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Word of the Month for August 2019: Stare Decisis

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In School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. In an 8-1 decision, the Court found that the Pennsylvania law and school-district practice violated the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. Of course, this brings us to our word of the month: STARE DECISIS. Schempp , 374 U.S. Schempp , 374 U.S.

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Conflict of Laws and Diversity of Opinions—A View of The Nigerian Jurisdiction

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PIL rules are used as a toolbox to assist litigants in resolving these problems that arise from complex litigations. 10] where Petitioner Unterweser agreed to tow respondent’s drilling rig from Louisiana to Italy, with a forum-selection clause stipulating that any disputes would be litigated in the High Court of Justice in London.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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Although the railroad’s principal place of business is Virginia, it is registered to do business in Pennsylvania as a foreign corporation, and Mallory sued there. However, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that state’s consent-by-registration statute to be unconstitutional under the due process clause. Goertz , 21-442.

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Private rights of action, overtime pay, and the constitutionality of a billboard tax

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Evidently, the petitioner in Mallory (a railroad worker who wants to sue his employer in Pennsylvania) was successful in arguing that his case is a better vehicle for addressing the issue than Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. McCall , the other case raising the issue, which the court will now hold pending the outcome of Mallory.

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