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Court grants review in new batch of cases, including dispute on religious rights of employees

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In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled in Trans World Airlines v. The court agreed on Friday to review the case of Gerald Groff, a Christian and U.S. Hardison that the “undue hardship” standard is met whenever the accommodation would require more than a trivial or minimal cost. Counterman v. Other new grants. Other new grants.

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Georgia man sentenced to death challenges state’s striking of Black jurors

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Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Kentucky , the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to strike jurors in a criminal trial because of their race. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. United States and Rita v.

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Intellectual property and Navajo water rights

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, two involve cases in which the court called for the views of the solicitor general, thus indicating (since it takes the vote of four justices to CVSG ) that there was already a high level of interest among the justices in the case. Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. trademarks.

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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

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Colorado Civil Rights Commission (relisted 14 times). As a statistical matter , a case that the Supreme Court repeatedly relists is more likely to be the subject of an opinion respecting denial or — where existing precedent is clear — a summary reversal or vacatur. rescheduled before the Jan. relisted after the Feb.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The majority responded to this latter point by saying that “[t]he dissent’s view is akin to saying that incurring a debt has legal consequences, but forgiving one does not. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. District Court Rejected Climate Change Arguments in Challenge to Listing Determination for Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout. The federal district court for the District of Colorado rejected arguments that the U.S. Rhode Island v.

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