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Denial of Commodities Trading-Related Patent Application Affirmed
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Bilski v. Kappos, No. 08-964, involved a patent application seeking protection for a claimed invention explaining how commodities buyers and sellers in the...
First Amendment Challenge to the Washington Public Records Act Rejected
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Doe v. Reed, No. 09-559, involved a First Amendment challenge to the Washington Public Records Act based on its provision permitting the disclosure of...
Securities and Exchange Act Section 10(b) Does Not Provide Cause of Action Concerning Foreign Exchanges
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Morrison v. Nat'l Australia Bank Ltd., No. 08-1191, involved a securities fraud action by Australian citizens claiming that defendant corporation and its...
Collective Bargaining Act Ratification Date Was For District Court To Resolve
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Granite Rock Co. v. Int'l. Brotherhood of Teamsters, No. 08-1214, an action against a labor union by an employer, invoking federal jurisdiction under section...
Capital Habeas Petition Not "Second or Successive"
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In Magwood v. Patterson, No. 09-158, a capital habeas matter, the Court reversed the Eleventh Circuit's reversal of the grant of petitioner's petition, holding...
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling's Honest Services Fraud Conviction Vacated
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In Skilling v. US, No. 08-1394, the Court affirmed in part the Fifth Circuit's affirmance of defendant Jeffrey Skilling's honest-services fraud conviction,...
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