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Latest News in Appellate
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May 19, 2025
DC Circ. Ponders Letting Gov't Claw Back $20B In Green Funds
The D.C. Circuit didn't seem convinced Monday morning that the Trump administration can't claw back $20 billion in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants that it's trying to cancel and divert elsewhere, hearing arguments over a preliminary injunction blocking the government from doing just that.
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May 19, 2025
6th Circ. Splits On 'Classic,' 'First-Year' Contract Price Dispute
A split Sixth Circuit on Monday upended Parker Hannifin Corporation's win in a breach of contract fight with a Mexican automotive supplier, saying the Ohio company's terms over the price of its pistons didn't govern in a "classic" dispute fit for a law student's first-year contract class.
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May 19, 2025
Pa. Nursing Home Gets $2.7M Punitive Damages Award Axed
A Pennsylvania appellate panel on Monday vacated a jury's $2.7 million punitive damages award in a suit accusing a nursing home of negligently causing a resident's fractured hip, saying plaintiff's counsel was too late in alleging the home acted recklessly in caring for the resident.
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May 19, 2025
Feds Want Full 2nd Circ. To Toss Student Removal Challenges
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the full Second Circuit to reconsider a pair of decisions siding with students who say they were detained by immigration officials for expressing pro-Palestinian views, doubling down on its argument that courts don't have the jurisdiction to consider the government's removal decisions.
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May 19, 2025
SEC's 'Shadow Trading' Win Should Be Tossed, 9th Circ. Told
An ex-Medivation Inc. executive found liable in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's first-ever "shadow trading" case has asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn the verdict, arguing that his company's policies should have kept the matter from going to a jury in the first place.

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