equitable-defense

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1308 Daniel Phillips, as Administrator of the Estate of Melvin L. Phillips, Sr. and as Successor Trustee of Melvin Phillips, Sr./Orchard Party Trust v. Oneida Indian Nation Second Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights equitable-defense federal-authority indian-law land-claim partition-agreement remand-for-discovery rule-60 state-ratification treaties treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty What is the effect of the ruling in this case on the hundreds of Indian and non-Indian titles conveyed by the Orchard Party to, New York State and the…
18-1169 John Stephen Thorne v. Union Pacific Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure declaratory-judgment equitable-defense equitable-defenses equity judicial-remedy laches legal-claims limitations-period prejudice property-rights statute-of-limitations stock-ownership texas-law Thorne initiated a declaratory judgment action seeking inter alia declarations that he owned the stock certificate issued by a predecessor-in-interest…
18-378 Merck & Co., Inc., et al. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc. Federal Circuit 2018-09-24 Denied Amici (2) civil-procedure damages equitable-defense jury-verdict legal-relief patent separation-of-powers seventh-amendment unclean-hands Whether the equitable defense of unclean hands precludes legal relief in the form of damages.