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Monday, June 15, 2009
Courts - SCOTUS agrees to hear two cases on interesting issues
Reports this morning are that among the cases the Supreme Court has agreed to hear are:
United Student Aid Fund v. Espinosa (08-1134) - where the issue, according to Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSBlog, is "whether an individual who owes on a student loan may wipe out the debt — at least partly — in a bankruptcy without showing that the debt posed an 'undue hardship.'"
[More] See more about the student loan case here on the ABA news site.
Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida (08-1151), where, according to Denniston's entry, "Court will consider putting constitutional limits on states’ authority to restore storm-eroded beaches along the ocean or lakeshores, when such action modifies private property boundary lines."
Jonathan Adler at The Volokh Conspiracy writes that this is:
a challenge to the constitutionality of Florida's Beach and Shore Preservation Act. Specifically, the petition challenges the Supreme Court of Flordia's conclusion that the law does not deprive upland owners of littoral rights without just compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment's takings clause. The Florida Supreme Court's 5-2 decision is here.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 15, 2009 11:22 AM
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