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1. 1Thirteen Black men were tried by an all-white jury, raising concerns of racial discrimination in jury selection.
2. 2Defendants argued that the government struck the only two non-white jurors, violating their rights under the law.
3. 3After a previous appeal, the court must decide if the trial court properly evaluated the Batson challenges to the jury selection.

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1. 1A man was convicted of murder for shooting another man on a boat trip off the California coast.
2. 2He argues the murder happened in state waters, so the federal court should not have handled it.
3. 3During jury talks, a juror with mental health issues was swapped, and he says this broke his fair trial rights.

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1. 1A worker fell about 11 to 12 feet from a scaffold while laying blocks on a construction site.
2. 2His fall happened because the scaffold moved and there were no safety anchor points to secure his harness.
3. 3He claims this violated labor laws, while the company argues he was solely to blame for his injuries.

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1. 1A woman from Honduras fled to the US to escape a man who threatened her and her family.
2. 2She claimed the man stalked her, threatened to kill her partner, and tried to kidnap her daughter.
3. 3The court had to decide if this was enough for asylum as persecution.

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1. 1The FCC collects billions of dollars every year from phone companies to help pay for basic services in rural and low-income areas.
2. 2A group, including a nonprofit and regular consumers, says these practices are against the Constitution, questioning whether the FCC made USAC legally.
3. 3The main issue is whether the FCC had the proper authority to create the Universal Service Administrative Company.