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A second look at a death-row prisoner’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim

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Andrus argues that the Texas court “disregard[ed] this Court’s determinations and legal precedents to strain for a result that it prefers,” and in the process violated “vertical stare decisis,” the principle that lower courts must follow the Supreme Court’s decisions. That’s all for this week. Until next time, stay safe ! New Relist.

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Another look at qualified immunity

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1983 claim seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence begins to run at the end of state-court litigation denying DNA testing, including any appeals (as the U.S. Goertz , 21-442. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C.

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Challenges to administrative action and retroactive relief for prisoners

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The question is whether the United States is such a successful litigant that the court will grant review even in cases it doesn’t want the court to review. The United States is easily the most successful petitioner before the Supreme Court, winning review in over 70% of the cases in which it files a cert petition.

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

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1983 claim seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence begins to run at the end of state-court litigation denying DNA testing, including any appeals (as the U.S. Goertz , 21-442. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C.

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Dismissing False Claims Act cases, promoting prescription fentanyl, and a capital case

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The FCA gives the government a fair amount of ability to control the litigation. Then the government can intervene if it wishes and take the lead in litigating the case; or it can decline to intervene and let the relator litigate the case.

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Private rights of action, overtime pay, and the constitutionality of a billboard tax

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They contend that overbroad application of the court’s older precedents essentially would “ federaliz[e] much medical-malpractice litigation ,” and say the court should use this case as an opportunity to clarify the proper tests for recognizing a private right of action.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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The fishing companies, led by Loper Bright Enterprises, went to federal court in Washington in 2020 to challenge the NMFS rule, arguing that it was not authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Although stare decisis analysis may apply to that holding, it does not apply to the interpretative methodology outlined in Chevron.