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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds felony disenfranchisement law

JURIST

Justice Thissen’s opinion also held that the statute did not create the racially disparate impact of felony disenfranchisement. However, Justice Natalie Hudson said in her dissent that the statute creates racial disparities and is, therefore, unconstitutional.

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Supreme Court likely to let vape company’s FDA challenge proceed

SCOTUSBlog

Reynolds Vapor Company and a group of retailers based in Texas and Mississippi, primarily fielded questions from just two justices, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson a promising sign for his clients. As a practical matter, he asked Suri, why is it inconvenient for the government to litigate in one circuit instead of another?

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Two cases alleging disability-based discrimination

SCOTUSBlog

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the viability of certain types of disability-based claims under three federal statutes. Mississippi. One petition involves the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Justices add one religious-rights case to docket but turn down another

SCOTUSBlog

The court added nine other cases to its docket for the 2021-22 term, on issues ranging from securities litigation to interstate water disputes. Mississippi v. Other grants on Friday’s order list. Those cases (which, like the Maine school-funding case, are likely to be heard in the fall) are: Cummings v. Pivotal Software v.

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Ruling that nursing home arbitration agreement was invalid reversed.

Day on Torts

During oral arguments, plaintiff also suggested that Owens was inapplicable because the statute cited therein, Tenn. 34-6-208, would not apply to this power of attorney because it was executed in Mississippi. (internal citation omitted). Code Ann. §

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No civil liability for sharing truthful information about matter of public concern.

Day on Torts

In the context of countering plaintiffs’ assertion that the death was a homicide, defendant shared autopsy photographs of the son as well as some of his text messages, both of which were public records released by the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office. Summary judgment was therefore affirmed.

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Mopping up final business with 14 new relists

SCOTUSBlog

20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. Then there is a case on the court’s original docket , Mississippi v. CVS Pharmacy Inc.