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Case law says that a person has a right to privacy.
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The special counsel’s office weighed bringing an insurrection charge against Trump but decided against doing so, with the scant case law for such a prosecution a major factor in that decision.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
For another argument, the NCAA highlights recent case law in which federal courts have upheld NCAA eligibility rules.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2024
That’s why the vast body of case law that has developed around Internet sweepstakes cafés – which address the same issues in a similar factual setting – should inform the analysis of whether their cyber successors – online sweepstakes casinos – are legal.
—Daniel Wallach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Indeed, the Special Prosecutor’s brief to the Illinois Supreme Court was replete with Illinois case law that would not preclude a second, new prosecution following a dismissal without prejudice via nolle prosequi.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
For another argument, the NCAA highlights recent case law in which federal courts have upheld NCAA eligibility rules.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Nov. 2024
That’s why the vast body of case law that has developed around Internet sweepstakes cafés – which address the same issues in a similar factual setting – should inform the analysis of whether their cyber successors – online sweepstakes casinos – are legal.
—Daniel Wallach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Indeed, the Special Prosecutor’s brief to the Illinois Supreme Court was replete with Illinois case law that would not preclude a second, new prosecution following a dismissal without prejudice via nolle prosequi.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Case law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/case%20law. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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