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Fallout from McGirt and testimony about future crimes

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a direct challenge to the court’s ruling in McGirt v. Last year, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in McGirt v. Now, Oklahoma alleges in Oklahoma v.

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Intellectual property and Navajo water rights

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After a dispute over the trademarks for remote controls used to operate heavy construction equipment, a jury awarded Oklahoma-based Hetronic International, Inc. Hetronic International, Inc. involves the international reach of the Lanham Act, which provides civil remedies for infringement of U.S. trademarks. 14 and Oct. 28 conferences).

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Argument in double-jeopardy case shines spotlight on prosecutorial issues faced by Native tribes

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Kimberly if there was an “easy fix” for the tribe and the federal government to avoid double jeopardy problems in future cases in the event that the Supreme Court rules in favor of Denezpi. Kimberly responded that there are two easy fixes, both of which, he asserted, respect tribal sovereignty.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Oklahoma Federal Court Allowed Landowner to Proceed with NEPA Challenge of Osage Nation Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the Northern District of Oklahoma denied non-federal defendants’ motion to dismiss a landowner’s lawsuit claiming that the U.S. Optimus Steel, LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers , No.

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Reductions on deductions and state courts on out-of-state businesses

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McCall , a tire manufacturer resists Georgia courts’ exercise of jurisdiction on the basis of its compliance with Georgia’s registration statute for foreign corporations. Oklahoma applies retroactively to convictions that were final when McGirt was decided. In Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).

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Policing Pregnancy: Wisconsin’s ‘Fetal Protection’ Law Forces Women Into Treatment or Jail

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The National Advocates for Pregnant Women, a legal advocacy group, says Wisconsin’s fetal protection law is the most “egregious” of the civil statutes in the country. Loertscher’s legal team — which included now-Attorney General Josh Kaul — was most successful, securing a federal court ruling that deemed the law unconstitutional.

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Justices deny appeals from anti-abortion activists, Eastman, and former New Jersey candidates

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to take an appeal by anti-abortion activists in a First Amendment dispute with Planned Parenthood, as well as a test of New Jersey’s “slogan statutes.” A jury awarded Planned Parenthood nearly $2.5 million, but the group contended that its conduct was protected by the First Amendment.

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