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Rockwell Int'l Corp. Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-27-2007
Rockwell Int'l Corp. v. United States - 05-1272 (2007) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2006 ROCKWELL INT'L CORP. V. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP. et al. v . UNITED STATES et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit No. 051272.Argued December 5, 2006Decided March 27, 2007 While employed as an engineer at a nuclear weapons plant run by petitioner Rockwell under a Government contract, respondent Stone predicted that Rockwells system for creating solid pondcrete blocks from toxic pond sludge and cement would not work because of problems in piping the sludge. However, Rockwell successfully made such blocks and discovered insolid ones only after Stone was laid off in 1986. In 1989, Stone filed a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act, which prohibits submitting false or fraudulent payment claims to the United States, 31 U. S. C. 3729(a); permits remedial civil actions to be brought by the Attorney General...
Limtiaco Vs. Camacho
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-27-2007
Limtiaco v. Camacho - 06-116 (2007) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2006 LIMTIACO V. CAMACHO SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES LIMTIACO, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GUAM v . CAMACHO, GOVERNOR OF GUAM certiorari to the supreme court of guam No. 06116.Argued January 8, 2007Decided March 27, 2007 The Guam Legislature authorized the Governor to issue bonds to fund the Territorys continuing obligations, but Guams attorney general refused to sign the necessary contracts, concluding that issuance would violate the debt-limitation provision of Guams Organic Act, which limits the Territorys public indebtedness to 10% of the aggregate tax valuation of the property in Guam, 48 U. S. C. 1423a. The Governor sought a declaration from the Guam Supreme Court that issuance would not violate the provision, calculating the debt limitation based on the appraised value of property in Guam. Agreeing, the Supreme Court rejected the attorney generals argument to base the limitation on assessed value. The Ninth Cir...
Travelers Casualty and Surety Co. of America Vs. Pacific Gas and Elec. ...
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-20-2007
Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. - 05-1429 (2007) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2006 TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA V.PACIFIC GAS & ELEC. CO. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA v . PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 051429.Argued January 16, 2007Decided March 20, 2007 After respondent (PG&E;) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, petitioner (Travelers), which had previously issued a surety bond to guarantee PG&E;s payment of state workers compensation benefits, asserted a claim in the bankruptcy action to protect itself should PG&E; default on the benefits. With the Bankruptcy Courts approval, PG&E; agreed to insert language into its reorganization plan and disclosure statement to protect Travelers in case of such a default. Additional litigation over the negotiated language nevertheless ensued and was ultimately resolved by a cou...
Sinochem Int'l Co. Vs. Malaysia Int'l Shipping Corp.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-05-2007
Sinochem Int'l Co. v. Malaysia Int'l Shipping Corp. - 06-102 (2007) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2006 SINOCHEM INT'L CO. V. MALAYSIA INT'L SHIPPINGCORP. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SINOCHEM INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD. v . MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORP. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit No. 06102.Argued January 9, 2007 Decided March 5, 2007 A contract between petitioner (Sinochem), a Chinese state-owned importer, and a domestic corporation not a party here (Triorient) provided that Sinochem would purchase steel coils and that Triorient would be paid under a letter of credit by producing a valid bill of lading certifying that the coils had been loaded for shipment to China on or before April 30, 2003. Triorient subchartered a vessel owned by respondent (Malaysia International), a Malaysian company, to transport the coils, and hired a stevedoring company to load the coils in Philadelphia. A bill of lading, dated April 30, 2003, triggere...
Lance Vs. Coffman
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-05-2007
Lance v. Coffman - 06-641 (2007) Lance v. Coffman - 06-641 (2007) PER CURIAM LANCE V. COFFMAN 549 U. S. ____ (2007) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES KEITH LANCE et al. v. MIKE COFFMAN, COLORADOSECRETARY OF STATE on appeal from the united states district court forthe district of colorado No. 06641.Decided March 5, 2007 Per Curiam. The Elections Clause of the United States Constitution provides that the Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. Art. I, 4, cl. 1 (emphasis added). When Colorado legislators were unable to redraw congressional districts after the 2000 census to accommodate an additional Representative, a state court did it for them. See Beauprez v. Avalos , 42 P. 3d 642 (Colo. 2002) (en banc). The legislature was able to pass a redistricting plan in 2...
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