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The Essentially-At-Home Requirement For General Jurisdiction: Some Embarrassing Cases, David Crump Apr 2021

The Essentially-At-Home Requirement For General Jurisdiction: Some Embarrassing Cases, David Crump

Catholic University Law Review

In Daimler AG v. Baumann, the Supreme Court held that general jurisdiction does not exist unless the defendant is “essentially at home” in the forum. It offered two examples of places fitting this description but gave little further guidance or justification. A metaphor, such as essentially at home, is a bad way to express a legal standards, because the essence of a metaphor is that it substitutes one reality for another, creating a deliberate confusion. The Court also equated general jurisdiction with what it called all-purpose jurisdiction, which is wrong because it is easy to pose cases in which general …


Alternative Forum: A Colorado Farmer And The Itc’S Excellent Adventure, Brady P. Gleason Jun 2016

Alternative Forum: A Colorado Farmer And The Itc’S Excellent Adventure, Brady P. Gleason

Catholic University Law Review

As marijuana regulation at the local level becomes at odds with federal policy, an interesting question arises regarding the drug’s potential classification as an article of commerce. Resulting of this potential shift is the existence of an unexpected legal question as to whether the U.S. International Trade Commission, via the agency’s section 337 investigatory and remedial authorities, may regulate marijuana that has been illegally imported into the United States. While avoiding any stance on the contentious issue of marijuana legalization, this essay explores this legal ramification by surmising a fictional narrative of two Colorado marijuana farmers, and investigating the ITC’s …


The Travel Act At Fifty: Reflections On The Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department And Modern Federal Criminal Law Enforcement At Middle Age, Adam H. Kurland Apr 2014

The Travel Act At Fifty: Reflections On The Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department And Modern Federal Criminal Law Enforcement At Middle Age, Adam H. Kurland

Catholic University Law Review

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Private Parties And The Ffdca: How Creative Litigants Have Circumvented Section 310 And Undermined The Nlea’S Express Preemption Amendments, Joe Dages Jan 2014

Private Parties And The Ffdca: How Creative Litigants Have Circumvented Section 310 And Undermined The Nlea’S Express Preemption Amendments, Joe Dages

Catholic University Law Review

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Resurrecting Court Deference To The Securities And Exchange Commission: Definition Of “Security”, Steven J. Cleveland Jan 2013

Resurrecting Court Deference To The Securities And Exchange Commission: Definition Of “Security”, Steven J. Cleveland

Catholic University Law Review

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Bien Venue: Sec V. Johnson And The Policy For Broad Procedural Requirements In Public Securities Actions, Kelly Kylis Jan 2012

Bien Venue: Sec V. Johnson And The Policy For Broad Procedural Requirements In Public Securities Actions, Kelly Kylis

Catholic University Law Review

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