JURIST

JULY 1, 2023

The US Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan on Friday in a set of opinions. The court’s decisions in Department of Education v. Since the Biden administration never obtained such express authorization, the court found the plan could not proceed. Brown and Biden v.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This guest post was authored by Joel Smith, a 3L at the University of Missouri School of Law, with support from the team at the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”), of course! In accordance with statute, the VA awarded Mr. Taylor monthly compensation. McDonough , No.

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Above The Law

MARCH 11, 2022

I know long-arm statutes are a thing, but Missouri's attempt to ban abortions that happen in other states would make the court that wrote Wickard blush. [ . * New Florida law makes it easier to regulate how people discuss race at work. HR HRs HR-rily. [ USA Today ]. * STL Today ]. The post Morning Docket: 03.11.22

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

By Dennis Crouch and Timothy Knight* The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on February 21 in an important copyright case – Warner Chappell Music v. ” Copyright’s statute of limitations bars claims not “commenced within three years after the claim accrued.” ” 17 U.S.C. § See Sohm v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2021

A group of Arizona plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday seeking to block implementation of two provisions of an abortion law set to go into effect in September. The personhood provision, on the other hand, “alters the entire Arizona Revised Statutes.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

After Mallory was diagnosed with colon cancer, he went to court in Pennsylvania and argued that he had been exposed to asbestos and other toxic chemicals while working for Norfolk Southern. Norfolk Southern urged the state court to throw out Mallory’s lawsuit. The lower courts agreed, but on Tuesday the Supreme Court reversed.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction. courts over disputes that arise in other countries. Washington (1945).

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Patently O

JUNE 10, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In April 2024, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the consolidated cases of Bufkin v. McDonough , two veterans’ benefits cases on appeal from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 396 (2009), the Court construed § 7261(b)(2), the sister provision to § 7261(b)(1) at issue here. Sanders , 556 U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 16, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, another case involving state abortion restrictions, as well as a constitutional challenge to limits placed on the repayment of “personal loans” made by political candidates to their own election campaigns. Wade , should be overruled.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 2, 2021

The department pointed to the Arizona statute allowing a defendant sentenced to death to choose between lethal injection or lethal gas at least 20 days before the execution date. Lethal gas is permitted for executions in six other states: Alabama, California, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wyoming.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 25, 2022

Share The Supreme Court is poised to decide yet another case involving one of the many federal statutes that govern the nation’s railroads and railworkers. The court will hear argument on Monday in LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company , a case about the scope of the Locomotive Inspection Act.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2022

Davenport , the Supreme Court held on Thursday that a federal court cannot grant habeas relief to a convicted state prisoner whose constitutional rights were violated at trial unless that prisoner satisfies both the judicially-created Brecht v. The Supreme Court held in 2005 in Deck v. Share In Brown v. In Brecht v.

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Patently O

MARCH 15, 2023

Jordan is a second-year law student at the University of Missouri School of Law and a registered patent agent. 13, 2023) , Judge Taranto (joined by Judges Lourie and Stoll) largely affirmed the district court’s dismissal, confirming that the Director’s instructions are unreviewable. The district court ruled that 35 U.S.C. §

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Court of Restitution, which, in 1954, declared her the rightful owner of the painting. It eventually travelled to New York and then to Saint Louis, Missouri, where it remained until 1976. In 2005, after his petition was denied, Claude sued in federal district court in California, where he had lived since 1980. 1605(a)(3) ).

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There are 33 states with retraction statutes. Missouri does not appear to have a formal retraction law, but it is still considered a necessary step. The use of the headdress could be treated by a court as opinion since many denounce such images as cultural appropriation. The letter notifies Carron J. In New York Times v.

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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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FDA Law Blog

MAY 30, 2024

Kirschenbaum — Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act does not prohibit pharmaceutical manufacturers from imposing conditions on the distribution of discounted drugs to covered entities in the program. By Sophia R. Gaulkin & Alan M.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 24, 2023

Claude Cassirer brought suit in federal court in California eighteen years ago against the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum of Madrid, Spain, to recover a painting by Camille Pissarro that was stolen from his grandmother by the Nazis during World War II. It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. After a reversal and remand from the U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 2, 2023

Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program. The district court denied the States’ motion for a preliminary injunction and dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction after determining none of the States had standing to bring the lawsuit. In Biden v. Nebraska , 600 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 21, 2024

Louis, Missouri , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an employee challenging a job transfer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 must show that the transfer brought about some harm with respect to an identifiable term or condition of employment, but that harm need not be significant. City of St.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Friday refused a request by Missouri to reinstate a state law that bars police officers from enforcing federal restrictions on the sale and ownership of firearms that the state believes violate the Second Amendment. Missouri Gov. Wimes barred Missouri from enforcing the law. 29, the U.S.

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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

APRIL 26, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back in the relist business with a vengeance. The court will be considering 123 petitions and applications at this week’s conference. The district court refused, but the U.S.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Supreme Court issued decisions in two closely-watched cases involving vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden Administration. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration , the Court held that the vaccine-or-testing rule established by the U.S. Such decisions should fall on Congress, according to the Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Share The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in a challenge to a Pennsylvania law that allows any company doing business in the state to be sued there – even if the corporation is not headquartered there and the conduct at the center of the lawsuit occurred somewhere else. of Philadelphia v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co. ,

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The Crime Report

MAY 29, 2023

Yandell filed his lawsuit alleging fraud against the Branson, Missouri sports camp in November, and the case has moved forward despite pushback from the camp. According to court documents, Kanakuk’s CEO Joe White denied Cunningham’s request to terminate Newman. “If

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Supreme Court’s January sitting started off with the late addition of two cases challenging vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden Administration. The central issue before the Court in both cases is whether the vaccine mandates should be allowed to move forward while the legal challenges work their way through the lower courts.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court announced that it would hold its “mop up” conference for October Term 2022 on Thursday, after completing the day’s opinion announcements. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Missouri Court of Appeals has now prevented that return of the weapons by denying a motion for replevin. 1976), where the Missouri Supreme Court examined the effect of a gubernatorial pardon on Guastello’s conviction for selling liquor on a Sunday to which he had pleaded guilty.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The last scheduled conference of the Supreme Court’s term — which this term is being held Thursday — is usually one that yields many grants. A short explanation of relists is available here. citizen. (The

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Again, the court agreed. even when accompanied by buckets of fake blood. __.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, alleged negligence and assault. Again, the court agreed. even when accompanied by buckets of fake blood.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Share With over 100,000 Americans hospitalized for COVID-19 as a result of the highly contagious Omicron variant, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument Friday in two sets of challenges to the Biden administration’s authority to take action to combat the pandemic. In the first case, National Federation of Independent Business v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care workers, and a Turkish bank’s immunity claim. In Missouri v. Missouri v. In March, the states asked the U.S. In contrast, according to Halkbank’s petition, the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2023

On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. Louis, a Missouri court was faced with a claim from Carly Munoz who in 2019 went to Six Flags’ Fright Fest with her cousin. Sue the clowns In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v. Six Flags St.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Supreme Court on Tuesday night cleared the way for the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the first woman to be executed by the federal government in 68 years. Montgomery was convicted in 2008 of strangling Bobbie Jo Stinnett, a Missouri woman who was eight months pregnant, and extracting the premature baby to pass off as her own child.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 23, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court disposed of last week’s one new relist , Chapman v. The court granted vacatur under United States v. A short explanation of relists is available here. The property in question was D.C.’s

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