JURIST
APRIL 15, 2024
The party briefs mostly focused on the word “rewarded” in the statute. A broad and unclear definition of “corruptly”, she argued, would chill gift-giving to public officials as well as to employees of private entities covered by the statute. Sinzdak refused to accept that narrower construction.
JURIST
APRIL 17, 2024
1512(c) , the statute used to charge the alleged rioters. The court’s liberal wing, however, appeared to be in lockstep with interpreting the statute to include the actions taken during the Jan. ” Jeffrey T. 350 people who participated in the Jan.
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SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Representing Reed, lawyer Parker Rider-Longmaid told the justices that the statute of limitations began to run at the end of the state-court litigation denying Reed’s request for DNA testing – in this case, when the TCCA denied rehearing. Constitution” to Reed. Several justices did not clearly tip their hands.
Day on Torts
AUGUST 10, 2022
Where defendant governmental entity did not own the park where plaintiff was injured, and plaintiff was attending a concert in the park when she fell, summary judgment based on both the GTLA and Recreational Use Statute was affirmed. The Court next turned to whether summary judgment was appropriate under the Recreational Use Statutes.
Day on Torts
MAY 5, 2021
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently explained the analysis for whether a statute creates a private right of action. In Affordable Construction Services, Inc. Plaintiff general contractor brought this action in chancery court, asserting that it had a private right of action pursuant to a Tennessee statute.
Day on Torts
AUGUST 2, 2022
Defendant argued that plaintiffs knew about the alleged conversion in October 2009 and that the claim was therefore time-barred, but the trial court found that the statute of limitations did not begin to run until after the father’s death. Conversion is subject to a three-year statute of limitations. Code Ann. §
SAV Paralegal Services
JUNE 14, 2021
It is a well-known fact that there are two different sources of employment law: common law and statutes. Sometimes they have identical rules that allow for uniformity in understanding of legal rights, but sometimes they are conflicting and that is what makes trouble for lawyers, judges, and the public in general.
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