SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ted Cruz is no stranger to the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, Cruz was before the court in a different capacity, challenging a federal campaign-finance law that limits how and when candidates can repay loans that they make to their own campaigns. How, he queried, “can that possibly be the law?”. Justice Stephen Breyer was also dubious.

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Day on Torts

MAY 31, 2022

Before filing suit, plaintiff consulted with a friend who was an attorney in Louisiana. When that friend could not find a Tennessee lawyer to take her case before the statute of limitations ran out, he sent her a sample pre-suit notice form. The Court explained that “[i]f VUMC would have filed a Rule 12.02 Code Ann. §

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Patently O

JANUARY 24, 2022

For those unfamiliar with how cases are assigned in district courts, let’s use the Western District of Texas as an example. The Western District of Texas is a vast district, stretching more than 600 miles across from El Paso (on the western limits of the state) to Waco (which is much nearer to Louisiana than New Mexico).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Second, the court concluded that BLM should have calculated and considered total greenhouse emissions, instead of merely relying on comparisons of yearly emission rates.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. Justice Kavanaugh writes, quoting Linda R.S. :

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JURIST

JULY 13, 2022

Louisiana Judge Donald Johnson Tuesday granted a petition filed by reproductive health providers against the state’s abortion ban, the latest in a back-and-forth case set in motion after the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Johnson granted a temporary restraining order against state laws designed to take effect after Roe v.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Yet courts applying Sections 203 and 304 of the Copyright Act to such songs have heretofore foregrounded national borders to create a sprawling multiverse where one song recording has as many copyrights as there are countries in the world. But the Supreme Court had already addressed and rejected such a contention in Kirtsaeng v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 3, 2024

Share In a list of orders released on Monday morning , the Supreme Court added one new case to its argument docket for the 2024-25 term. The statute defines “crime of violence” as one that “has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another.”

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. In recent years, the Supreme Court has expressed misgivings about white-collar prosecutions under broadly worded statutes. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit affirmed. Louisiana , 21-993.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This statute permits a defendant’s attorney to enter into plea negotiations with the U.S. The trial court can accept or reject the plea agreement. However, under Rule 11(c)(1)(C), once the court accepts the agreement, it is bound by the recommended sentence in that agreement. Supreme Court has ruled that 18 U.S.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The likeliest grant out of last week’s relists got the nod: The Supreme Court will decide in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. The court denied review to five-time relist Donziger v. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases. Below is a brief summary of the other cases before the Court: Ciminelli v. Below is a brief summary of the other cases before the Court: Ciminelli v. Last week, the U.S. One of the most closely watched is Percoco v. United States v. 1226(c) or 8 U.S.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2022

Texas Department of Public Safety , to be argued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will decide whether a private individual can sue his state-agency employer for violating the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. USERRA allows individuals to sue non-compliant employers in either state or federal court.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the scope of the First Amendment — specifically, whether a law forbidding clandestine recordings is overbroad and whether a state may require individuals to carry identification cards labeled “SEX OFFENDER.” In Louisiana v.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Abitron argued that the Lanham Act should not apply to its foreign sales. A short explanation of relists is available here. There are four newly relisted cases this week.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2022

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court is holding its impromptu mop-up conference, during which the justices meet for the last time before the summer recess. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has held. CVSG: 5/24/2022.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back. On Monday, the court granted nine petitions from the enormous number that built up over the summer. A short explanation of relists is available here. First up is Buffington v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. This week’s update on the cases that the Supreme Court has newly relisted will be short: There aren’t any new relists. Gorsuch said he hoped the court would overturn those cases soon in “an appropriate case.”

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

During that period, as documented in a February 2, 2023 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision , he was a dangerous, irresponsible criminal who terrorized his family and the community of Arlington. A state court in February 2021 issued a protection order against Rahimi after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend. Supreme Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A federal appeals court in Louisiana agreed with Texan Zackey Rahimi, that the law, 18 U.S.C. § Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit “endangers victims of domestic violence, their families, police officers, and the public.” 2020 civil protective order entered against him in a state court in Texas.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

The illegal destruction of disciplinary records can make it harder to hold deputies accountable in a court of law, or track problem officers moving from department to department, said Sam Walker, emeritus professor of criminal justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. We don’t have any stick,” Newsome said.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 12, 2023

Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. According to the eight-member majority, “federal courts are generally not the proper forum for resolving claims that the Executive Branch should make more arrests or bring more prosecutions.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. At this Friday’s conference, the Supreme Court will thus begin the process of considering what cases to review next fall during October Term 2022. The district court and U.S. What’s the difference ?

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

They hoped the Supreme Court would strike down the death penalty because of its demonstrated racial discrimination and other inequities. The court issued a cryptic and unusual “per curiam” decision – one which is a given in the name of the court rather than any specific judges. What they got instead was something less.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 23, 2022

Half of all incarcerated people serving LWOP are located in one of five states included in the review: California, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Report authors highlighted a recent Supreme Court decision in Canada. Florida has the highest count of incarcerated people serving life without parole sentences.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 16, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court will observe St. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit affirmed. And then the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments on Monday in a civil rights lawsuit alleging St. In November 2023, a judge dismissed the lawsuit, largely citing procedural reasons, such as being outside the statute of limitations and the plaintiff’s lack of standing, for dismissing the claims.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

In a major victory for the Biden administration, the Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Texas and Louisiana do not have a legal right, known as standing, to challenge a Biden administration policy that prioritizes certain groups of unauthorized immigrants for arrest and deportation. The vote was 8-1.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. 23 conference and the April 12 conference — that’s six conferences — the Supreme Court relisted just one new case. This week, the court also began clearing out some relists that have been hanging around for a while.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Share With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reaching a new record high as a result of the Omicron variant, the Supreme Court on Thursday put the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers on hold, while litigation over its legality continues in the lower courts.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out quite a bit of its backlog of relisted cases at last week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The defendant’s actual conduct is irrelevant.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Louisiana , the U.S. The Biden Administration had filed emergency applications asking the Court for a partial stay of the injunctions pending resolution of the underlying challenges. District Courts in Louisiana and Kentucky agreed with the plaintiffs and preliminarily enjoined enforcement of the rule in the plaintiff States.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

Among the most common claims of politicians and media pundits is that the court’s decision means that states that choose to limit or ban abortion will also prohibit women from receiving life-saving medical care for ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages. a miscarriage]; or (C) remove an ectopic pregnancy.”

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in a dispute over the Food and Drug Administration’s rejection of two companies’ applications to sell flavored liquids for use in e-cigarettes. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, asking that court to put the denials on hold while they appealed.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2025

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that a federal statute requiring people to be 21 to purchase handguns from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) conflicts with previous Supreme Court decisions and the Second Amendment. The court also relied on Rahimi and Bruen to support their opinion.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

So-called “trigger” laws have already gone into effect in states where anti-abortion statutes are already on the books have been activated by the decision. HB314 reinforced Alabama statute banning abortion that was never appealed after it was made unenforceable under Roe. Louisiana Gov. Law: Louisiana SB33 2006.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that a Texas law requiring age-verification and warning labels about the alleged dangers of porn contravenes the First Amendment. The court found that “the statute is not narrowly tailored and chills the speech of Plaintiffs and adults who wish to access sexual materials. [it]

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