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Immigration – Mandatory Detention Requirement
Aliens who are arrested because they are believed to be deportable may generally apply for release on bond or parole while the question of their removal is being decided.
Statutory Interpretation – Fuel Import Tax
The State of Washington imposes a tax upon fuel importers who travel by public highway.
Statutory Interpretation – Copyright Act – Costs
The Copyright Act gives federal district courts discretion to award “full costs” to a party in copyright litigation.
FELA – Compensation
Respondent Michael Loos was injured while working at petitioner BNSF Railway Company’s railyard.
Statutory Interpretation – Copyright Infringement
Impelling prompt registration of copyright claims, 17 U. S. C. §411(a) states that “no civil action for infringement of the copyright in any United States work shall be instituted until . . . registration of the copyright claim has been made in accordance with this title.”
Statutory Interpretation – 8th Amendment
The Eighth Amendment, this Court has held, prohibits the execution of a prisoner whose mental illness prevents him from “rational[ly] understanding” why the State seeks to impose that punishment.
Appeal Waiver
In Roe v. Flores-Ortega, 528 U. S. 470 (2000), this Court held that when an attorney’s deficient performance costs a defendant an appeal that the defendant would have otherwise pursued, prejudice to the defendant should be presumed “with no further showing from the defendant of the merits of his underlying claims.”
Statutory Interpretation – IOIA
The International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 grants international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Health Organization the “same immunity from suit . . . as is enjoyed by foreign governments.”
Statute of Limitations
To take an immediate appeal from a federal district court’s order granting or denying class certification, a party must first seek permission from the relevant court of appeals “within 14 days after the order is entered.”
Validity of Posthumous Judge Vote
The petition in this case presents the following question: May a federal court count the vote of a judge who dies before the decision is issued?
Statutory Interpretation – Intergovernmental Tax Immunity
After petitioner James Dawson retired from the U. S. Marshals Service, his home State of West Virginia taxed his federal pension benefits as it does all former federal employees.
8th Amendment Violation – Excessive Fines
Tyson Timbs pleaded guilty in Indiana state court to dealing in a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit theft.
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