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The Supreme Court issued three opinions today. Read more about the decisions below. Shelby County v. Eric H. Holder, Jr. Docket: 12-96 Date: June 25, 2012 Read commentary and review lower court decisions related to Shelby County decision here. Justia Opinion Summary: The Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C.…
Dawson Farms v. Risk Management Agency, US 8th Cir. (11/7/12) Agriculture Law, Government & Administrative Law Dawson Farms challenged the RMA's denial of its crop-insurance claim alleging loss due to "tuber rot" in stored potatoes. A final agency review affirmed the RMA's denial of Dawson Farms' claim, finding that the…
Apple, Inc. was hit with a patent infringement lawsuit Thursday (read it below) alleging that the company's iPad 3 tablets and Macbook Pro computers violate four light emitting diode (LED) patents. The case was filed in in federal court in Delaware by claimed patent holder LED Tech Development LLC, a…
The 2012 Law Via the Internet Conference at Cornell Law School has concluded, and the Justia attendees have headed back to sunny California. By every measure, I think the conference was a success. It stimulated thought and provoked discussion; it disseminated new ideas and revisited old ones; and it brought…
Here is a summary of legal developments in five federal and state court cases last week that involved technology companies, or alleged activities by their users. Samsung Cries Foul, Claiming Jury Foreman in Apple iPhone $1B+ Lawsuit Was Biased In a motion filed last Tuesday, Samsung's lawyers asked U.S. District Court…
In a few days, several of us here at Justia will be traveling to “gorges” Ithaca, New York, to attend the 2012 Law Via the Internet Conference at Cornell Law School. The conference marks the 20th Anniversary of the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School, the Internet’s first…
Today, we headed out in the morning to spot the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it flew over NASA's Ames Research Center. After quite a bit of waiting, we spotted the Space Shuttle Endeavour heading towards us. The Dumbarton Bridge is below.
Tomorrow brings one of the most highly anticipated decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years: the ruling on the constitutionality of the health-care law that is arguably the crowning achievement of President Obama's first term in office. Incidentally, tomorrow also marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of…
We've got three picks from our writers this week - enjoy! Don't Even Think of Parking Here Feloney v. Baye Nebraska Supreme Court (6/1/12) For several years, Michael Feloney used his neighbor Robert Baye's driveway to turn his vehicle to enter his garage. Eventually Baye decided to build a retaining…