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AUGUST 5, 2019

In School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. In an 8-1 decision, the Court found that the Pennsylvania law and school-district practice violated the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. Of course, this brings us to our word of the month: STARE DECISIS. Schempp , 374 U.S. Schempp , 374 U.S.

Stare Decisis 52

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Although the railroad’s principal place of business is Virginia, it is registered to do business in Pennsylvania as a foreign corporation, and Mallory sued there. However, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that state’s consent-by-registration statute to be unconstitutional under the due process clause. Goertz , 21-442.

Statute 101

Statute Stare Decisis Court Manufacturing 101

SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 27, 2022

Evidently, the petitioner in Mallory (a railroad worker who wants to sue his employer in Pennsylvania) was successful in arguing that his case is a better vehicle for addressing the issue than Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. McCall , the other case raising the issue, which the court will now hold pending the outcome of Mallory.

Statute 77

Statute Stare Decisis Court Drafting 77