Defendants Altria Group and Philip Morris (Altria’s subsidiary) manufactured and sold two brands of cigarettes, “Marlboro Lights” and “Cambridge Lights.” See Good v. Altria Group, Inc., 501 F.3d 29, 30 (1st Cir. 2007). Altria’s advertising claimed “...
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Heidi Ahlborn suffered severe, permanently disabling injuries in a 1996 car accident. Ahlborn v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Services, 397 F.3d 620, 622 (8th Cir. 2005). She sought and received roughly $215,000 in medical benefits through Arkansas's...
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Exceptional Child Center, Inc., and four other companies (collectively, “ECC”) offer in-home healthcare and other services for those who are Medicaid-eligible in Idaho. See Inclusion, Inc. v. Armstrong, 835 F. Supp. 2d 960, 961 (D. Idaho...
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In 1992, Congress passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (“PASPA”), which prohibits states and their political subdivisions from authorizing, licensing, regulating, and controlling sports gambling. See NCAA v. Governor of New Jersey...
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In 2006, Respondent Jodie Nevils, a federal employee working for the United States Postal Service, was injured in a car accident. See Brief for Respondent, Jodie Nevils at 11. Nevils was covered by a health insurance plan through the petitioner...
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The Medicaid program authorizes dissemination of federal funds to participating states to reimburse health care providers for services provided to individuals who are eligible for Medicaid. See California Pharmacists Ass’n v. Maxwell-Jolly, 596 F.3d...
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In 1992, Keith Haywood received a fifteen- to thirty-year sentence in Attica Correctional Facility for his second violent felony. See Haywood v. Drown, 9 N.Y.3d 481, 484 (N.Y. 2007); see also People v. Haywood, 184 A.D.2d 450, 585 (1st Dep’t 1992). In...
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Whether any provision of the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 preempts states from creating an equitable remedy where a third party can recover the amount of the...
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Petitioner John Howell and Respondent Sandra Howell, residents of Arizona, divorced in 1991. See Brief for Petitioner, John Howell at 8. Mr. Howell, who was anticipating retiring from the Air Force shortly after the divorce, came to an agreement with...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) regulates interstate electricity markets. To that end, FERC “authorized the creation of ‘regional transmission organizations,’ to oversee [] multistate markets.” See PPL EnergyPlus, LLC v....