Locomotive UP5683 was a component of a train that originated in Chicago, IL and terminated in Dexter, MO. Brief for Petitioner, Bradley LeDure at 7. UP5683 arrived in Salem, IL at 2:00 AM; before its scheduled departure of 3:00 AM, its crew needed to...
statutory interpretation
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Promega Corporation (“Promega”) owns four patents for methods of amplifying particular “short tandem repeats” (“STR”) loci in a DNA strand and has an exclusive license over a fifth method for the same. Promega Corp. v. Life Technologies Corp., No. 10-...
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In June 2010, federal agents initiated an undercover investigation of Avondale Lockhart after learning that Lockhart had transferred money to receive child pornography. See United States v. Lockhart, 749 F.3d 148, 150 (2d Cir. 2014). On July 13, 2010,...
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In 2010, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), which, among other healthcare reforms, created virtual marketplaces, called health benefit exchanges (“Exchanges”), that allowed individuals and groups to purchase...
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Oral argument: February 21, 2007
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (July 13, 2005)
AT&T sued Microsoft over code in the Microsoft Windows operating...
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Oral argument: Nov. 28, 2011
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Nov. 30, 2010)
Petitioner Marcus Mims alleges that Respondent Arrow Financial Services violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“...
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The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is a position that requires appointment by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. See SW General v. NLRB, No. 14-1107, slip op. at 5 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 7, 2015). The...
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In 1953, Congress passed the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”) to regulate use of the outer continental shelf, defined as all submerged lands beyond the states’ three-mile coastal jurisdiction. See 43 U.S.C. § 1331(a). OCSLA granted the...
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Carlton & Harris Chiropractic (“Carlton & Harris”) is a West Virginia chiropractic office; PDR Network (“PDR”) sells healthcare products to doctors and other healthcare providers. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc. v. PDR Network et al. (“...
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Clemente Avelino Pereida, (“Pereida”) a Mexican citizen, entered the United States in 1995 without authorization. Pereida v. Barr at 1130. Pereida has remained in the U.S. since then, and he has been steadily employed, paid his taxes, and raised a...