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Argument in double-jeopardy case shines spotlight on prosecutorial issues faced by Native tribes

The Supreme Court heard argument on Tuesday in Denezpi v. United States, which examines whether the federal government can bring criminal charges in federal court against a defendant previously found guilty in a Court of Indian Offenses for an offense ste

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Justices require actual knowledge that application was erroneous to invalidate copyright filing

Thursday’s opinion in Unicolors v. H&M resolves a narrow question of copyright law: when an error in an application for copyright registration is sufficiently serious to invalidate the subsequent registration. Justice Stephen Breyer’s opinion for a 6-

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