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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring corporations operating within their borders to consent to personal jurisdiction when they register to do business in those states. According to the Court, such laws do not offend the Constitution’s Due Process Clause. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ,

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Territorial Jurisdiction for Breach of Contract in Nigeria or whatever

Conflict of Laws

Jurisdiction is a fundamental aspect of Nigerian procedural law. In Nigerian judicial parlance, we have become accustomed to the principle that the issue of jurisdiction can be raised at any time, even at the Nigerian Supreme Court – the highest court of the land – for the first time. [1]

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Supreme Court Rules Federal Agencies Can Be Sued Under Fair Credit Reporting Act

Constitutional Law Reporter

As Justice Gorsuch explained, the Court has found a clear waiver of sovereign immunity in just two situations. The second is when a statute creates a cause of action and explicitly authorizes suit against a government on that claim. government. agency,” §1681a(b), and that applies to the entire Act.

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August 2023 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the grounds, the case numbers, and causes of action, have been added. Case analyses have been aggregated under the country tags since 2022, so it is now easier to track down relevant cases, together with their information and analyses, in each country/region report.

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SCOTUS Sides With Death Row Inmate in DNA-Testing Case

Constitutional Law Reporter

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Reed’s conviction and death sentence. In 2014, Reed filed a motion in Texas state court under Texas’s post-conviction DNA testing law. The state trial court denied Reed’s motion, reasoning in part that items Reed sought to test were not preserved through an adequate chain of custody.

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Supreme Court Rejects Cause of Action Under Bivens Against Border Patrol Agent

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court held that the authority of a court to imply a cause of action under Bivens v. While the Court did not overrule Bivens , it did emphasize that recognizing a Bivens cause of action is “a disfavored judicial activity.”. In Egbert v. Boule , 596 U.S. _ (2022), the U.S. Border Patrol agent.

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Court revives DNA evidence case of Texas man on death-row

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday revived the case of a man on death-row in Texas who is seeking DNA testing to provide evidence that he asserts will clear him. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that Rodney Reed had filed his challenge to the Texas law governing DNA testing too late.

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