March 2020 - Legal Blotterca

CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co., Ltd.

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March 30, 2020

Holding: The plain language of the safe-berth clause in the parties’ subcharter agreement—requiring the petitioners to designate a safe berth for a vessel to load and discharge cargo—establishes a warranty…

Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African American-Owned Media

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March 23, 2020

Holding: A plaintiff who sues for racial discrimination in contracting under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 bears the burden of showing that race was a but-for cause of the plaintiff’s injury, and that burden…

Allen v. Cooper

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March 23, 2020

Holding: Congress lacked authority to abrogate the states’ sovereign immunity from copyright infringement suits in the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990.

Kansas v. Garcia

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March 3, 2020

Holding: The Kansas statutes under which respondents, three unauthorized aliens, were convicted—for fraudulently using another person’s Social Security number on state and federal tax-withholding forms submitted to their employers—are not…