A taking is when the government seizes private property for public use.
A taking can come in two forms. The taking may be physical, which means that the government literally takes the property from its owner). Or the taking may be...
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takings
Overview
tax evasion
tax evasion: an overview
Tax evasion is using illegal means to avoid paying taxes. Typically, tax evasion schemes involve an individual or corporation misrepresenting their income to the Internal Revenue Service. Misrepresentation may take the form...
terrorism
The word terrorism does not have a commonly agreed or legally adopted unique definition because defining its scope is politically complex, and its selective use is often the subject of controversy in and outside legal domestic and...
Toll v. Moreno
441 U.S. 458 (1979)
The Supreme Court held that a state university’s policy that categorically denies “in-state” status to domiciled non-immigrant G-4 aliens and their dependents is invalid under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (Read...
tort
A tort is an act or omission that gives rise to injury or harm to another and amounts to a civil wrong for which courts impose liability. In the context of torts, "injury" describes the invasion of any legal right, whereas "harm" describes a loss or...
trade regulation
Trade Regulation: an overview
The terms commerce and trade are often used interchangeably, with commerce referring to large-scale business activity and trade describing commercial traffic within a state or a community. The U.S. Constitution,...
trademark
Definition
A trademark is any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination thereof, used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from those of another and to indicate the source of the goods. See 15 U.S...
trial practice
trial practice: an overview
Only a small percentage of legal disputes are litigated in a court. When litigation does occur, several areas govern the lawyers' conduct of the trial or trial practice:
Criminal procedure Civil procedure...Tucker Act
Under the Tucker Act of 1887, the United States waived its sovereign immunity as to certain kinds of claims. Although the government is immune to lawsuits as a general rule, the Tucker Act exposes the government to liability for certain claims....
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (C.A.F.C.) has nation-wide jurisdiction over certain disputes that involve the Federal government including intellectual property, international trade, government contracts, and federal...