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Like a suit before a common law court, the SEC sought monetary damages from Jarkesy, and thus this case resembles a suit at common law in that way.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2024
Her first couple of years in office saw Moody pursuing initiatives against opioid abuse, human trafficking and other common law enforcement targets.
—Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
The Boulder judge found that because the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act was created in addition to — not instead of — common law immunity, the latter still exists and applies despite the 2020 reform, because the 2020 law did not explicitly wipe away common law immunity.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
Birthright citizenship’s legal underpinnings The notion of birthright citizenship can be traced to 1608 with Calvin’s Case, a British decision that became part of the common law adopted in the U.S. legal system’s early days.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2024
Her first couple of years in office saw Moody pursuing initiatives against opioid abuse, human trafficking and other common law enforcement targets.
—Dan Sullivan, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
The Boulder judge found that because the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act was created in addition to — not instead of — common law immunity, the latter still exists and applies despite the 2020 reform, because the 2020 law did not explicitly wipe away common law immunity.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
Birthright citizenship’s legal underpinnings The notion of birthright citizenship can be traced to 1608 with Calvin’s Case, a British decision that became part of the common law adopted in the U.S. legal system’s early days.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Common law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20law. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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