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Another separation-of-powers case, press access to trials, and maritime insurance

SCOTUSBlog

Federal prisoner Quartavious Davis asserted that his trial lawyer rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance for not pursuing a plea deal for him, causing him to receive a sentence many times longer than his co-defendants who pleaded guilty. There were no new cert grants from our last installment of relisted cases.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. The litigation over last year’s lettuce recall has only just started due to the statute of limitations. Accordingly, Miller was in violation of a statute in addition to being negligent. __.

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