But civil and criminal cases brought by the SEC and Department of Justice, too, have given us important case law, including decisions that tell us what a security is, see S.E.C. v. W.J. Howey Co., 328 U.S. 293 (1946), and that describe scienter, see Aaron v. SEC, 446 U.S. 680 (1980), and the contours of insider trading, see United States v. O'Hagan, 521 U.S. 642 (1997).
(K4609.5.B43 2013) provides an article-by-article analysis of the GATT along with an examination of the case law (including WTO decisions) and a discussion of the legal aspects of GATT.
The association's guidance, sent in an email by Alex Wilson, the group's associate counsel, cited recent case law, including a decision in April by a federal magistrate judge in Oregon.
"The majority blazes through our precedents," he wrote, "overruling or disavowing a body of case law" that included seven decisions.
If they lost on damages, case law suggested that the decision might be reversed.
New York's case law on surrogate medical decision making is very restrictive.
But here, Delaware had already punted on hearing this case, the federal government had essentially dictated this result and there was enough Delaware case law to support a decision upholding JPMorgan's actions.
Weeks Marine points out that no body of case law or any Supreme Court decision decided prior to the Jones Act, recognized a right to punitive damages in maintenance and cure cases, and that every other post-Miles circuit court decision confirms that Miles extends beyond its specific holding.
This creation of taxable income upon the forgiveness of debt is referred to as "cancellation of indebtedness income". It was first established through the case law -- primarily in a decision called Kirby Lumber -- before eventually being codified in Section 61(a)(12).
