Volume 608

Justia Opinion Summary: Several investment companies managing closed-end mutual funds, incorporated in Maryland, adopted resolutions under the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act (MCSAA) to limit the voting rights of shareholders who accumulate ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Ahmad Abouammo, while working at Twitter’s San Francisco office, provided a Saudi official with confidential information about dissident users and was paid $300,000. After leaving Twitter, Abouammo moved to Seattle and ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Thomas Keathley and his wife filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in December 2019. During the bankruptcy proceedings, they were required to disclose all assets, including any claims against third parties. In August 2021, while ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Amarin Pharma, Inc. developed and marketed Vascepa, a drug containing icosapent ethyl. Initially, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Vascepa for treating severe hypertriglyceridemia (the SH indication). Later, ...

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved two major cellular service providers that were investigated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for allegedly mishandling customer location data, potentially violating laws and regulations concerning ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Ongkaruck Sripetch orchestrated several fraudulent schemes involving over 20 penny-stock companies. These schemes included classic “pump and dump” operations, where Sripetch and his associates would acquire shares, artificially ...

Justia Opinion Summary: In this matter, Alabama enacted a congressional district map in 2023 that included only one district in which Black voters constituted a majority. Plaintiffs challenged the map, arguing that it diluted Black voting strength ...

Justia Opinion Summary: The petitioner was convicted of murder in Florida and sentenced to death after a jury trial. A key witness for the prosecution was a jailhouse informant, Jake Ozio, who testified that he heard the petitioner confess while ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Joe Fernandez was indicted in 2013 for his alleged role as the backup shooter in a double assassination connected to a drug ring. Prosecutors asserted Fernandez was paid to kill two gang members, firing 14 rounds after the ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Two black teenagers carried out a robbery at a grocery store in Mississippi, during which one of them shot and killed the white store owner. The shooter accepted a plea deal for a 20-year sentence. The other participant was ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Two individuals were convicted of multiple counts under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) for using and carrying firearms during crimes of violence, resulting in lengthy mandatory minimum sentences due to a “stacking” provision. Years ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Angelo Brock operated as a franchisee distributing baked goods for a large national baking company in Colorado. He picked up products from a local warehouse and delivered them to stores within the state, never leaving Colorado ...

Justia Opinion Summary: An association representing immigration judges challenged a policy issued by the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which required judges to obtain supervisory approval before making public statements relating to their ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Four employers participating in an underfunded multiemployer pension plan withdrew from the plan in 2018. The plan’s trustees, using a newly adopted discount rate of 6.50% (previously 7.50%), calculated each employer’s ...

Justia Opinion Summary: A state official sought review of a lower court decision concerning an inmate, Joseph Clifton Smith, who was involved in litigation against the Alabama Department of Corrections. The case reached the United States Supreme ...

Justia Opinion Summary: Havana Docks Corporation, a U.S.-based entity, obtained a usufructuary concession from the Cuban Government in 1928, granting it the right to develop and operate docks at the Port of Havana until 2004. This concession included ...

Justia Opinion Summary: A man suffered severe injuries, including the loss of his leg, when his stopped tractor-trailer was struck by a truck driven by an employee of a motor carrier. The shipment had been coordinated by a broker, and the injured ...

Justia Opinion Summary: The case concerns an employee who worked at a Los Angeles hotel and was terminated in March 2020, allegedly due to COVID-19-related staffing issues. The employee sued the hotel and its affiliates in the United States District ...

Justia Opinion Summary: After the 2020 census, Louisiana redrew its congressional districts, enacting a map (HB1) with only one majority-black district. Plaintiffs challenged this map in the United States District Court for the Middle District of ...

Justia Opinion Summary: A religious nonprofit organization in New Jersey, active since 1985, provides counseling and resources to pregnant women but does not offer or refer for abortions due to its belief that life begins at conception. In 2022, ...

Justia Opinion Summary: The case concerns a dispute over the operation of Line 5, a petroleum pipeline owned and operated by Enbridge, which traverses the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan under a 1953 easement granted by the State. In June 2019, ...

Justia Opinion Summary: A former Army specialist was seriously injured in a suicide bombing at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. The attack was carried out by Ahmad Nayeb, a Taliban operative hired by Fluor Corporation, a military contractor, ...

Justia Opinion Summary: In the early morning hours, a Metropolitan Police officer in Washington, D.C., responded to a radio dispatch about a suspicious vehicle at a specific location. Upon arrival, the officer observed two individuals fleeing from ...

Justia Opinion Summary: During the Second World War, Chevron’s corporate predecessor operated oil fields in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, producing crude oil that was refined into aviation gasoline (avgas) for the United States military under ...