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Philadelphia district attorney sues Elon Musk for PAC money giveaways for illegal lottery

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The lawsuit alleges that the petition, with an offer to pay Pennsylvania registered voters, amounts to illegal lottery. Krasner noted in his press statement that the “civil action neither precludes nor requires potential future action under Pennsylvania criminal law.” He’s paying them to sign the petition.”

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Montana Supreme Court affirms landmark climate ruling in favor of youth activists

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.” In August 2023, the First Judicial District Court found that the right to a clean and healthful environment “includes climate as part of the environmental life-support system,” that the plaintiffs had legal standing, and that two Montana statutes were unconstitutional.

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Environmental Rights in State Constitutions

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However, the constitutions of six states do have provisions with explicit environmental rights – Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. The court therefore allowed the litigation to proceed. If the final plan falls short, some litigants may well invoke this amendment.

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Court adds new cases on DNA testing for inmates, personal jurisdiction for corporations

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Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has adopted a different rule, in which the statute of limitations only begins to run when all state-court litigation denying the request for DNA testing, including any appeals, has finished. Reed came to the Supreme Court last fall, asking the justices to review that ruling. He noted that the U.S.

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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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To create the compact, each state passed statutes and, as New York’s bill of complaint indicates is a constitutional requirement for interstate compacts, Congress consented as well. However, in 2018, New Jersey passed a statute to withdraw from the compact, and on Dec. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has held.

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Justices to consider choice-of-law clauses in maritime insurance contracts

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Since the 1950s, though, the Supreme Court has relied on state law to fill “gaps” in maritime law that lack any federal statute or controlling federal precedent. Specifically, Great Lakes is a foreign insurance company that insured a yacht owned by Raiders, a Pennsylvania company. So exactly why would that question ever matter?

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Supreme Court gives government broad authority to dismiss whistleblower lawsuits

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After several years of litigation, however, DOJ sought to have the case dismissed over Polansky’s objection, questioning its likelihood of success and pointing to concerns about the discovery burden being placed on the government and possible disclosure of privileged documents.