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Justices Wary Of Strict Limit On Malicious Prosecution Cases
Law360
Chiaverini's lawyer, Easha Anand of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, asked the court Monday to craft a narrow ruling and simply "define the precise contours of the seizure requirement" as being "charge specific," meaning any charge without probable cause supports eligibility for a malicious prosecution claim. The court should…
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Whose Rights Are They, Anyway? Juror Secrecy versus Defendants’ Right to Impartial Trial: SCOTUS to Hear Clinic’s Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado, which asks whether the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury requires defendants in criminal cases to be allowed to introduce testimony from jurors to prove that racial bias infected jury deliberations. At the heart of the case is…
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