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Oklahoma Supreme Court overturns $465 million opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson

JURIST

The Oklahoma Supreme Court reversed Tuesday a $465 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for public nuisance through its prescription opioid marketing campaign in the state. The Court applies the nuisance statutes to unlawful conduct that annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others.

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Court blocks pathway for federal prisoners to raise legal innocence claims

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Share On Thursday, the Supreme Court held that a federal prisoner cannot raise a claim of legal innocence if he has already challenged his conviction – even if that claim was unavailable at the time he filed his challenge. The court’s decision in Jones v. Nearly two decades later, the Supreme Court decided in Rehaif v.

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Belatedly recognizing a 137-year-old opinion was vacated, Supreme Court holds statute of limitations was tolled just long enough

At the Lectern

. “It” being today’s Supreme Court’s opinion in Shalabi v. First, the court resolves a statute of limitations issue. ” Thus, the plaintiff’s lawsuit was brought within the applicable two-year statute of limitations when he filed suit on his 20th birthday. .”

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Revenge of the rescheduled cases: Congressional proxy voting, the ministerial exception, and more

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. At this Friday’s conference, the Supreme Court will thus begin the process of considering what cases to review next fall during October Term 2022. The district court and U.S. What’s the difference ?

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Fallout from McGirt and testimony about future crimes

SCOTUSBlog

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. Oklahoma , a confrontation clause question involving statements about possible future crimes, and a split over the scope of who is covered by the qualified immunity doctrine.

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With historical promises in mind, justices weigh state criminal jurisdiction in Indian country

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Share At the last Supreme Court oral argument of Justice Stephen Breyer’s career, the court stepped into a dispute over the state of Oklahoma’s criminal jurisdiction authority in Indian country. Oklahoma v. The case comes on the heels of the court’s monumental 2020 decision, McGirt v.

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Why the ‘Machinery of Death’ Keeps Running

The Crime Report

The state of Oklahoma put James Coddington to death on Aug. It marks the beginning of a busy period at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary’s execution chamber. Photo courtesy Oklahoma Dept. Today, fewer jurisdictions are using the death penalty, but some – like Oklahoma – seem to be doubling down. James Coddingon.

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