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High Court Refuses to Hear Abu Ghraib Defense Contractor’s Torture Appeal

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CACI was appealing a lower court decision that favored the Iraqi men in 2019. law named the Alien Tort Statute that allows non-U.S. The Supreme Court in 2013 narrowed the Alien Tort Statute to cover conduct that occurred in the U.S. The men filed their lawsuit in 2008 under the 1789 U.S.

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Traffic accident involving Florida girl leads to Medicaid-reimbursement dispute

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Marstiller presents a straightforward question of statutory interpretation, addressing whether a state Medicaid program can take funds a Medicaid beneficiary receives in a tort settlement from a third party that injured the beneficiary. This case will determine how those provisions apply specifically to future medical expenses.

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Justices order vigorous enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in maritime insurance contracts

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The argument revealed a bench deeply skeptical of the uncertainty maritime insurance contracts would face under a lower-court decision limiting the enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in those contracts. Raiders Retreat Realty surprised anybody familiar with last fall’s oral argument.

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Second chance to evaluate ban on encouraging unlawful immigration

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Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Sineneng-Smith , the justices reversed a circuit-court decision that struck down a federal law criminalizing the act of “encourag[ing] or induc[ing]” noncitizens to enter or remain in the United States for financial gain.

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The long conference’s relists

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Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions. First Amendment The current court is very solicitous of First Amendment rights. King sued them under the Federal Tort Claims Act and under Bivens v. The district court dismissed both, King appealed only the Bivens action, and the U.S.

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 5/2022: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

Contractual” duties of care corresponding with negligence in tort, on the other hand, fall within the scope of the Regulation Rome II. The Cologne court decision combined several precedents of the German Federal Court and the European Court of Justice. Recent decisions have clarified some issues.

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Trump’s steel tariffs, UNC affirmative action, and Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

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In their petition, the challengers argue that the Federal Circuit’s decision contradicts a prior Supreme Court decision that held that Section 232 is not an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power to the executive branch because the statute establishes clear preconditions that the president must follow.