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No cause of action against employers for take-home COVID

At the Lectern

Responding to questions asked by the Ninth Circuit about California law, the court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Carol Corrigan precludes an action alleging a construction worker’s wife contracted COVID from her husband due to his employer’s failure to abide by government health orders at the beginning of the pandemic.

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SCOTUS Sides With Death Row Inmate in DNA-Testing Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

According to the Court majority, when a prisoner pursues state post-conviction DNA testing through the state-provided litigation process, the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. In 2014, Reed filed a motion in Texas state court under Texas’s post-conviction DNA testing law. The District Court dismissed Reed’s complaint.

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Supreme Court will hear election law case with standing issue

At the Lectern

The appellate court also found standing to appeal by non-parties to the superior court action even though they had not filed a motion to vacate the judgment, and it voided the judgment against them because they weren’t parties even though they had funded the lawsuit. Ari Design & Construction, Inc. , See here and here.).

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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

Conflict of Laws

This post is by Maggie Gardner, a professor of law at Cornell Law School. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction.

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Supreme Court will decide government immunity issue

At the Lectern

” The appellate court concluded that, because common law claims cannot be brought against public entities, the county could not be sued for breach of an implied-in-fact or implied-in-law contract. Ledesma & Meyer Construction Co. shall reimburse providers for emergency services and care provided to its enrollees.”

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Amendment of Pleadings | Order VI Rule 17 [CPC]: A Critical Analysis

LexForti

Maitreyi Choalla, a student of Gujarat National Law University explains the nuances of Amendment of Pleadings under Order VI, Rule 17 of Civil Procedure Code, 1908. In most cases, a country’s judicial system is designed to uphold the rule of law. Keywords- Amendment of Pleadings, Civil Procedure Code 1908. Introduction.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

JonathanTurley

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. This has long been a controversial element under the FCA because it was largely the result of judicial not congressional construction. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. 47 U.S.C. § 47 U.S.C. §

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