SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In its petition , Abitron argues that the approach of the 10th Circuit conflicts from those of other circuits, which apply a total of six different tests for “deciding whether the Lanham Act governs a defendant’s foreign conduct.”. In April, the court called for the views of the solicitor general , and her brief arrived in latish September.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 21, 2021

Garner addressed a fleeing unarmed suspects and found the state statute too broad: The use of deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects, whatever the circumstances, is constitutionally unreasonable. It is not better that all felony suspects die than that they escape. .” T ennessee v. In Graham v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2023

Share Federal immigration law requires the deportation of noncitizens who are convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes offenses “relating to obstruction of justice.” By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Pugin v. Such “redundancies are common in statutory drafting,” Kavanaugh wrote.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 14, 2022

.” The dissent criticized the majority for improperly “substituting its judgment for that of the trial court.” The court unheld People v. The Sixth District’s 2-1 published Burgos opinion held the statute is retroactive and reversed second degree robbery convictions. Superior Court (2000) 80 Cal.App.4th

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Similar constitutional challenges have been brought against a range of California laws governing subjects from foie gras to low-carbon fuel , but despite a relist or two along the way, the court has taken none of them. On remand, the Texas court ruled that the inadequate counsel had not prejudiced Andrus. Goertz , 21-442.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2024

. “ President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. ” The conflict follows a Supreme Court ruling on January 22, wherein the court sided with the Biden administration in a dispute over a barrier along the southern border.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

People walk dangerous routes when the government eliminates or fails to provide legal avenues that are safe, permanent and predictable whether it’s across the street or across an international border. In 1969, the Supreme Court held in Shapiro v. When someone ‘jaywalks’ from the Mexican side of the border to the U.S. Thompson that U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2021

Rollins challenges a Massachusetts law that makes it a felony to secretly record the speech of anyone other than a law enforcement officer, irrespective of motive. Two more petitions ask the court to weigh in on arbitration issues. Two petitions ask the justices to take up novel First Amendment issues. Project Veritas Action Fund v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 14, 2023

At its conference yesterday, a double one, the Supreme Court ruled on a robust 164 matters. The court granted review in EpicentRx, Inc. Government employment grant-and-hold. Actions of note included: Forum selection. — and has granted-and-held others. See here , here , here , and here.)

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

In 1991, he received a felony conviction for driving under the influence under California law and completed his sentence. The government alleged that he was removable, despite having a green card, because it believed that his 1991 DUI constituted an “aggravated felony” under the immigration laws.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of a 76-year-old Texas woman , Sylvia Gonzalez, who was arrested on charges that she had violated a state law that prohibits tampering with government records. Gonzalez came to the Supreme Court, which agreed last fall to weigh in.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court said the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs’ state law claims were governed by federal common law appeared to be a matter of ordinary preemption, which would not provide a basis for federal jurisdiction. Rhode Island v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. It demands to be governed by as universal a rule of apportioning responsibility as is available.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

During her six years in the solicitor general’s office, Kruger argued 12 cases at the Supreme Court on behalf of the federal government. That interpretation, Kruger reasoned, is more consistent with both the text of the statute and the California legislature’s intent in enacting the law. Following the U.S.

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