SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The argument revealed a bench deeply skeptical of the uncertainty maritime insurance contracts would face under a lower-court decision limiting the enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in those contracts. Often, when the parties are from different jurisdictions, they select a neutral forum and its law.

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JURIST

JUNE 7, 2023

The case resulted from Bryan Range’s appeal from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. This law prevented Range from purchasing a gun after his conviction. Range then sued, seeking a declaration that the statute violated the Second Amendment “as applied to him.” Circuit Judge Thomas M.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Southern Poverty Law Center reports that the group posted more than 1,000 pieces of racist propaganda between June and August, marched in Indianapolis, and in Boston in July, where they are accused of assaulting a Black man with shields.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 22, 2024

But a Middle District of Pennsylvania court recently established one key limit on states’ authority to block new transmission lines through the siting process. PJM Interconnection is one such RTO, which oversees a region encompassing thirteen states, including Pennsylvania, along with the District of Columbia.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

This post is by Maggie Gardner, a professor of law at Cornell Law School. Supreme Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s corporate registration statute, even though it requires out-of-state corporations registering to do business within the state to consent to all-purpose (general) personal jurisdiction.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The question presented was whether, under federal admiralty law, a choice-of-law clause in a maritime contract can be rendered unenforceable if enforcement is contrary to the “strong public policy” of the U.S. state whose law is displaced. LLC (Raiders) is a company organized under the laws of Pennsylvania.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

A state trial court turned him down, prompting Reed to file a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Texas law governing post-conviction DNA testing. The state court rejected Mallory’s contention that the company had agreed to be sued in Pennsylvania when it registered to do business in the state.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 2, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey. In New York v. However, the U.S.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Researchers at the Quattrone Center, based at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, created what they said was a unique dataset of 4,644 opinions in which allegations of misconduct were raised in the more than 1.5 million judicial opinions published between 2000 and 2016 by federal and state courts in Pennsylvania.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 7, 2023

At issue was the federal “felon-in-possession” law—18 U.S.C. § The federal law makes it “unlawful for any person. However, when Range pleaded guilty in 1995, his conviction was classified as a Pennsylvania misdemeanor punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. 922(g)(1), which bars ex-felons from possession of firearms.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 11, 2023

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin , 598 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S. MoneyGram applied the common-law escheatment practices outlined in Texas v. The post Delaware Loses Bid to Keep Uncashed MoneyGram Checks appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter. In Delaware v. It was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first opinion.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 16, 2021

Two petitions have been pending since the spring: One involves the rights of unemancipated minors and the other involves the constitutionality of an Arkansas law banning abortions sought on the basis of a prenatal test indicating Down syndrome. adds to the list of pending petitions on abortion laws. Now, Schmitt v. Louis Region, Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Share The fate of hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed money may depend on the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the term “money order” in an arcane 1974 federal statute. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin , will be the second case argued on Monday, the opening day of the 2022-23 term. On one side is Delaware.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 19, 2021

A conference for a forthcoming Elgar Research Handbook on Extraterritoriality and International Law. Utrecht University (Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law). Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Rudy Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law. International Jurisdictional Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2023

The law also gives the government the option to decide whether to take control of the case (referred to as “intervening”) or instead allow the whistleblower to proceed. A federal district court in Pennsylvania granted the government’s request and dismissed the case, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit upheld that ruling.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. was filed by a plaintiff seeking to enforce a similar registration statute. Next up is Kelly v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Pennsylvania and Wisconsin : The case centers on what should happen to uncashed checks issued by MoneyGram, which is the second largest money transfer company in the world. McDonough: The case involves whether the doctrine of equitable tolling applies to a statute governing veteran benefits. Arellano v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2021

Bill Cosby is a free man after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the conviction that sent him to jail roughly three years ago to serve 3-10 years for sexual assault. We still believe that no one is above the law — including those who are rich, famous and powerful.”. Pennsylvania is not one of them (which is quite surprising).

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 14, 2022

3, the justices will hear oral argument in important cases involving issues such as voting rights, the Clean Water Act, and a challenge to a California animal-welfare law. Pennsylvania (Oct. During the argument session that begins on Oct. The justices will kick off the argument session with Sackett v. Delaware v. Goertz (Oct.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that his action was untimely because more than two years – the applicable statute of limitations – had run since the state trial court in 2014 denied his request for DNA testing. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. Pennsylvania , 20-7805. That’s all for this week.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Written by Martina Ticic, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law; Croatian Science Foundation ( HRZZ ) doctoral student. As such, the Academy was truly a place to be this summer for everyone wanting to learn more on the matters of private international law, as well as to connect with others who share the same or similar interests.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 2, 2022

Morrissey-Berru , under which employees deemed “ministers” of religious institutions are not covered by various employment and discrimination laws. Pennsylvania , 20-7805. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. That’s all for this week. Until next time, stay safe ! New Relists. Returning Relists. 10 and Jan.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced on Monday that Secretary of State Kathy Bookvar will resign from her position at the end of the week due to her department’s failure to advertise a proposed constitutional amendment that sought to extend the statute of limitations for victims of clergy sexual abuse.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

1988), which invalidated under dormant commerce clause doctrine an Ohio law providing that the state’s statute of limitation would not run against corporations that were not present in the state and had not designated an agent for service of process. Pennsylvania , 20-7805. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc. relisted after the Dec.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

We first saw this in the 2018 election with ads in Oregon, and later in Pennsylvania. In a different section of the rule, requiring federal candidates to provide a certification to stations that they will abide by the “stand-by-your-ad” provisions of federal law when they mention an opposing candidate (i.e.,

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 20, 2022

Morrissey-Berru , under which employees deemed “ministers” of religious institutions are not covered by various employment and discrimination laws. In 1981, Congress passed a statute requiring that reimbursement rates paid to organizations for managing state Medicaid plans must be “actuarially sound.” Next up is Texas v. 10 and Jan.

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Diane Drain

APRIL 15, 2021

Arizonans currently are shielded from creditors on the first $150,000 of equity in homes they own and live in, thanks to a special provision in state law that’s designed to keep people from being thrown out on the streets. As laws change (they do all the time) your rights also change. – Diane L.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Share The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Tuesday in a challenge to a Pennsylvania law that allows any company doing business in the state to be sued there – even if the corporation is not headquartered there and the conduct at the center of the lawsuit occurred somewhere else. of Philadelphia v.

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Broadcast Law Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Broadcasters already upload this information to their public file, and this update merely brings the FCC’s rules in line with the requirements of federal statute and thus has no practical effect on a station’s political file obligations. See our post on the Broadcast Law Blog for more information.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 29, 2021

where the Second District, Division Five, Court of Appeal, in a published opinion , affirmed almost $170,000 in attorneys fees after a jury awarded less than $22,000 for a violation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (commonly known as the “lemon law”) in the sale of a used car. HNL Automotive Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

When Patel later sought to adjust his status to lawful permanent resident and obtain a green card, a divided panel of the Board of Immigration Appeals denied him relief, holding that he is inadmissible because he “falsely represented” himself as a U.S. citizen for a benefit under state law. Becerra and with consecutive numbers.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 11, 2022

” The opinion also mentioned the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Covid Coverage Litigation Tracker website. ” The majority held the statute doesn’t apply to “plea agreements with a stipulated prison term.” and] with each federal appellate court to consider the issue.”

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 2, 2021

The dispute arose when PennEast obtained under the Natural Gas Act a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to construct a 116-mile pipeline from northeast Pennsylvania to western New Jersey. As such, he asked, “Why doesn’t this fall within the plain text of the 11th Amendment?”

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 6, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning added a maritime law case to its docket for the 2023-24 term and invited the federal government to submit briefs expressing its views in two more cases. Based on that provision, the district court dismissed Raiders’ counterclaims that were based on Pennsylvania law. But the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 30, 2021

The dispute arose when PennEast obtained under the Natural Gas Act a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to construct a 116-mile pipeline from northeast Pennsylvania to western New Jersey. PennEast sought review by the Supreme Court, which was granted.

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JURIST

MAY 23, 2023

The report follows a five-year investigation, which occurred following the large-scale revelations of child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania in 2018. And because the statute of limitations has frequently expired, many survivors of child sex abuse at the hands of Catholic clerics will never see justice in a legal sense.

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2023

A Pennsylvania state court rejected Tuesday a challenge to Act 77 , a law that amended the state’s Election Code to expand mail-in voting options. Chapman , a case in which the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania was split on the issue and therefore did not issue a ruling.

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