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Colorado Supreme Court strikes down child sexual abuse law that allowed lawsuits over abuse from decades ago

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The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado struck down the state’s Child Sexual Abuse Accountability Act (CSAAA) on Tuesday, ruling that the law violates the state constitution and is “unconstitutionally retrospective.” M árquez authored the opinion of the court. ” Justice Monica M.

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Supreme Court rules 5-4 against Navajo Nation in water rights dispute

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Jicarilla Apache Nation , the court held that the United States owes no duty to Indian tribes except those expressly noted in treaties, statutes, or regulations. The post Supreme Court rules 5-4 against Navajo Nation in water rights dispute appeared first on SCOTUSblog. Following cases such as United States 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. Navajo Nation.

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Christian school renews effort to expand religious freedom over employment

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This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, at what stage of litigation the ministerial exception should come into play. Gregory Tucker was a science teacher at Faith Christian Academy, a religious school operated by the nondenominational Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada, Colorado.

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Texting in the car, surveillance of a home, and Section 1983 for Miranda

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Before trial, the district court rejected Struve’s argument that the officers had violated the Fourth Amendment in pulling him over without reasonable suspicion because they could not tell whether he was texting or using his cellphone legally. In his petition, Tuggle argues that the U.S. Lamoureux v. Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care LLC.

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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. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C.

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Tenth Circuit Rules Web Designer Must Create Site For Same-Sex Marriage

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The Tenth Circuit decision reaffirms a growing conflict among the circuits and offers an especially strong case for the Court to consider such a major reframing of such conflicts. The Court disappointed many when it found an off-ramp in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. See supra, III.B.1.

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