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A case in which the Court held that the Lanham Act does not permit the owner of a U.S.-registered trademark to recover damages for the use of that trademark when the infringement occurred outside the United States and is not likely to cause confusion in the United States.
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A case in which the Court held that 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and (B)(i)’s prohibition against encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain forbids only the purposeful solicitation and facilitation of specific acts known to violate federal law and is not unconstitutionally overbroad.…
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A case in which the Court held that the saving clause in 28 U. S. C. §2255(e) does not allow a prisoner asserting an intervening change in the interpretation of a criminal statute to circumvent the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996’s restrictions on second or successive § 2255 motions by filing a habeas petition under § 2241.…
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A case in which the Court held that when an individual brings a lawsuit on behalf of the government alleging fraud on the United States, the government has the power to dismiss the lawsuit whenever it intervenes in the case, and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) governs that procedure.
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A case in which the Court held that the exception in I.R.C. § 7609(c)(2)(D)(i) to the notice requirements for an Internal Revenue Service summons on third-party recordkeepers applies to a summons for anyone’s records whenever the IRS thinks that person’s records might somehow help it collect a delinquent taxpayer’s liability.…
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A case in which the Court held an internet platform does not “knowingly” provide substantial assistance under 18 U.S.C. § 2333 merely because it allegedly could have taken more “meaningful” or “aggressive” action to prevent such use, and that an internet platform whose services were not used in connection with the specific “act of international ter…
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A case in which the Court held that the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which empowers the Federal Labor Relations Authority to regulate the labor practices of federal agencies, also empowers it to regulate the labor practices of state militias.
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A case in which the Court held the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA)’s general grant of jurisdiction to the federal courts over claims against the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico and claims otherwise arising under PROMESA does not abrogate the Board’s sovereign immunity with respect to …
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A case in which the Court held that a federal immigration law does not bar a federal court of appeals from reviewing an immigrant’s claim that the Board of Immigration Appeals had engaged in impermissible factfinding simply because the immigrant had not exhausted that claim through a motion to reconsider, which is a discretionary form of review.…
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A case in which the Court held the Second Circuit’s “right to control” theory of fraud, which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person’s economic decision as a species of property fraud, cannot state a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute.…
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A case in which the Court reversed the conviction of a private citizen who was convicted of honest-services fraud on the theory that, although he held no elected office or government employment, he had informal political or other influence over governmental decisionmaking, and thus owed a fiduciary duty to the general public.…
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A case in which the Court held that U.S. district courts may exercise subject-matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions against foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalities under 18 U.S.C. § 3231, and that such entities are not immune from criminal prosecution under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.…
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