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Personal Injury & Torts

Sep. 30, 1999

Court Will Decide if Violence Against Women Is Federal Case

WASHINGTON - Adding another federalism case to its docket, the Supreme Court will decide whether Congress exceeded its authority when it gave victims of violent, gender-motivated crimes the right to sue their attackers in civil court.

By David F. Pike
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - Adding another federalism case to its docket, the Supreme Court will decide whether Congress exceeded its authority when it gave victims of violent, gender-motivated crimes the right to sue their attackers in civil court.
        The just...

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