United States, Petitioner v. Washington, et al.
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21-404
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June 21, 2022
High Court Says Wash. Nuclear Workers Law Discriminatory
Washington state discriminated against the United States government when it passed a law allowing federal contractors at the Hanford nuclear cleanup site to easily sue the U.S. for damages, the Supreme Court said in a unanimous decision Tuesday, rejecting the state's argument that the case became moot after it replaced the law with a new one.
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April 18, 2022
Justice Kagan Floats Rare Solution To Nuclear Worker Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court suggested Monday it is actually the Washington Supreme Court that should decide whether a clash between the U.S. government and Washington state over a worker's compensation law is moot, prompting Justice Elena Kagan to propose a rare procedural solution more often used by circuit courts.
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April 15, 2022
Up Next At High Court: Miranda Warnings, Invalidated Rules
The U.S. Supreme Court begins its final oral argument session of the term this week with technical legal questions facing nuclear cleanup workers and a veteran pursuing disability claims, as well as a circuit split over whether cops can be sued for not reading suspects their Miranda rights.
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April 12, 2022
Wash. Has New Logic To End High Court Workers' Comp. Case
Washington state has again urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule moot a case over a state workers' compensation law covering contractors' illnesses at a nuclear remediation site that the federal government says is unconstitutional, saying the law clearly no longer applies.
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April 11, 2022
Feds Call Workers' Comp Law Discriminatory At High Court
The federal government urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to invalidate a Washington workers' compensation law that presumes federal contractors' illnesses at a nuclear remediation site are occupation-related, arguing that the state law discriminates against the federal government.
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January 10, 2022
Justices To Review Nuclear Workers' Comp. Law
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a Washington state law that the federal government says exposes it to massive liability by presuming that federal contractors' illnesses at the Hanford nuclear remediation site are occupation-related.