Starting in 2005, Respondents Learjet, Inc. and other retail gas purchasers (collectively, “Learjet”), filed claims in both federal and state court alleging that Petitioners Oneok, Inc. and other natural gas traders (collectively, “Oneok”),...
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Beginning in January 2013, Respondent Brian Newton (“Newton”) worked for Petitioner Parker Drilling Management Services (“Parker Drilling”) on drilling platforms for approximately two years. Newton v. Parker Drilling Mgmt. Servs., Ltd. at 1082. The...
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Carlton & Harris Chiropractic (“Carlton & Harris”) is a West Virginia chiropractic office; PDR Network (“PDR”) sells healthcare products to doctors and other healthcare providers. Carlton & Harris Chiropractic, Inc. v. PDR Network et al. (“...
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Petitioner Joseph Percoco served as Executive Deputy Secretary under former Governor Andrew Cuomo from 2011 until 2016, except for eight months in 2014 while Percoco ran the Governor’s reelection campaign. United States v. Percoco at 5. This position...
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In 2003, parents of children attending school in Montana sued the hydroelectric energy company PPL Montana, LLC in the United States District Court of Montana. See PPL Montana, LLC v. State, 299 P.3d 421, 426 (2010). PPL Montana owns hydroelectric dams...
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Respondent Randy Moore and two other men were allegedly involved in the assault, kidnapping, and murder of Kenneth Rogers. See Moore v. Czerniak, 574 F.3d 1092, 1095, 1097 (9th Cir. 2009). Sometime after the incident, Moore disclosed his involvement in...
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The below facts are all derived from the amended opinion of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Collins v. Rice, 365 F.3d 667, 673 (9th Cir. 2004). During the process of jury selection for Collins’s trial, the prosecutor used peremptory...
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In 2015, the State of Arkansas passed Act 900, a law created to regulate the practices of pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”). Pharm. Care Mgmt. Ass’n v. Rutledge at 1111. PBMs serve as a link between pharmacies and health plans. Id. PBMs run mail-order...
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In 1972, Congress enacted the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) “to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters.” Sackett v. United States EPA at 1079. The CWA prohibits any person from discharging pollutants into...
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Issue
Is the recommendation of an attorney considered "property" which can be extorted for purposes of federal anti-extortion law?
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FactsThe New York State Comptroller is the sole trustee for the Common Retirement Fund (“Fund...