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A quest to reclaim a Pissarro masterpiece hinges on the Erie doctrine

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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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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

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Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102.

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Deadspin Defamation: Parents of Holden Armenta Move Toward Libel Action Over Blackface Allegation

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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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Cassirer on Remand: Considering the Laws of Other Interested States

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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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Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases

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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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Spooky Torts: Tykes and Trial Lawyers Gather for All Hallow’s Eve

JonathanTurley

The result is a wicked brew of negligence, product defects, intentional torts, and every other tort and crime known above the netherworld. So without further ado, here are this year’s spookiest of torts. Both Kelly and Rando sued for torts ranging from assault to intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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