JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The lawsuit alleges that the petition, with an offer to pay Pennsylvania registered voters, amounts to illegal lottery. In the complaint, Krasner argues that this petition violates the State Lottery Law by organizing an unauthorized lottery. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has previously expressed concerns regarding the petition.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2022

Norfolk Southern Railway Company , which focus on statute of limitations and personal jurisdiction issues. In Reed , petitioner Rodney Reed asked the court to decide when “the statute of limitations begins to run for an action under 42 U.S.C. The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari to two cases, Reed v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2021

Bill Cosby is a free man after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the conviction that sent him to jail roughly three years ago to serve 3-10 years for sexual assault. Roughly 30 states and the District of Columbia have statutes allowing for recovery for wrongful convictions and imprisonment. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.). Oklahoma that Congress had not clearly disestablished a Creek Nation reservation covering much of eastern Oklahoma, and thus the area remained Native American territory for the purposes of a federal criminal law, eliminating the state’s ability to prosecute crimes there. 7 conference).

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Representing the defendants, Jeffrey Fisher emphasized that the fraud statutes under which Kousisis and Alpha were convicted require a scheme to defraud a traditional property interest. Such conduct, he said, might be the basis for a civil lawsuit or even a low-level criminal violation, but it is not property fraud.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Cohen – who first met the Lovings when he was just 29 – filed a lawsuit on their behalf, challenging the Virginia law and similar state statutes as violating the 14th Amendment. Virginia , the court did find the statute unconstitutional. He and his co-counsel, Philip Hirschkop, took the case to the Supreme Court. 29, 1941 – Nov.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. The cases from injuries last year are just now being filed under the statute of limitations, but it has been another bumper crop of Thanksgiving torts. Macy’s Parade also did not disappoint with its balloon-related mishaps.

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