Broadcast Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

One example is a recent US District Court ruling on a motion for summary judgment of a copyright lawsuit brought by a photographer when his photos of Willie Nelson and Carlos Santana appeared on a news website to illustrate articles on the musicians. However, relying on the creative commons license can be perilous.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

McDonough , a case that the court already rescheduled seven times last term, and which involves the construction of a statute providing disability pay for members of the military. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, by a divided vote , deferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs construction of the statute under Chevron U.S.A.,

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In yet another decision based on statutory interpretation, an appellate court has decided that FDA’s interpretation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) is contrary to the plain text of the statute. As courts keep hitting the Agency “…Baby, One More Time ,” the appellate court these days seems Toxic for FDA.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Thus, starting in 1988 (when, as part of broader reforms to the court’s docket, Congress eliminated the ability to directly appeal to the Supreme Court district court decisions striking down state or federal statutes), the practice became all but moribund.

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SquirePattonBoggs

MAY 13, 2022

Corpus linguistics is a tool used to identify the original public meaning of words – no small thing when the outcome of a case often hinges on the meaning of a single word in a statute or the Constitution. These examples underscore corpus linguistics’ utility in ascertaining the meaning of statutes. Woodson , 960 F.3d 3d 852 (6th Cir.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2024

In Florida, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has ruled that the federal law prohibiting people from possessing firearms inside post offices is unconstitutional. The ruling is based on 2022 Supreme Court ruling New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. §

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

McCall , a tire manufacturer resists Georgia courts’ exercise of jurisdiction on the basis of its compliance with Georgia’s registration statute for foreign corporations. These and other petitions of the week are below: Thacker v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

The court’s answer will determine not only whether Trump’s trial in Washington, D.C., District Judge Tanya Chutkan, originally scheduled for March 4 but now on hold, can go forward, but also whether the former president’s trials in Florida and Georgia can proceed. before U.S. In the landmark Marbury v. And in 1982, in Nixon v.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the case concerning whether a 1986 federal law preempts Idaho’s near-total abortion ban. The Idaho statute criminalizes performing or attempting to perform an abortion unless not doing so would result in the mother’s death. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”. Four years later, her case reached the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court ruled in Olmstead v. She successfully blocked the executions of two half-brothers who had been convicted of a Florida murder and were later released.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to list the Florida Keys mole skink under the ESA was unlawful.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 31, 2022

On December 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit handed down a major opinion in in Adams v. Johns County, Florida. The court ruled 7-4 against a statutory and constitutional challenge of a transgender student to a district policy requiring students to use bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2022

On the other hand, 16 states protect access to abortion through various methods, such as state constitutional amendments and laws that protect the right to privacy, state supreme court decisions interpreting equal protection to include reproductive care, and statutes that protect access to reproductive care.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Eastern District of California held that more analysis of the impacts climate change would have on a water transfer program for the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta was required under NEPA. In a letter to the court on March 2, the parties asked the court to defer further briefing on the U.S.-based

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 9, 2021

With respect to federal-officer jurisdiction, the district court noted that this case was similar to County of San Mateo v. in which the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court finding that the federal-officer removal statute did not provide jurisdiction. Chevron Corp. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND OTHER NOTICES.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Trimble ␣ 315 Mo.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

But the lower courts ruled, and the federal government contends, that the “safety value” is only available to defendants who do not have any of the indicators. After the oral argument in Murray , the court will make a rare foray into admiralty law, in Great Lakes Insurance v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co.

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