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New Cert Petition: Fifth Amendment Requires California To Spread The Cost Of Wildfire Inverse Condemnations To Ratepayers

Remember that Christopher Nolan movie from a few years ago, "Inception," with its dream-within-a-dream storyline? Well, that's what a recently-filed cert petition which asks the U.S. Supreme Court to jump into California's inverse-condemnation-liability-for-wildfires issue reminds us of with its taking-within-a-taking … Continue reading

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Supreme Court Grants Cert in "Stop-Time Rule" Case

Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Barton v. Barr. The issue in the case is "[w]hether a lawfully admitted permanent resident who is not seeking admission to the United States can be `render[ed] … inadmissible” for the purposes of… … Continue reading

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Cert Denied, Denied, Denied, Denied In Reg Takings Cases

In case you have been following along, you can take these four cases off your watch list: Leone: Hawaii Supreme Court concluded that holding property that has no present use in the hope that someday in the future the government … Continue reading

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Cert Denied Cases Now on ProQuest Supreme Court Insight

ProQuest Supreme Court Insight now includes petitions for writ of certiorari for cert denied cases, as well as for argued cases. Dockets and petition-stage briefs are also included for these cases. Coverage is from 1975 to the2017-18 term. Petitions for … Continue reading

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Payday Lenders & Arbitration: Cert Pet. in Henry v. Cash Biz LP (Tex. 2018) set for SCOTUS Conference Sep. 24, 2018

CREDIT ACCESS BUSINESS MODEL TEXAS-STYLE: CRIMINAL BAD-CHECK PROSECUTION FOR THEE, ARBITRATION FOR ME Texas Supreme Court parted ways with Fifth Circuit in concluding in customers' action against payday lender that payday lender had not waived right to enforce arbitration agreement by utilizing the … Continue reading

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