On July 18, 2014, Officer Ted Allen, a detective with the Grand Rapids Police, and Agent Douglas Brownback, a special agent with the FBI, participated in a joint fugitive task force in search of a criminal suspect pursuant to an arrest warrant issued...
claim preclusion
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Both the Petitioner Marcel Fashions Group (“Marcel”) and the Respondent Lucky Brand Dungarees (“Lucky”) are clothing companies. Marcel Fashions Grp. Inc. v. Lucky Brand Dungarees Inc. at 3. For almost twenty years, the two companies have “hotly”...
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Res judicata is a principle most used in civil litigation. Directly translated, res judicata means “a matter judged.” Specifically, the res judicata principle indicates that if there is a final judgment based on merits, then another plaintiff...
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Under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), any person has the right to obtain records from a federal agency. See Brief for Petitioner at 1; 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(3). However, FOIA includes exemptions under which the requested agency can deny record...