On November 17, 2009, Breanna Brown, a confidential informant cooperating with the Central Iowa Drug Task Force, conducted a controlled buy of heroin from suspected drug dealer “Lil C.” See United States v. Burrage, 687 F.3d 1015, 1018 (8th Cir....
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Mens rea refers to criminal intent. The literal translation from Latin is "guilty mind." The plural of mens rea is mentes reae. Mens rea is the state of mind statutorily required in order to convict a particular defendant of a particular...
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Does federal law governing claims against generic pharmaceutical products preempt state law design-defect claims against the makers of those products?
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FactsIn December of 2004, Karen Bartlett’s doctor prescribed her Clinoril for...