Vickie Lynn Marshall (known to most of the world as Anna Nicole Smith) married eighty-nine-year-old billionaire oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II in 1994, shortly before his death. During their fourteen-month marriage, Mr. Marshall provided his wife...
subject matter jurisdiction
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Appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Jan. 11, 2010)
Oral argument: Mar. 29, 2010
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, SECURITIES, COMITY, FOREIGN TRANSACTIONSRespondent...
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Personal jurisdiction refers to a court’s authority to adjudicate the rights and liability of the defendant. Before a court can exercise power over a party, the U.S. Constitution requires that the party has certain minimum contacts with the...
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Petitioners, Reed Elsevier, Inc., et al. (“Reed Elsevier”), are publishers of electronic content, such as the New York Times Co. and archival database operators, such LexisNexis. See Brief for Petitioners, Reed Elsevier Inc., et al. at 4. Respondents,...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) initiated administrative proceedings against Michelle Cochran, a certified public accountant, in 2016. Cochran v. SEC at 2. The SEC claimed that Cochran violated the Exchange Act because she had allegedly...
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In 2003, a Chinese company called Sinochem contracted with an American company called Triorient Trading Inc. ("Triorient") for the purchase of a large quantity of steel coils to be loaded for shipment to China by April 30, 2003. Pursuant to the...
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Plaintiff Susan Hallock and her husband Richard Hallock operated a computer software business out of their home in Mohawk, New York. See Hallock v. Bonner, 387 F.3d 147, 150 (2d Cir. 2004). Due to identity theft, the United States Customs Services...