In 2004, Petitioner, Kevin Abbott, and Michael Grant were selling drugs out of a house in Philadelphia. See United States v. Abbott, 574 F. 3d 203, 204–05 (3d Cir. 2009). Abbott and Grant had sold heroin and crack cocaine several times to a...
statutory interpretation
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Oral argument: October 29, 2007
Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (Oct. 19, 2006)
PRISONERS' RIGHTS, STATUTORY INTERPRETATION, SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, FEDERAL... (LIIBULLETIN preview)
The Medicare program consists of Part A and Part B. Am. Hosp. Ass’n v. Azar at 820. Under Medicare Part B, which provides coverage for certain hospital-administered drugs, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) sets hospital reimbursement...
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The Alleged Scheme
Respondent Ideal Steel Supply Corporation (“Ideal Steel”) and Petitioner Anza’s company, National Steel Supply Inc., are direct competitors in the business of selling steel mill products and other hardware in the Bronx and Queens, New...
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In 2002, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a decision requiring Arlington Central School District Board of Education (“Arlington”) to pay certain private school tuition fees for Joseph Murphy, a district student with a...
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Shortly after Karen and Robert Nicholas (“Nick”) Capato were married in New Jersey in 1999, Nick Capato was diagnosed with cancer. See Capato v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 631 F.3d 626, 627 (3rd Cir. 2011). To ensure...
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The Indian Health Service (“IHS”) is a federal agency that administers healthcare programs for Indian tribes. San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Xavier Becerra, et al. at 2. Most IHS funding comes from the federal government, but it also bills insurance...
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In December 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) initiated the Migrant Protection Protocols (“MPP”). Texas v. Biden at 5. Congress authorized MPP through the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) in 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(C). Id. at 6....
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Petitioner Alexandru Bittner is a dual citizen of Romania and the United States. United States v. Bittner, at 1. Bittner emigrated to the United States in 1982, where he obtained his American citizenship and lived until 1990, when he moved back to...
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Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), states and local school systems obtain federal funding to ensure that children with disabilities receive a “free appropriate public education” (“FAPE”) through “individualized education...