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The “Buffalo Billion” plan and Montana easement cases

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the statute of limitations in the Quiet Title Act is a jurisdictional rule or a claims-processing rule and whether the government can prosecute wire fraud under a “right to control” theory of property. In Wilkins v. In the U.S.

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Case of the Day: Ford v. Montana

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Montana Eighth Jud icial District Court (S. A court can exercise general jurisdiction, i.e., jurisdiction without regard to the nature of the claim, against any defendant that is “essential at home” in the state. The case of the day is Ford Motor Co. There are two kinds of jurisdiction, general and specific.

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Water and electric quarrels test the limits of tribal power

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Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. These rights flow from the original treaties that tribes negotiated with Congress as well as modern contracts between tribal members and non-members. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit agreed with the tribe.

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U.S. Supreme Court Renders Personal Jurisdiction Decision

Conflict of Laws

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. courts over disputes that arise in other countries. The result in Mallory v.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 4/2021: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

Remien : The European Succession Regulation and the many questions of the European court practice – five years after entry into force. but especially national court practice shows many interesting cases of the necessary overall assessment. The article pleads for an equilibrated multilateral approach. The long-awaited U.S.

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US federal judge allows Oklahoma ban on gender-affirming care for minors to take effect

JURIST

Judge Hein rejected this claim by citing numerous cases to summarize ways in which “American law” restricted minors from entering contracts, being held criminally liable and purchasing certain goods. The ruling shows a growing divide in the federal court system on how to approach gender-affirming care bans.

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Supreme Court Considers Scope of Federal Bribery Law

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court heard oral arguments in four cases. Below is a brief summary of the other cases before the Court: Ciminelli v. Below is a brief summary of the other cases before the Court: Ciminelli v. Last week, the U.S. One of the most closely watched is Percoco v. 1226(c) or 8 U.S.C. 706(2). . §

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