Law 360

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Georgia Court of Appeals' recent vacating of a lower court's decision to set aside a default judgment against Samsung Electronics America is a reminder of the processes and arguments provided by Georgia's statutes for challenging default judgments — including the importance of responding quickly, says Katy Robertson at Swift Currie.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2023

There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. This feeling of pity is compounded when I imagine this same lawyer trying to advise her client as to whether a choice-of-court clause will be enforced by a court in the United States.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2022

Share The Supreme Court doesn’t care all that much for method-of-execution challenges. In the past 20 years, the court has announced substantive constitutional law, pleading requirements, and timeliness rules that make it harder to win such arguments. Georgia argues that Nance’s lethal injection challenge is Heck­ -barred, and the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court denied cert on Monday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, filed an opinion dissenting from the court’s denial of summary vacatur.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The book combines art and academic analysis into a refreshing and creative take on major Supreme Court cases — with an added dash of “Florida weirdness” to keep things interesting. Artist and lawyer Xavier Cortada has created 10 striking paintings, each depicting a significant Supreme Court case originating in Florida.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JUNE 9, 2022

Supreme Court held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review facts found as part of any judgment relating to the granting of discretionary relief in immigration proceedings enumerated under 8 U.S.C. On rehearing, the en banc court agreed with the panel. Majority Decision. In Patel v. 1252(a)(2). Facts of the Case.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

My research on capital punishment suggests that both the arguments of today’s abolitionists and the current stalemate can be traced back half a century to the Supreme Court’s 1972 decision in a landmark death penalty case: Furman v. In fact, five justices each wrote separate opinions concurring in the judgment of the court.

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