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SCOTUS wrap-up: class action over unsolicited faxes revived
U.S. Supreme Court rules 6-3 that federal courts may assess FCC final rulings in TCPA fax cases, reversing 9th Circuit on Hobbs Act limits.
Texas can’t go to court to block nuclear storage site, justices rule
The U.S. Supreme Court rules Texas can’t go to court to challenge a license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct a facility in West Texas to store spent nuclear fuel.
Criminal Law: Robbery-Hobbs Act-Crime of Violence
Where a defendant who was convicted of robbery under the Hobbs Act and unlawful possession of a weapon challenged the admission of evidence of him wearing clothes similar to those […]
Criminal Law : Robbery – Sufficiency Of Evidence – Hobbs Act
U.S. v. Chaplain (MLW No. 70791/Case No. 16-2985 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.)
Criminal Law : Sentencing – Hobbs Act – Batson
U.S. v. House (MLW No. 69253/Case No. 14-3011 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Murphy, J.)
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