Colorado requires that all retailers pay a 2.9 percent tax on the sale of all tangible goods within the state. Direct Marketing Ass’n v. Brohl, 735 F.3d 904, 906 (10th Cir. 2013). The Commerce Clause and the Supreme Court’s decision in Quill Corp. v....
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On September 22, 1999, Ramon Nelson was killed while riding his bike away from a liquor store in Markham, Illinois. See Owens v. Duncan, 781 F.3d 360, 362 (7th Cir. 2015); Brief for Petitioner, Stephen Duncan, Warden at 3. A person struck Nelson in...
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Joseph McVeigh was injured in a car accident in 1997. Mayer, Brown, Rowe, & Maw’s Supreme Court Docket Report at 2 (Jan. 6, 2006) (“Docket Report”). As a federal employee, Mr. McVeigh was eligible for and enrolled in a Service Benefit...
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Federalism is a system of government in which the same territory is controlled by two levels of government. Generally, an overarching national government is responsible for broader governance of larger territorial areas, while the...
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In March 1998, Haines City Police Officer Christopher Todd Horner was found dead in a Florida cemetery with a bullet in the back of his head. See United States v. Fowler, 603 F.3d 883, 884–85 (11th Cir. 2010). The events leading to Horner’s death began...
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Respondent Gilbert P. Hyatt filed suit against Petitioner Franchise Tax Board of California (“Franchise Tax Board”) in 1998, alleging that it had committed certain intentional torts, causing him damages, and claiming that its tax auditors acted in bad...
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In 1970, Congress passed the Controlled Substance Act ("CSA") as part of a comprehensive federal scheme to regulate and control certain drugs and other substances. Under the CSA, physicians who prescribe controlled substances are...
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In the 1940s, the United States Navy constructed a landfill, the Ordot Dump, on the island of Guam. Gov’t of Guam v. United States at 106–07. The Navy used the Dump for the disposal of “munitions, chemicals, and everyday garbage.” Id. Although the...
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In January 2016, Respondent Ivanka Talevski placed her husband, Gorgi Talevski, an elderly man living with dementia, in the care of Valparaiso Care and Rehabilitation (“VCR”), an institution owned by Petitioner Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion...
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In the small Mexican border city of Nogales, Arizona, the vast majority of primary through high school students are Hispanic, and Spanish is their primary language. See Flores v. Horne, 516 F.3d 1140, 1145 (Feb. 22, 2008). During at least some portion...