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From:Canada-United States Law Journal (Vol. 37, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedA DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THE STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FEBRUARY, 2012 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES (APPLICANT) v. THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA (RESPONDENT) MEMORIAL OF THE APPLICANT...
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From:Florida Bar Journal (Vol. 87, Issue 7)Seven thousand, sixty-four --that is the record-setting number of federal wage and hour suits brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) between March 2011 and March 2012. (1) That number represents an almost...
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From:Constitutional Commentary (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedLaw students at Litchfield Law School in Connecticut debated the scope of judicial review in their moot court exercises in 1797, years before the historic ruling by US Supreme Court Chief justice John Marshall in Marbury...
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From:Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum (Vol. 11, Issue 2)The Supreme Court's decision in Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.(1) has been described accurately as a victory for citizens seeking access to federal court to enforce the Clean Water...
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From:Canada-United States Law Journal (Vol. 37, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedUNITED STATES OF AMERICA (APPLICANT) V. CANADA (RESPONDENT) BENCH MEMORANDUM PART 1: GENERAL INFORMATION I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this Bench Memorandum is to provide judges in the Niagara Moot Court...
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From:Georgetown Law Journal (Vol. 109, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPlaintiffs bringing civil lawsuits often express sentiments like "I just wanted the defendants to admit they were wrong" and "we're worth something and can't be treated this way." These statements suggest that civil...
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From:Black Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 22, Issue 7)WASHINGTON The Howard University Law School's moot court team took first place in the American Bar Association Mock Trial Competition, the first team representing a historically Black college or university to do so....
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From:Harvard Law Review (Vol. 134, Issue 1)After the grand but doctrinally vacant pronouncements of District of Columbia v. Heller (1) and McDonald v. City of Chicago, (2) the Supreme Court rejected nearly every Second Amendment petition for certiorari for a...
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From:Harvard Law Review (Vol. 118, Issue 3)CIVIL PROCEDURE--SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION--FIRST CIRCUIT HOLDS THAT [section] 1367 DOES NOT MOOT THE JURISDICTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF [section] 1332.--Ortega v. Star-Kist Foods, Inc., 370 F.3d 124 (1st Cir.), cert....
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From:Albany Law Review (Vol. 79, Issue 4)Federal justiciability doctrine is a mess, as it is well-known. (1) State justiciability doctrine often fares not much better, especially to the extent that courts draw on federal justiciability doctrine in recognizing...
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From:Canada-United States Law Journal (Vol. 40, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSponsored by the Canada-United States Law Institute ("CUSLI") PART I: GENERAL INFORMATION A. Introduction The purpose of this Bench Memorandum is to provide judges in the Niagara International Moot Court...
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From:Canada-United States Law Journal (Vol. 43) Peer-ReviewedI. CASE COMPETITION DESCRIPTION A. Statement of Purpose Following the termination of the Niagara International Moot Court Competition in 2015 due to declining interest, a Joint Law-Business Case Study Competition...
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From:Canada-United States Law Journal (Vol. 37, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedA DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THE STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FEBRUARY, 2012 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES (APPLICANT) v. THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA (RESPONDENT) MEMORIAL OF THE RESPONDENT...
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From:Michigan Law Review (Vol. 120, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedWhen a case becomes moot on appeal, as when the parties settle, two primary Supreme Court cases guide the appellate court's decision about whether to vacate the lower-court opinion. The Court has said that vacatur, an...
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From:Washington University Journal of Law & Policy (Vol. 53)Moot court competitions are considered by some law students, and perhaps some taw professors, mainly as a "resume booster. " But as this Essay argues, legal employers are right to emphasize such qualifications in their...
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From:McGill Law Journal (Vol. 61, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIn 2015, the University of New Brunswick hosted the Kawaskimhon Talking Circle Moot. The moot problem was based on the case of Buctouche First Nation v. New Brunswick. The applicant First Nation applied to the courts for...
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From:Duke Law Journal (Vol. 60, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT When a case decided by a lower court becomes moot pending appeal, the appellate court must decide whether to vacate that decision. This scenario may arise in litigation spurred by opposition to an outgoing...
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From:William and Mary Law Review (Vol. 63, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION The lead-up to the Supreme Court's Fall 2019 term was steeped in controversy. The Court's first gun rights case in nearly a decade, New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. City of New York, quickly became...
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From:Harvard Law Review (Vol. 130, Issue 2)FEDERAL COURTS--MOOTNESS--EIGHTH CIRCUIT HOLDS CHALLENGE TO STATUTE NOT MOOTED BY 2014 ELECTION.--Missourians for Fiscal Accountability v. Klahr, 830 F.3d 789 (8th Cir. 2016) During the months or years between the...