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Are timing limits on property owners’ claims jurisdictional?

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The district court held that the federal Quiet Title Act’s 12-year statute of limitations is jurisdictional, concluded that a reasonable landowner would have known that the government had been permitting public use of the road since the 1970s, and dismissed the case. Texas , 21-6001. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed.

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

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Texas , involving allegations that a racially biased juror, who commented during voir dire that “non-white” races were statistically more violent than whites, served on petitioner Kristopher Love’s capital sentencing jury. was filed by a plaintiff seeking to enforce a similar registration statute. In Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v.

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

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Animal Legal Defense Fund , involving the constitutionality of a Kansas statute criminalizing trespass by deception at animal facilities with intent to damage the enterprise. Goertz , involving the question of what statute of limitations state prisoners face when raising claims seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence.

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Challenges to administrative action and retroactive relief for prisoners

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Both cases present the question whether statutes that authorize appellate courts to review final agency adjudications implicitly strip district courts of jurisdiction over constitutional challenges to those proceedings. The next two relists raise a related question: whether a habeas corpus statute, 28 U.S.C. Texas , 21-6001.

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Another look at qualified immunity

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Texas , 21-5050. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. Texas , 21-6001. Issues : (1) Whether, on remand, the Texas court rejected the Supreme Court’s conclusions in Andrus v. relisted after the April 1 conference). Returning Relists. relisted after the Jan. Goertz , 21-442. relisted after the Feb.

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Dismissing False Claims Act cases, promoting prescription fentanyl, and a capital case

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Thus, the court will revisit its nearly 40-year-old precedents holding that the Quiet Title Act’s statute of limitations is jurisdictional. To begin with, the statute requires that the lawsuit be retained under seal while the government investigates the allegations. Texas prisoner Anibal Canales Jr. Texas , 21-6001.

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Two death penalty cases and free speech at animal facilities

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Texas , a capital defendant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. On remand, the Texas court ruled that the inadequate counsel had not prejudiced Andrus. Texas , Andrus maintains that the Texas court disregarded the Supreme Court’s express guidance for conducting the prejudice analysis.