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USCA, Fourth Circuit United States v. Hamidullin, Case No. 15-4788
6 december 2017
War Powers: Was a former Taliban commander required to have a military tribunal determine his prisoner of war status before he could be prosecuted in federal court for committing hostile acts against Americans in Afghanistan? - Argued December 5, 2017 Lees meer
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USCA, Ninth Circuit United States v. Gartenlaub, Case No. 16-50339
5 december 2017
Fourth Amendment: Did the government's application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court establish probable cause to believe that appellant was an agent of a foreign power and did the government violate the Fourth Amendment by searching every file on the appellant's computers and seizing child pornography that it found in the course of the search for foreign intelligence information? - Argued December 4, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC, Case No. 16-712
1 december 2017
Separation of Powers: Whether inter partes review—an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to analyze the validity of existing patents—violates the Constitution by extinguishing private property rights through a non-Article III forum without a jury. - Argued November 27, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court SAS Institute v. Matal, Case No. 16-969
1 december 2017
Intellectual Property: Does 35 U.S.C. § 318(a), which provides that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review "shall issue a final written decision with respect to the patentability of any patent claim challenged by the petitioner," require that Board to issue a final written decision as to every claim challenged by the petitioner, or does it allow that Board to issue a final written decision with respect to the patentability of only some of the patent claims challenged by the petitioner, as the Federal Circuit held? - Argued November 27, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver Cty. Employees, Case No. 15-1439
1 december 2017
Civil Procedure: Whether state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over covered class actions that allege only Securities Act of 1933 claims. - Argued November 28, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court Digital Realty Trust v. Somers, Case No. 16-1276
1 december 2017
Civil Procedure: Whether the anti-retaliation provision for "whistleblowers" in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 extends to individuals who have not reported alleged misconduct to the Securities and Exchange Commission and thus fall outside the Act's definition of a "whistleblower." - Argued November 28, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court Carpenter v. United States, Case No. 16-402
1 december 2017
Fourth Amendment: Whether the warrantless seizure and search of historical cell phone records revealing the location and movements of a cell phone user over the course of 127 days is permitted by the Fourth Amendment. - Argued November 29, 2017
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USCA, Fourth Circuit United States v. Hamidullin, Case No. 15-4788
27 november 2017
War Powers: Was a captured Taliban commander, charged in federal court with violent crimes against U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, entitled to combatant immunity under the Geneva Conventions? - Argued December 9, 2016
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U.S. Supreme Court Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting, Case No. 16-784
13 november 2017
Bankruptcy: Whether the safe harbor of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e) prohibits avoidance of a transfer made by or to a financial institution, without regard to whether the institution has a beneficial interest in the property transferred, consistent with decisions from the Second, Third, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits, but contrary to decisions from the Eleventh Circuit and now the Seventh Circuit? - Argued November 6, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court Patchak v. Zinke, Case No. 16-498
13 november 2017
Separation of Powers: Does a statute directing the federal courts to "promptly dismiss” a pending lawsuit following substantive determinations by the courts (including this Court's determination that the "suit may proceed")-without amending underlying substantive or procedural laws-violate the Constitution’s separation of powers principles? - Argued November 7, 2017 Lees meer
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USCA, Fifth Circuit City of El Cenizo v. Texas, Case No. 17-50762
8 november 2017
Beluister deze afleveringImmigration: Is Texas’ SB4 sanctuary cities bill, which requires municipalities to enforce immigration laws, preempted by federal law; and alternatively does it violate the First and Fifth Amendments? - Argued November 7, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court Ayestas v. Davis, Case No. 16-6795
3 november 2017
Death Penalty: Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that 18 U.S.C. § 3599(f) withholds "reasonably necessary" resources to investigate and develop an IAC claim that state habeas counsel forfeited, where the claimant's existing evidence does not meet the ultimate burden of proof at the time the § 3599(f) motion is made. - Argued October 30, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court Wilson v. Sellers, Case No. 16-6855
3 november 2017
Habeas Corpus: Did the Court's decision in Harrington v. Richter, 562 U.S. 86 (2011), silently abrogate the presumption set forth in Ylst v. Nunnemaker, 501 U.S. 797 (1991) - that a federal court sitting in habeas proceedings should "look through" a summary state court ruling to review the last reasoned decision? - Argued October 30, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, Case No. 15-1509
3 november 2017
Bankruptcy: Whether the appropriate standard of review for determining non-statutory insider status in a bankruptcy proceeding is the de novo standard of review applied by the Third, Seventh and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal, or the clearly erroneous standard of review adopted for the first time by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal in this action? - Argued October 31, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court Artis v. District of Columbia, Case No. 16-460
3 november 2017
Civil Procedure: When exercising supplemental jurisdiction, does the tolling provision in 28 U.S.C. § 1367(d) suspend the limitations period for the state-law claim while the claim is pending and for thirty days after the claim is dismissed or provide 30 days beyond the dismissal for the plaintiff to refile? - Argued November 1, 2017 Lees meer
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USCA, Seventh Circuit Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Concord Community Schools, Case No. 17-1683
1 november 2017
Religious Liberty: Does a high school's performance of a live Nativity scene violate the Establishment Clause? - Argued October 31, 2017
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USCA, Fourth Circuit BMG v. Cox Communications, Case No. 16-1972
30 oktober 2017
Intellectual Property: When is an internet service provider responsible for copyright infringement by its users? - Argued October 25, 2017
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USCA, D.C. Circuit Smith v. Trump, Case No. 16-5377
27 oktober 2017
War Powers: May a service member object to a deployment to combat ISIS as unauthorized by Congress? - Argued October 27, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court National Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of Defense, Case No. 16-299
21 oktober 2017
Environmental Law: Must challenges to the EPA's "Waters of the United States" rule defining the scope of the Clean Water Act be filed in federal district court rather than directly in the courts of appeals? - Argued October 11, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Serv. of Chicago, Case No. 16-658
21 oktober 2017
Civil Procedure: Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C) can deprive a court of appeals of jurisdiction over an appeal that is statutorily timely, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 4th, 7th and 10th Circuits have concluded, or whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C) is instead a nonjurisdictional claim-processing rule because it is not derived from a statute, as the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 9th and District of Columbia Circuits have concluded, and therefore subject to equitable considerations such as forfeiture, waiver and the unique-circumstances doctrine. - Argued October 10, 2017 Lees meer
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USCA, D.C. Circuit Garza v. Hargan, Case No. 17-5236
21 oktober 2017
Immigration: May a non-citizen minor, detained by immigration officials, be denied access to abortion services? - Argued October 20, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court Jesner v. Arab Bank, Case No. 16-499
14 oktober 2017
International Law: Can corporations be held liable under the Alien Tort Statute? - Argued October 11, 2017
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USCA, Ninth Circuit Hawaii v. Trump, Case No. 17-16426
9 oktober 2017
Immigration: Is the Trump Administration's narrow definition of "close family member" and "bona fide" traveler consistent with the Supreme Court's modification of the preliminary injunction issued in Trump v. Hawaii? - Argued August 28, 2017
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USCA, Ninth Circuit Williams v. Gaye, Case No. 15-56880
9 oktober 2017
Intellectual Property: Did the song "Blurred Lines" infringe upon the Marvin Gaye song "Got To Give It Up"? - Argued October 6, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court Class v. United States, Case No. 16-424
6 oktober 2017
Criminal Procedure: Whether a guilty plea inherently waives a defendant's right to challenge the constitutionality of his statute of conviction. - Argued October 4, 2017
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USCA, Second Circuit Zarda v. Altitude Express, Inc, Case No. 15-3775
6 oktober 2017
Labor: Does discrimination based upon sexual orientation constitute "gender discrimination" for the purposes of Title VII? - Argued September 26, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court Sessions v. Dimaya, Case No. 15-1498
6 oktober 2017
Immigration: Whether 18 U.S.C. 16(b), as incorporated into the Immigration and Nationality Act's provisions governing an alien's removal from the United States, is unconstitutionally vague. - Argued October 2, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, Case No. 16-285
6 oktober 2017
Labor: Whether an agreement that requires an employer and an employee to resolve employment-related disputes through individual arbitration, and waive class and collective proceedings, is enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act, notwithstanding the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. - Argued October 2, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court Jennings v. Rodriguez, Case No. 15-1204
6 oktober 2017
Immigration: Whether aliens seeking admission to the United States who are subject to mandatory detention must be afforded bond hearings, with the possibility of release into the United States, if detention lasts six months. - Argued October 3, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court District of Columbia v. Wesby, Case No. 15-1485
6 oktober 2017
Fourth Amendment: Whether police officers who found late-night partiers inside a vacant home belonging to someone else had probable cause to arrest the partiers for trespassing under the Fourth Amendment, and in particular whether, when the owner of a vacant home informs police that he has not authorized entry, an officer assessing probable cause to arrest those inside for trespassing may discredit the suspects' questionable claims of an innocent mental state. - Argued October 4, 2017 Lees meer
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U.S. Supreme Court Gill v. Whitford, Case No. 16-1161
6 oktober 2017
Election Law: Are partisan-gerrymandering claims justiciable? - Argued October 3, 2017
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U.S. Supreme Court Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple, Case No. 15-777
22 december 2015
Intellectual Property: 1. Where a design patent includes unprotected non-ornamental features, should a district court be required to limit that patent to its protected ornamental scope? 2. Where a design patent is applied to only a component of a product, should an award of infringer’s profits be limited to those profits attributable to the component? - Argued October 11, 2016 Lees meer