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Ghost guns, six-person juries, and discretionary visa decisions

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All raise the same question: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when a criminal defendant is charged with a felony. Ordinarily, under the so-called “American Rule,” each litigant pays its own attorney’s fees, whether it wins or loses. Amina Bouarfa, a U.S. citizen children.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Louisiana Federal Court Halted Work on Crude Oil Pipeline in Swamp Area. and non-U.S. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v.

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