Appellate Law News and Insights

On March 11, the Supreme Court removed the dispute over Medicaid work requirements, which was previously scheduled for March 29, from its argument calendar. It is worth noting that the Court did not issue a ruling with its cancellation notification. Recall how the High Court granted certiorari to Azar v. Gresham and Arkansas v. Gresham on December 4,...

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On March 4, 2021, the US Supreme Court held that draft biological opinions prepared by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) were subject to the deliberative process privilege and therefore exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).1  While FOIA...

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his week, we take a look at two cases requiring the Ninth Circuit to navigate interlocking provisions of state and federal law.  In the first case, the Court addressed how the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies to a creditor's attempt to collect a debt when state law was unclear...

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