Inawashiro Lake Boating Case — Supreme Court reinstated the captain’s negligence conviction
Case Reiwa 7 (A) No. 137, Professional Negligence Resulting in Death or Injury Court Supreme Court, Second Petty Bench (Japan)
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Theft and Criminal Proceeds Case — Supreme Court vacated the convictions and remanded because uncharged thefts were improperly added by amendment
Case Theft and Violation of the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds Court Supreme Court
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Public Contract Bid Obstruction — Supreme Court reinstates one conviction and remands the other defendant’s case
Case Public Contract Auction and Bid Obstruction Case, Reiwa 7 (A) No. 262 Court Supreme Court of Japan, Second Petty
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Bail Special Appeal — Supreme Court reinstated conditional bail after finding the lower court relied on a merely formal distinction
Case Special Appeal from a Decision on a Quasi-Appeal Against an Order Granting Bail Court Supreme Court of Japan, Second
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Reiwa 7 (Sa) 1 — Supreme Court reverses summary court’s unauthorized petty fine sentence in attempted sexual posture filming case
Case Reiwa 7 (Sa) No. 1 (Attempted Filming of Person in Sexual Posture) Court Supreme Court of Japan, Second Small
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Trust Termination Exclusion Clause Case — Supreme Court quashes dismissal of trustee-removal petition, holds that a no-termination clause is valid only if rationally necessary for the trust’s purpose
Case Petition for Permission to Appeal against Decision Dismissing Interlocutory Appeal against Decision Rejecting Petition to Remove Trustee (受託者解任申立て却下決定に対する抗告棄却決定に対する許可抗告事件) Court