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A fight over public records in Puerto Rico hinges on financial board’s claim of sovereign immunity

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Share The court turns to sovereign immunity on Wednesday when it hears argument in Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. The case involves the board Congress created in response to Puerto Rico’s dire financial distress in 2016. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.

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Puerto Rico: Lessons For Manufacturers And Dealers In Federal Court's Denial Of Request For Injunction Under Dealership Statute - Foley & Lardner

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District Court for the District of Puerto Rico has recently ruled on a case dealing with Puerto Rico's Dealer's Contracts Act, also known as Law 75.

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High Court Rejects Double Jeopardy Claim in Tribal Justice

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Gorsuch drew a comparison between the federally funded and administered CFR courts and the courts of Puerto Rico. “If In January, Amanda White Eagle of the American Indian Sovereignty Project filed an Amici Curiae brief on behalf of a collective of federal Indian law scholars and historians. Understanding American Indian Policy.

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Jamaican green-card holder asks court to overrule precedent on “crimes involving moral turpitude”

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De George , the Supreme Court held that the term “crime involving moral turpitude” in federal immigration law is not unconstitutionally vague. He became a lawful permanent resident after marrying a U.S. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off February Session With Four Cases

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Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. 223, 228 (1989), a statute does not abrogate sovereign immunity unless Congress’s intent to abrogate is “unmistakably clear” in the statutory text. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.: Under Dellmuth v. Muth , 491 U.S.

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Recent U.S. Developments Concerning the Hague Judgments Convention and COCA

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In the years that followed, the State Department had conversations with the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) about how COCA should be implemented. The ULC is a non-partisan, non-profit, unincorporated association comprised of volunteer attorneys appointed by each state of the United States plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.

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Focusing on the meaning of “offense,” a divided court throws salt on double jeopardy claim

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The source of authority for the laws defining the offenses in question were separate – tribal and federal – exercises of distinct sovereigns; therefore, Merle Denezpi’s federal prosecution did not violate his right not to be twice in jeopardy for “the same offense.”. Wheeler and, more recently, Puerto Rico v.

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