Five former clients of CAIR filed the two lawsuits in federal court alleging common law and statutory fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against CAIR.

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The power of the CFA is defined in the Basic Law: It has the power of final adjudication and may as required invite judges from other common-law jurisdictions to sit on the court.

CNN: HOLD TO THE COMMON LAW

In a common-law system, each decision of the court acts as precedent for future cases and the interpretations form part of the law of Hong Kong.

CNN: HOLD TO THE COMMON LAW

C. filed its reply brief in support of its motion for summary judgment in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of five former clients of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who had earlier filed two separate lawsuits in federal court against CAIR, alleging common law and statutory fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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Their argument: The lower court's decision is in line with common law, which gives people the right to sue corporations for punitive damages when a manager (or a captain, in this case) was reckless.

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Too often, he complains, the court's judges, using techniques of a now antiquated common law tradition, have made new law, when their proper role is to interpret the constitution.

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The Supreme Court today rejected proposals by six states to limit greenhouse gas emissions under federal common law.

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The district court had ruled that the FUTA exception for Indian tribes applied only to the employer of common law employees.

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It is natural for those familiar with the common-law system to object to a non-judicial body overturning an interpretation given by a final appellate court.

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