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If this passes, I could easily see this abused.

• jerf 16y ago
  "If"? It went into effect January 1st, 1995: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_Round_Agreements_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_Round_Agreements_Act I was surprised by that date too. I know things take time to work through the courts, but wow. Apparently the case was originally filed in 2001.
  • _delirium 16y ago
    The timeline seems to be something like: 2001: filed in district court 2002: put on hold pending Eldred v. Ashcroft 2003: reactivated with amended complaint 2004: district court denies gov't motion to dismiss 2005: district court grants gov't summary judgment 2006: appeal briefed/argued in circuit court 2007: suit partly reinstated by circuit court 2008: circuit court denies gov't petition for rehearing 2009: district court now rules in favor of plaintiffs 2010: circuit court now reverses, dismissing suit after all 2011: supreme court agrees to hear the case The main weirdness is that each side has won once in each of the two courts, so it's made a bunch of trips back and forth. That and getting tied up with Eldred v. Ashcroft for 2 years at the start.