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The Preemption Act of 1841, also known as the Distributive Preemption Act (27 Cong., Ch. 16; 5 Stat. 453), was a US federal law approved on September 4, 1841. It was designed to "appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands... and to grant 'pre-emption rights' to individuals" who were living on federal lands (commonly referred to as "squatters".)
Sam Houston was once again elected President of Texas and negotiated peace treaties with them in 1843 and 1844. From the 1840s on, the original Cherokee Nation sought compensation for the lands they lost in Texas. William Penn Adair was a staunch advocate for the claims of Texas Cherokee. [1]
The settlement also resolved four lawsuits pending in federal court in the District of Massachusetts four separate qui tam cases brought by whistleblowers under the False Claims Act. [26] The civil charges were settled for $2 billion of the total $3 billion resolution, a record number for civil settlements brought under the False Claims Act. [ 27 ]
The contract is based upon the bargain that a party forgoes its ability to sue (if it has not sued already), or to continue with the claim (if the plaintiff has sued), in return for the certainty written into the settlement. The courts will enforce the settlement. If it is breached, the party in default could be sued for breach of that contract.
Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, officials said Tuesday.
Map of Texas, illustrating the area under de facto control of the Republic of Texas (in light yellow); the full extent of the Texan claim (light yellow and green); and modern-day borders of the State of Texas. Later in the 19th century, there was one more case of a state ceding some of its land to the federal government.
In his lawsuit, which he filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Trump claims that CBS violated that state's Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), which prohibits ...
The government liberalized its immigration policies, allowing for settlers from the United States to immigrate to Texas. [87] The German settlement in Mexico goes back to the times they settled Texas when it was under Spanish rule, but the first permanent settlement of Germans was at Industry, in Austin County, established by Friedrich Ernst ...