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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in bankruptcy amendment, Washington workers’ compensation law cases

JURIST

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Siegle v. Washington. The District Court ruled in the Circuit City trustee’s favor, and the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reversed and remanded the case. Fitzgerald and United States v. United States v.

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Supreme Court rules US courts lack jurisdiction over forced art sale under Nazi rule

JURIST

In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the heirs of Jewish art dealers cannot bring a lawsuit in US courts against Germany over the alleged forced sale of art and artifacts under the Nazi regime. The Court directed the lower court to reconsider the case in light of the opinion in Germany v.

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Monsanto Says High Court Ruling Can't Save Jury Award

Law 360

Monsanto has again urged an appellate court to reverse a nearly $200 million jury verdict for PCB poisoning, arguing the Washington Supreme Court's recent decision throwing out the state's eight-year limit on malpractice claims did not invalidate the state's products liability statute of repose.

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On 50th Anniversary of Court Ruling, Death Penalty Lives On

The Crime Report

50 years ago today, the Supreme Court in their opinion on Furman v. The decision forced federal and state governments to review their statutes to ensure that administration of the death penalty did not discriminate and was applied consistent to the Eight Amendment, prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.

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“Texas’ restrictive abortion law temporarily restored by federal appeals court”

HowAppealing

David Goodman of The New York Times reports that “ Most Abortions in Texas Are Banned Again After Court Ruling; A federal appeals court panel temporarily reinstated the law that bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while it considers a district judge’s ruling.” ” Ann E.

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A Victory for Germany at the U.S. Supreme Court, and Further Clarity on the Expropriation Exception to the FSIA

Conflict of Laws

Dissatisfied with the decision, the heirs sued in Washington under the expropriation exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which provides that a foreign state is not immune from jurisdiction of the U.S. courts in cases “in which rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue.”

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Gun Violence: When ‘Self-Defense’ Becomes Murder

The Crime Report

jurisprudence, according to a forthcoming Legal Studies Research Paper published under the auspices of George Washington University Law School. Howrey Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, state statutes vary widely on defining what constitutes aggression.