The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2021

The justices said Monday they will review a lower-court ruling that upheld New York’s restrictive gun permit law. The court’s action follows mass shootings in recent weeks in Indiana, Georgia, Colorado and California. The others are: California, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 4, 2024

ASEA filed counterclaims asking the court to enjoin Alaska from implementing the governor’s administrative order and from making any changes to the dues-deduction processes that were in place before the opinion was issued. Maryland and Napue v.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A state appeals court ruled that Anthony had not received a fair trial. The assistant district attorney, the court of appeals ruled, “vouched for the credibility of the State’s witnesses and improperly commented on” Anthony’s guilt, “while using the prestige and dignity of his office to bolster the State’s case.”.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Maryland must establish that they were more likely than not prejudiced by the government’s suppression of favorable evidence; and (2) whether the judgment of the U.S. relisted after the Sept. 14 conferences). Shoop , 22-5058. Issues : (1) Whether a petitioner who raises a claim under Brady v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

After a group of federal judges had recommended that an attorney who had represented her in other ADA cases be suspended from practicing law in Maryland because of repeated ethics violations, she explained, she had voluntarily dismissed her case in the district court and cannot refile it.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Maryland must establish that they were more likely than not prejudiced by the government’s suppression of favorable evidence; and (2) whether the judgment of the U.S. relisted after the Sept. 28 and Oct. 7 conferences). Shoop , 22-5058. Issues : (1) Whether a petitioner who raises a claim under Brady v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The court ultimately determined that the use of this character or the AFLAC marks did not constitute trademark infringement because the ads constituted core political speech warranting First Amendment protection. The US District Court in Maryland disagreed, finding that the term “goods and services” included “political activities.”

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 5, 2021

What is most striking however is the coverage in the Washington Post, which reported on the summary affirmance but only quoted supporters for the challenge, including a strikingly misleading take on the lower court ruling upheld by the Supreme Court. I have written about D.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 18, 2021

Under federal law, cases filed in state court can be transferred – the technical term is “removed” – to federal court if they meet one of several criteria. In this case, Chevron removed the lawsuit to a federal district court in Maryland, pointing to eight different grounds for removal.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2021

Chevron transferred – the technical term is “removed” – the case to federal district court in Maryland, a move allowed by federal law. Justice Brett Kavanaugh similarly identified the “ratification” doctrine as a problem for the companies. What do we say to that, he asked at one point?

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Maryland must establish that they were more likely than not prejudiced by the government’s suppression of favorable evidence; and (2) whether the judgment of the U.S. relisted after the Sept. 14 and Oct. 28 conferences). Shoop , 22-5058. Issues : (1) Whether a petitioner who raises a claim under Brady v.

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Parasec

APRIL 4, 2024

Federal: Federal Court Rules CTA Unconstitutional On March 1, 2024, a federal court in Alabama ruled in National Small Business United (NSBU) v. The Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxations recently informed its customers about some changes that have been made to annual report filings.

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2022

Examine the court rulings and courtroom practices around VIS, and several practical questions arise, argues Bandes. The 1991 Supreme Court ruling in Payne v. Subsequent court decisions have muddied the legal waters on VIS. Is There a Better Way to Hold Harassers Accountable? “We In Booth v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 16, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The Court sought to create “breathing space” for the media by articulating that standard that now applies to both public officials and public figures.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit applied a too exacting standard to his claim under Brady v. Maryland that he was prejudiced by the government’s suppression of favorable evidence. Shoop involves the argument of death-row prisoner Davel Chinn that the U.S. And Shoop v. Cunningham. relisted after the Sept. 28 conference).

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JonathanTurley

MAY 3, 2021

Fitzgerald , the Supreme Court ruled that “government officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.”. In 1982, in Harlow v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The case was currently pending before the Fourth Circuit after a federal district court in Maryland held that Maryland law preempted the local law. The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Zepeda , No.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. What we do know comes mostly from self-reporting, industry reports, and journalists.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 4, 2022

The Supreme Court has ordered lower courts to take another look at several other cases under the court’s new test. Among them: laws in California and New Jersey that limit the amount of ammunition a gun magazine can hold and a 2013 ban on “assault weapons” in Maryland.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Katie Peikes, Iowa Public Radio) The Real Scandal Surrounding Clarence Thomas’s Gifts (Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker) Maryland gun control law is latest answer to Supreme Court ruling (Al Jazeera) The post The morning read for Wednesday, May 17 appeared first on SCOTUSblog. What’s next for pork producers in Iowa?

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2022

New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey filed suit, arguing that the new law violated the Constitution — specifically, Article I, Section 8 , and the 10th and 16th Amendments — because it interfered with states’ sovereign taxing authority by unduly coercing them to change their sovereign tax policies and by denying them equal sovereignty.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 15, 2021

The issue was a technical one: whether the government was permitted to administer Higgs’ execution in accordance with the law of Indiana, even though Higgs was convicted in Maryland and his sentencing order did not specify that he could be executed under Indiana law. But Maryland abolished capital punishment in 2013.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2023

US maker of the generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, Wednesday filed a lawsuit in a Maryland federal court to ensure continued access to its product. Since then, Supreme Court took up the case for review. GenBioPro Inc., Both the Biden administration and Congressional Republicans have weighed in on the issue.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 31, 2021

I was therefore gladdened by the Supreme Court ruling 8-1 in favor of the free speech in the case, even if it meant a victory for odious Westboro Church. Sullivan, the Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech. However, the standard is quite high.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The court said this “correct view of the project” involved only questions of federal law and concluded that the plaintiffs therefore failed to tender an issue over which the court had jurisdiction. Maryland Appellate Court Said Residents Lacked Standing to Challenge Update to Master Plan. County of Butte v. C071785 (Cal.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Groff sued USPS in federal court under Title VII for refusing to accommodate his religious beliefs and practices. The trial court ruled for the Postal Service under Hardison , and the U.S. Kevin Younger, who was detained awaiting trial at a Maryland state facility, claimed that guards entered his cell and beat him.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

She also was persuaded that Congress had ratified the lower appellate court decisions holding that there was a narrower scope of review. On May 28, the Maryland state court hearing Baltimore’s case stayed the proceedings pending the Fourth Circuit’ review of the defendants’ other grounds for appeal. 19-1189 (U.S. Connecticut v.

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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.” Maryland v. particularly those with ravenous monkeys.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 13, 2022

San Francisco Regional Director Jill Coffman declared that the company is violating the rights of workers in 10 different states (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Washington, Indiana, and California). In her consolidated complaint against Whole Foods Market, Inc.,

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

And when the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case on June 23, Roberts was on board. The decision was noteworthy not only because it struck down the New York law, which mirrored similar restrictions in California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, but for its methodology. And in West Virginia v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. Maryland Appellate Court Affirmed Ruling for Baltimore in Case Seeking Correspondence and Agreements Related to City’s Climate Case. July 8, 2021).

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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. He argues that the “safety valve” therefore applies because he has two of the “indicators” that can disqualify someone from relief, but not all three.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

In a brief order on Monday, the court asked the Biden administration to file, by Monday, May 3, a three-page brief indicating whether it intends to enforce the rule outside Maryland – where the U.S. The justices also asked the federal government for its views in Volkswagen Group v.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 23, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The Court sought to create “breathing space” for the media by articulating that standard that now applies to both public officials and public figures. Major loser, zero credibility!”

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The Court sought to create “breathing space” for the media by articulating that standard that now applies to both public officials and public figures.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

Joined by Cuellar and two other Brown appointees — Liu and Justice Joshua Groban — Kruger wrote for a 4-3 court in 2019 in throwing out a lower-court ruling that upheld a search of a car without a warrant to look for the driver’s identification. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Maryland v.

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