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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

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Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction. This post is by Maggie Gardner, a professor of law at Cornell Law School.

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A quest to reclaim a Pissarro masterpiece hinges on the Erie doctrine

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It eventually travelled to New York and then to Saint Louis, Missouri, where it remained until 1976. In support of this argument, the museum points to both the text of the statute and the circumstances of its enactment: Congress removed foreign states from ordinary diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(3) ).

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” Living Rivers v. Hoffman , No. 4:19-cv-00057 (D. Utah June 21, 2021). In re Enbridge Energy, LP , Nos.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The New Jersey court also found no basis for Grable jurisdiction, rejecting the companies’ arguments that the City’s claims necessarily raised substantial and actually disputed issues of federal law such as First Amendment issues or issues addressed by federal environmental statutes. Missouri v. Northern Plains Resource Council v.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Louis, a Missouri court was faced with a claim from Carly Munoz who in 2019 sent to Six Flags’ Fright Fest with her cousin. ” She even posted a walk-through video and insisted that she knows all of the governing legal rules. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

She insists in the video that she knows all of the governing legal rules and shows the path in detail. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture. However, the Missouri appellate court affirmed the ruling. __.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

However, there are still some notable additions that raise more legal frights. See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture. However, the Missouri appellate court affirmed the ruling. __. Toy Company, Inc.

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