Alerts1.12.22
SCOTUS Cert Recap: Civil Procedure, Bankruptcy, and Worker’s Comp
Highlights
On Jan. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear three cases, which present the following three questions:
Does a motion for relief from a final judgment that is premised on a legal error fall under Rule 60(b)(1) or 60(b)(6)?
Does the Constitution's provision for “uniform” bankruptcy laws permit Congress to implement Chapter 11 fee increases in different ways in different regions of the country?
Does federal law permit a state to adopt a workers’ compensation statute that applies exclusively to federal contractors who work at a single, statutorily specified federal facility?
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court granted three of the cert. petitions it considered at its first conference of the new year.
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