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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FDA Law Blog

MAY 30, 2024

Carole Johnson (consolidated cases), the Court found that the conditions set by Novartis and United Therapeutics on covered entities did not violate the 340B statute, although more restrictive conditions could violate the law. Bills are pending in other states, including Missouri and New York.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 24, 2023

This post is by Carlos Manuel Vázquez , a professor of law at Georgetown Law School. Supreme Court last summer, the case is now before the Ninth Circuit for decision of the legal question that is likely to be decisive: which law governs? It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

6 storming of Congress needed to be addressed, Wintemute cited social media sites and leading conservative figures who appeared to endorse a military-style coup , and the resurgence of voter suppression laws reminiscent of the Jim Crow era. Nevertheless, Wintemute said the rise in violent rhetoric challenging traditional U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Washington’s bipartisan redistricting commission redrew the state’s 49 legislative districts, including Legislative District 15, a semi-rural district east of Yakima, and the map was enacted into law. Washington initially defended the district’s lawfulness but later conceded that its lines were invalid. The suit now known as Trevino 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. The statutory text is seemingly as clear as a statute can be: “The determination by the Director whether to institute an inter partes review under [§ 314] shall be final and non-appealable.” By Jordan Duenckel.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

This post is by Maggie Gardner, a professor of law at Cornell Law School. 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.

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Patently O

JUNE 10, 2024

The cases involve the “benefit-of-the-doubt” rule, a longstanding principle that is codified in veterans law that requires the VA to resolve close or unclear issues in a veteran’s favor when adjudicating benefits claims. [ McDonough , two veterans’ benefits cases on appeal from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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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. .” These retraction letters are often the open salvo in defamation actions. The letter notifies Carron J. Phillips, Deadspin, G/O Media, and Great Hill Partners.

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JURIST

JUNE 10, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court decision to block enforcement of a Missouri law that would place tight restrictions on access to abortion. House Bill 126 , the “Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act,” includes a gestational age provision and a Down syndrome provision.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

… Judge Epstein’s tentative ruling would strike the extortion claim under California’s anti-SLAPP statute, which blocks frivolous lawsuits that seek to limit free speech. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Louis School of Law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

“This is the statute not just about misconduct, but about disability. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s. Louis School of Law.

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JURIST

AUGUST 21, 2024

These advocates garnered at least 383,923 signatures from eligible Arizona voters in support of the amendment as required by state law to include it on the ballot. Rather, the court determined a reasonable person would be able to understand if the amendment were adopted, present law that contradicts it would be rendered invalid.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

When Patel later sought to adjust his status to lawful permanent resident and obtain a green card, a divided panel of the Board of Immigration Appeals denied him relief, holding that he is inadmissible because he “falsely represented” himself as a U.S. citizen for a benefit under state law. Becerra and with consecutive numbers.

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Above The Law

MARCH 11, 2022

. * New Florida law makes it easier to regulate how people discuss race at work. 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. [ appeared first on Above the Law. HR HRs HR-rily. [ USA Today ]. * STL Today ].

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2024

Wullschleger and Brewer brought a putative class action in Missouri state court, alleging that the “prescription” designation is misleading because the Food and Drug Administration never evaluated the product, and that they were injured by the food’s higher price. The district court refused, but the U.S. Last up is Bufkin v. Until next time!

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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. The legal doctrine at the center of the case, Mallory v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 6, 2025

committed his offense of conviction in 1995, when federal law required payment of restitution for 20 years after entry of judgment. The question is how such laws should be considered when state-law disputes are brought in federal court under diversity of citizenship jurisdiction because the dispute involves citizens of different states.

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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

JANUARY 16, 2022

It eventually travelled to New York and then to Saint Louis, Missouri, where it remained until 1976. He sued both Spain and the museum, alleging California common law claims including conversion and unlawful possession of personal property, and sought both damages and the return of the painting. 1605(a)(3) ).

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The Crime Report

MAY 17, 2022

The analysis comes on the heels of the release of a comprehensive survey of law enforcement data, academic papers and news accounts compiled by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), which found that, from 1966 to 2019, 77 percent of mass shooters obtained the weapons they used in their crimes through legal purchases.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

In Missouri v. 13, 2022, the justices ruled on an emergency basis that the administration could enforce this mandate as Missouri and other states challenged it in the lower courts. Missouri v. Issues : (1) Whether a law enforcement officer violates clearly established law under the Supreme Court’s decision in Franks v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 16, 2021

Two petitions have been pending since the spring: One involves the rights of unemancipated minors and the other involves the constitutionality of an Arkansas law banning abortions sought on the basis of a prenatal test indicating Down syndrome. adds to the list of pending petitions on abortion laws. Louis Region, Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2022

Missouri that such shackling practices violate a defendant’s due process rights.) The answer to that question turned on the relationship between a Supreme Court decision and a congressional statute. None of this “amateur,” “law-chambers history,” as Kagan called it in her dissent, was necessary to the resolution of Davenport’s case.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 2, 2023

“The HEROES Act allows the Secretary to ‘waive or modify’” provisions of the student aid laws, “but does not allow the Secretary to rewrite that statute to the extent of canceling $430 billion of student loan principal,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote on behalf of the Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Louis, Missouri , 22-193 Issue : Whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination as to all “terms, conditions, or privileges of employment,” or whether its reach is limited to discriminatory employer conduct that courts determine causes materially significant disadvantages for employees. New Relists Muldrow v.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 21, 2022

Many people remember the controversial “Stand Your Ground” law , passed in Florida in 2005, that allowed George Zimmerman to walk free after he stalked and killed Trayvon Martin. That law permits a person to use deadly force if they “reasonably believe physical or deadly force was necessary to protect him or herself.”

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Glater is a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He has written extensively about the role of law in shaping access to higher education, with particular attention to the impact of student borrowing and indebtedness. And second, does the cancellation effort comply with law? Jonathan D.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 31, 2022

Missouri , involves a federal rule requiring all health care workers at facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they are eligible for a medical or religious exemption. The post Justices Hear Oral Arguments in Four Cases appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 16, 2023

Jane Doe, then an unemancipated 17-year-old, went to Missouri state court seeking to be granted a judicial bypass under state law that would allow her to obtain an abortion without her parents being notified. Only one of those cases is newly relisted: Chapman v. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit affirmed.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MAY 21, 2024

Louis, Missouri , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. To demand “significance” is to add words—and significant words, as it were—to the statute Congress enacted. It is to impose a new requirement on a Title VII claimant, so that the law as applied demands something more of her than the law as written. In Muldrow v. City of St.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Missouri , the Court ruled that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule should be allowed to take effect nationwide as the lower courts consider legal challenges. The rule thus fits neatly within the language of the statute.”. However, held in Biden v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. However, the Missouri appellate court affirmed the ruling. __. The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]). Toy Company, Inc.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. However, the Missouri appellate court affirmed the ruling. __. The plaintiff also brought criminal charges against the defendant’s son arising from this incident and the defendant’s son pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree (Penal Law § 120.00 [2]). Toy Company, Inc.

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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. Yandell is seeking damages for Kanakuk’s alleged fraud and is seeking out a jury by trial with a venue now set for Christian County, Missouri.

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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. Below is an updating guide to states with now-active legislation or trigger laws banning or criminalizing abortion. Law : Alabama HB314 2019. Washington Gov.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Below is my column in The Hill on reaction to the refusal of the Supreme Court to enjoin the Texas abortion law. The Texas law is not even the greatest threat to Roe. In this self-described chaos, Democratic leaders moved to renew efforts to pack the court with a liberal majority, end the filibuster and federalize abortion laws.

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