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News Supreme Court rules narrowly on mootness of a class action claim
Supreme Court rules narrowly on mootness of a class action claim
Julia Zebley
April 17, 2013 07:21:40 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday in Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk that the claim was moot because respondent "had no personal interest in representing putative, unnamed claimants, nor...

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News Supreme Court agrees to hear ERISA case, rejects Boston College IRA research petition
Supreme Court agrees to hear ERISA case, rejects Boston College IRA research petition
Julia Zebley
April 16, 2013 08:52:21 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two new cases on Monday. In Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co. the court will hear arguments the deadline for filing...

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News Supreme Court to rule on contractual venue  agreements
Supreme Court to rule on contractual venue agreements
Julia Zebley
April 2, 2013 08:51:11 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in one new case on Monday. In Atlantic Marine Construction Co. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas the court...

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News Supreme Court rules for pro se prisoner in sovereign immunity case
Supreme Court rules for pro se prisoner in sovereign immunity case
Julia Zebley
March 28, 2013 09:32:38 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Millbrook v. US that the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and exceptions to it, waive the immunity...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on DOMA
Supreme Court hears arguments on DOMA
Julia Zebley
March 27, 2013 03:38:38 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in United States v. Windsor , the second of two cases the court heard this week on same-sex marriage . In Wednesday's argument, the...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in Proposition 8 case
Supreme Court hears arguments in Proposition 8 case
Julia Zebley
March 26, 2013 12:37:45 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Hollingsworth v. Perry , the first of two cases the court will hear this week on same-sex marriage . In Tuesday's argument, the...

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News Supreme Court to rule on new affirmative action issue
Supreme Court to rule on new affirmative action issue
Julia Zebley
March 26, 2013 10:54:03 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases on Monday, including a new affirmative action case. The court will hear Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action on whether...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on forced arbitration clauses
Supreme Court hears arguments on forced arbitration clauses
Julia Zebley
March 26, 2013 08:23:01 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases . In Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter the court is considering whether an arbitrator acts within his powers under the Federal Arbitration...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in California raisins case
Supreme Court hears arguments in California raisins case
Julia Zebley
March 21, 2013 10:33:30 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Horne v. Department of Agriculture on whether a party can raise the Fifth Amendment takings clause as a defense when charged by the...

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News Supreme Court rules federal Medicaid statute pre-empts state law
Supreme Court rules federal Medicaid statute pre-empts state law
Julia Zebley
March 21, 2013 09:16:27 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 6–3 Tuesday in Wos v. EMA , formerly Delia v. EMA , that the NC Gen. Stat. § 108A-57, which takes a third of medical malpractice settlements for Medicaid reimbursement,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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