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The longest period between the original decision and the overruling decision is 136 years, for the common law Admiralty cases Minturn v. Maynard , 58 U.S. (17 How.) 476 decision in 1855, overruled by the Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines Inc. , 500 U.S. 603 decision in 1991.
Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States, 544 U.S. 696 (2005), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously overturned accounting firm Arthur Andersen's conviction of obstruction of justice in the fraudulent activities and subsequent collapse of Enron.
After spending 12 years on Death Row, Graves' conviction was overturned on March 3, 2006, by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals when, in a unanimous opinion, a three judge panel held that the state's case had hinged on Carter's perjured testimony, [46] and concluded that the Prosecutor, Charles Sebesta, had intentionally withheld evidence that ...
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned a 2021 law that had paved ... Some accusers were able to sue after state legislators passed a law in 2021 ... the time limit for such cases was 12 years ...
The counts that were overturned relate to whether they were based on an unconstitutionally vague “crime of violence.” The issue stems from Supreme Court cases over the last nine years that ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for sexual assault and rape was overturned by New York's highest court, reopening the landmark case that launched the #MeToo movement and ...
This ruling affected very few votes, [10] and it was later overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. [11] Trump, his attorneys, and his supporters falsely [12] asserted widespread election fraud in public statements, but few such assertions were made in court. [13]
In a 4-3 decision, the New York appeals court Thursday found that the judge in the landmark #MeToo trial made several improper rulings that swayed the case against Weinstein, including a decision ...