, here it is: Company A, a North Carolina LLC, owns four patents. Company B has the same corporate address in North Carolina and the same five shareholders as Company A. But that is not what the district court did. I did not, but this case prompted me to write one!

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Twelve cases added to Supreme Court calendar

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Friday issued orders from its so-called “long conference” – the justices’ private conference in the last week of September, at which they met for the first time since the end of June to add new cases to their docket. The trial court rejected that argument, and the California Court of Appeals agreed.

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U.S. Supreme Court Decides Great Lakes

Conflict of Laws

Supreme Court handed down its decision in Great Lakes Insurance SE v. In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Court concluded that the answer to this question was no. It further held that while there are narrow exceptions to this rule, state public policy is not one of them. On February 21, 2024, the U.S.

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‘Invisibility’ of Prosecutor Misconduct Erodes Trust: PA Report

The Crime Report

million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania. Courts failed to address 1,774 of those claims. They identified 7,207 separate claims of prosecutorial misconduct over that 17-year period. In the remaining 5,432, misconduct was found in just 204 cases?or or less than 4 percent.

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In cases challenging affirmative action, court will confront wide-ranging arguments on history, diversity, and the role of race in America

SCOTUSBlog

Share In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled in Grutter v. Both of the lawsuits were filed in federal court in 2014 by a group called Students for Fair Admissions, which describes itself as “dedicated to defending the right to racial equality in college admissions.” Two cases, two paths to the Supreme Court.

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