JURIST
AUGUST 18, 2021
The trial court ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor and ordered the state to continue its participation in the program. Holcomb and Payne sought to reverse the decision in the Indiana Court of Appeals by claiming that the trial court abused its discretion. However, Gov. There the plaintiffs succeeded after arguing that Gov.
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. Arguments of the oil companies.
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SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 20, 2021
In a speech at Harvard Law School in 2015, Justice Elena Kagan told the audience that “we’re all textualists now” – that is, that any effort to interpret a statute begins (and often ends) with the language of the statute. That principle may ultimately prove dispositive in BP v. Justice Stephen Breyer appeared unconvinced.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 26, 2022
In recent years, the Supreme Court has expressed misgivings about white-collar prosecutions under broadly worded statutes. 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. United States. Think McDonnell v.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
permits courts to defer to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the pro-veteran canon of construction; and (2) whether Chevron should be overruled. Issues : (1) Whether the doctrine of Chevron U.S.A., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 28 and Oct.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
The Supreme Court has held that the federal government assumes a trust obligation to assert reserved water rights for Native tribes only when it “ expressly accepts those responsibilities by statute ,” by regulation, or by treaty with a tribe. Issues : (1) Whether the doctrine of Chevron U.S.A., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
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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