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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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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.

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

Conflict of Laws

LLC, Raiders , a Pennsylvania company insured a yacht for up to $550,000 with Great Lakes, a UK-based company. [12] It has anchorage on doctrines such as stare decisis and precedents. Stare decisis and precedents ensure that the law remains strong, stable, reliable, and predictable without standing still.

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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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Supreme indifference: What the Texas case signals about the court’s treatment of abortion

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Since the decision of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote at length about the importance of stare decisis in voting to strike down a Louisiana abortion restriction last year in June Medical Services v. Wade to the Present.

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Back to the Bullpen: Minor League Teams Settle with MLB Over Latest Challenge to Baseball’s Historic Antitrust Exemption

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13] The Court defended the exemption largely on the grounds of stare decisis and congressional acquiescence, tasking Congress with changing the long-standing law if they felt the need. [14] Kuhn , which saw the Supreme Court acknowledge that baseball was in fact interstate commerce, yet again defend baseball’s exemption. [13]

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Justice Breyer: A formidable defender of reproductive rights

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Pennsylvania. Breyer will be remembered for judicial independence while serving on the court, a meticulous approach to analyzing the record and drafting opinions, and a commitment to stare decisis , consistently drawing upon well-established principles. Carhart , Burwell v. Casey and Roe v.