SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

In 1981, Congress passed a statute requiring that reimbursement rates paid to organizations for managing state Medicaid plans must be “actuarially sound.” Last up: Looks like Oklahoma will have to update its environmental impact statement for its blizzard of petitions seeking to overrule the Supreme Court’s decision in McGirt v.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

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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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing opioid litigation and an important ruling out of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. ” The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week struck down a $465 million opioid award against Johnson & Johnson based on a legal theory that has previously been tried and failed against guns.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 5, 2023

that the Lanham Act, the federal trademark statute, reaches only conduct “where the claimed infringing use in commerce is domestic” and that confusion to consumers in the United States is not relevant to the analysis. Even though Abitron largely made sales in Europe, Hetronic sued on its home turf, the Western District of Oklahoma.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2023

The facts Hetronic, based in Oklahoma, manufactures and sells radio remote controls that operate heavy-duty construction equipment. A jury in Oklahoma City awarded Hetronic more than $90 million. Therefore, a party claiming that a federal statute applies extraterritorially can have essentially two bites at the apple.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Abbott involves a long-running series of multi-district litigation cases arising from du Pont’s government-permitted releases of chemicals from one of its plants; because the claims of harm from exposure were varied, the cases proceeded through multidistrict litigation rather than as part of a class action. relisted after the Sept.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Circuit upheld the regulation, holding that “the disputed rule is consistent with the best interpretation of ‘machine gun’ under the governing statutes.” In Cargill , the en banc U.S. relisted after the Sept. 13 and Oct 27 conferences) Glossip v. rescheduled before the Mar. 28, and May 11 conferences; relisted after the Sept.

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