In United States ex rel. Fowler v. Caremark Rx, L.L.C., No. 06-4419 (7th Cir. July 27, 2007), the court declined to join the large majority of circuits that apply a restrictive rule to determine subject matter jurisdiction in qui tam cases.
The qui tam statute authorizes private citizens to bring cases on behalf of
Col. Jessep questioned his questioner’s ability to handle truth. No truth-handler, he!
Colonel Nathan Jessep testified, in A Few Good Men:
You can’t handle the truth!
I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then
Speaking during March 1970 in favor of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Senator Roman L. Hruska of Nebraska said:
So what if he is mediocre? There are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they? We can’t have all Brandeises, Cardozos, and Frankfurters and stuff
The Second Circuit today rejected a clever but strange application of the American Pipe tolling doctrine.
American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974), and its progeny stop statutes of limitations from running — ties their legs, so to speak — on claims of each member of an on-file class action.
We sometimes say "tart" when we mean "tort" in Texas. But at least we know the difference.
Say you obey the jury summons and show up with the 40 or so other potential triers-of-fact in the pews of the downtown, big city U.S. district court. Your heart rejoices that now, at last, you can participate
The Irish author and socialist wrote:
There is nothing so bad or so good that you will not find Englishmen doing it; but you will never find an Englishman in the wrong. He does everything on principle. He fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles.
Pete Rock recorded a bunch of songs. He signed a recording contract authorizing release of an album to feature at least 10 of the Rock tunes. The contract also required venue in England for any "legal proceedings" arising out of it.
Mr. Rock sued in New York for breach of the contract (failure to make
Fans of Bill Murray’s star turn as Tripper in Meatballs (1979) will recall that "CIT" stands for counselor-in-training.
Not so at the Federal Circuit. The acronym there signifies the U.S. Court of International Trade. Except that the circuit court doesn’t use the acronym in its opinions. Go figure.
Today, the court did issue two opinions
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s testimony before a Senate committee today included a vow that he "will not tolerate any improper politicization of this department."
Considering the care with which Mr. Gonzales must choose his words these days, Blawgletter notes with interest his inclusion of "improper" before "politicization". Does that mean he will tolerate proper politicization?
Do federal judges bristle at news stories that identify the president who appointed them? Blawgletter has heard that some do. And we can see why. Matching judges’ decisions with presidents (and therefore political parties) suggests that politics plays a role in the outcomes.
The implication often does the judges an injustice. Chief Justice John Roberts