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3 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson developed this theory:  We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; that, to secure these Rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed; that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it… [read post]
’”[21] The Court rejected Saxon’s invocation of the ejusdem generis canon to define the relevant “class of [transportation] workers” as “all airline employees who carry out the ‘customary work’ of the airline,” explaining that because “seaman” constitutes “a subset of workers engaged in the maritime shipping industry,” the exempted groups under Section 1 “cannot share a ‘common attribute’ of… [read post]
7 Jun 2022, 6:47 am by Charlotte Garden
On Monday, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for a unanimous court that Saxon does qualify as an interstate-transportation worker, meaning the arbitration agreement she signed is exempt from enforcement under the FAA. [read post]
30 Mar 2022, 9:59 am by Charlotte Garden
Everyone also seemed to agree that the court should consider who counted as a “seaman” or a “railroad employee” in 1925, and then interpret the residual category to cover similar types of workers. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 9:28 am by Leesfield Scolaro
  Maritime Attorney Thomas Graham at Leesfield Scolaro has the honor of representing the injured seaman in the case styled Zan Lang v. [read post]
13 Oct 2021, 1:07 pm by David Kopel
Thomas to a Dane who sent it on a commercial voyage to the French island of Guadeloupe. [read post]
6 Oct 2021, 8:11 am by Dan Bressler
Thomas, who is representing himself, cited a 1987 Georgia Supreme Court case known as Cherry v. [read post]
6 Aug 2021, 9:30 pm by ernst
Palmer Civil Liberties Prize has been awarded to Thomas P. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 8:23 am by Dennis Crouch
Chien Professor of Law Santa Clara University School of Law Thomas F. [read post]
28 May 2020, 6:20 am by Jennifer González
In a letter discussing the British Navy at the start of the war, Thomas Jefferson accurately predicted, “Their fleet will annihilate our public force on the water, but our privateers will eat out the vitals of their commerce. [read post]
9 Mar 2020, 6:58 pm by Francis Pileggi
The following synopsis was prepared by Chauna Abner, an attorney in the Delaware office of Eckert Seamans. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 4:29 pm by Joel Goldstein
In the process, Alito, who had written a forceful dissent in Atlantic Sounding, was joined in today’s opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas, the author of the majority opinion in Atlantic Sounding, even though Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had joined Thomas then, argued in dissent that the logic of Thomas’ majority opinion dictated a contrary result. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 8:19 am by Liskow & Lewis
Townsend case, in which a 5-4 majority opinion (written by Justice Thomas) ruled that punitive damages were available to a Jones Act seaman whose employer arbitrarily and capriciously fails to pay the injured or ill seaman maintenance and cure. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 8:19 am by Don K. Haycraft
Townsend case, in which a 5-4 majority opinion (written by Justice Thomas) ruled that punitive damages were available to a Jones Act seaman whose employer arbitrarily and capriciously fails to pay the injured or ill seaman maintenance and cure. [read post]