How Hard Should it Be to Bring a Class Action? (open access)

How Hard Should it Be to Bring a Class Action?

This report discusses the process of bringing a class action suit and the requirements plaintiffs are required to prove before one may be brought.
Date: March 7, 2018
Creator: Lewis, Kevin M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Six Justice Court to Decide Liability of Officials for Post 9/11 Detention (open access)

Six Justice Court to Decide Liability of Officials for Post 9/11 Detention

This report discusses a Supreme Court case regarding whether men detained after 9/11 by federal authorities can sue the individual officials involved in their arrest and detainment that was due to be heard by a six justice court due to the death of Justice Scalia and the recusements of two other justices.
Date: March 7, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Update: What Constitutes "Sexual Abuse of a Minor" For Immigration Purposes (open access)

Update: What Constitutes "Sexual Abuse of a Minor" For Immigration Purposes

This report provides an update of an earlier report from April 6, 2017, providing the final decision by the Supreme Court in the case of "Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions". The case concerned the question of whether an immigrant alien who was convicted of sexual abuse of a minor where the minor was under 18 but at least 16 (in this case statutory rape in California between a 21 year old male and a 17 year female) was removable for an aggravated felony under immigration law. The Supreme Court ruled that the immigration law required the victim be under 16 before the removal of an alien for an aggravated felony would be allowable.
Date: June 7, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
District Court Enjoins DACA Phase-out: Explanation and Takeaways (open access)

District Court Enjoins DACA Phase-out: Explanation and Takeaways

This report is an update of a previous report regarding DACA's phase-out and discusses court injunctions preventing the the phase-out of DACA benefits for those already enrolled and a decision by a Maryland federal court which prevents the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using personal information found in DACA applications for law enforcement purposes except by permission of the court in uses needed for national security, public safety, or the public interest.
Date: March 7, 2018
Creator: Smith, Hillel R. & Harrington, Ben
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Latest on the SEC's Consideration of the Proposed Acquisition of Chicago Stock Exchange (open access)

The Latest on the SEC's Consideration of the Proposed Acquisition of Chicago Stock Exchange

This report is an update of an earlier report regarding the SEC's consideration of a rule change regarding the proposed acquisition of the Chicago Stock Exchange by a group of Chinese investors with ties to the Chinese government. The SEC disapproved the rule change due to a lack of documentation on the funding sources of some investors and the deal was called off on March 5, 2018.
Date: March 7, 2018
Creator: Sykes, Jay B.
System: The UNT Digital Library