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  2. United States v. Emerson - Wikipedia

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    United States v. Emerson , 270 F.3d 203 (5th Cir. 2001), [ 1 ] cert. denied , 536 U.S. 907 (2002), [ 2 ] is a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit holding that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees individuals the right to bear arms.

  3. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 404

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    This page was last edited on 13 September 2023, at 02:34 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  4. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 52

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    Greenwood, 52 U.S. (11 How.) 248 (1851), is a Supreme Court decision credited with introducing into United States patent law the concept of non-obviousness as a patentability requirement, [3] as well as stating the applicable legal standard for determining its presence or absence in a claimed invention.

  5. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 208

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    Supreme Court of the United States 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W  /  38.89056°N 77.00444°W  / 38.89056; -77.00444 Established March 4, 1789 ; 235 years ago (1789-03-04) Location Washington, D.C. Coordinates 38°53′26″N 77°00′16″W  /  38.89056°N 77.00444°W  / 38.89056; -77.00444 Composition method Presidential nomination with Senate confirmation Authorised by ...

  6. Conflict of tort laws - Wikipedia

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    The presumptive choice of law rule for tort is that the proper law applies. [citation needed] This refers to the law that has the greatest relevance to the issues involved. In public policy terms, this is usually the law of the place where the key elements of the "wrong" were performed or occurred (the lex loci delicti). So if A is a pedestrian ...

  7. Prison Litigation Reform Act - Wikipedia

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    The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, [1] is a U.S. federal law that was enacted in 1996. [2] Congress enacted PLRA in response to a significant increase in prisoner litigation in the federal courts; the PLRA was designed to decrease the incidence of litigation within the court system.

  8. Intertemporal law - Wikipedia

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    Intertemporal law is based on the idea that an action is governed by the law in force at the (local) time of its occurrence. It is therefore irrelevant, for example, that a legal question is only decided by a court at a later point in time, when the previously applicable law is no longer valid.

  9. Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations ...

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    The Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980, also known as the Rome Convention, is a measure in private international law or conflict of laws which creates a common choice of law system in contracts within the European Union. The convention determines which law should be used, but does not harmonise the substance (the ...