Puerto Rico Case Commentaries

Missing “Master Map” Does Not Defeat an Express Utility Easement; Installation Fixes a Floating Easement’s Location, and Easement Metes-and-Bounds Need Not Appear in a Trespass/Nuisance Defense Judgment

Date: Jul 11, 2026

Missing “Master Map” Does Not Defeat an Express Utility Easement; Installation Fixes a Floating Easement’s Location, and Easement Metes-and-Bounds Need Not Appear in a Trespass/Nuisance Defense...

“Deposit” Means Deposit: Wis. Stat. § 165.10 Does Not Dictate Where Settlement Funds Are Credited Within the General Fund

Date: Jul 11, 2026

“Deposit” Means Deposit: Wis. Stat. § 165.10 Does Not Dictate Where Settlement Funds Are Credited Within the General Fund Case: Wisconsin State Legislature v. Josh Kaul (2026 WI 28) | Court: Supreme...

Unborn Children as “Patients” Under Wis. Stat. § 448.30: Informed Consent Owed Through the Pregnant Decisionmaker and Independently Enforceable After Live Birth

Date: Jul 11, 2026

Unborn Children as “Patients” Under Wis. Stat. § 448.30: Informed Consent Owed Through the Pregnant Decisionmaker and Independently Enforceable After Live Birth I. Introduction Case: Charlie May...

United States v. Guzman-Olea — “No Confidence” as a Permissible Articulation of the Bail Reform Act’s “Reasonably Assure” Standard

Date: Jul 10, 2026

“No Confidence” as a Permissible Articulation of the Bail Reform Act’s “Reasonably Assure” Standard (and the Relevance of Repeated Immigration Encounters to Serious Flight Risk) 1. Introduction In...

EEOC Right-to-Sue Email: 90 Days Runs from Inbox Receipt (and Courts May Judicially Notice EEOC Portal Records)

Date: Jul 10, 2026

EEOC Right-to-Sue Email: 90 Days Runs from Inbox Receipt (and Courts May Judicially Notice EEOC Portal Records) I. Introduction In Pinnock v. Teletech Government Solutions, LLC (10th Cir. July 8,...

Kingsley Does Not Displace the “Legitimate Penological Interest” Pleading Burden for Pretrial Detainee Restrictions (10th Cir.)

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Kingsley Does Not Displace the “Legitimate Penological Interest” Pleading Burden for Pretrial Detainee Restrictions (10th Cir.) 1. Introduction Weinert v. Pushmataha County Municipal District (No....

Good-Faith Exception Denied When Agents Knowingly Search a Different Device Than the Warrant Specifies

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Good-Faith Exception Denied When Agents Knowingly Search a Different Device Than the Warrant Specifies 1. Introduction In United States v. Gonzalez-Arocho (1st Cir. July 9, 2026), the First Circuit...

Autopsy-Based Lethal-Injection Challenges Are Untimely When Publicly Discoverable and Speculative Without Expert Support

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Autopsy-Based Lethal-Injection Challenges Are Untimely When Publicly Discoverable and Speculative Without Expert Support Case: Dennis Sochor v. State of Florida (Supreme Court of Florida, July 8,...

Wyoming Settlement Enforcement Rule: No Enforcement Where Mediation Memorandum Leaves Essential Implementation Terms Unagreed

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Wyoming Settlement Enforcement Rule: No Enforcement Where Mediation Memorandum Leaves Essential Implementation Terms Unagreed Introduction In Amy Cross and Cross Ranch Land, LLC v. Lisa Albright,...

Pole-Camera Surveillance of Commercial Property Is Not a “Search” When It Uses Common Technology From a Lawful Public Vantage and Captures Activity Observable to Passersby

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Pole-Camera Surveillance of Commercial Property Is Not a “Search” When It Uses Common Technology From a Lawful Public Vantage and Captures Activity Observable to Passersby 1. Introduction In United...

Seventh Circuit: Child-Welfare Investigations Rarely Trigger State-Created Danger Liability Absent Plausible Causation and Conscience-Shocking Conduct

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Seventh Circuit: Child-Welfare Investigations Rarely Trigger State-Created Danger Liability Absent Plausible Causation and Conscience-Shocking Conduct I. Introduction Joshua Wright v. Department of...

Qualified Immunity for Non-Lethal Impact Rounds in an Armed-Threat Standoff Absent Clearly Established Analogous Precedent

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Qualified Immunity for Non-Lethal Impact Rounds in an Armed-Threat Standoff Absent Clearly Established Analogous Precedent I. Introduction Mace Davis v. City of Elgin, Illinois (7th Cir. July 9,...

Principles-Driven Bruen Review: Targeted Bans on Particularly Dangerous Arms (AR-15s and 30-Round Magazines) Are Constitutional

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Principles-Driven Bruen Review: Targeted Bans on Particularly Dangerous Arms (AR-15s and 30-Round Magazines) Are Constitutional 1. Introduction Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois v. Jay Robert...

Targeted Bans on AR-15s and 30-Round Magazines Survive Bruen: “Particularly Dangerous Weapons” Tradition and the Limits of Facial Second Amendment Challenges

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Targeted Bans on AR-15s and 30-Round Magazines Survive Bruen: “Particularly Dangerous Weapons” Tradition and the Limits of Facial Second Amendment Challenges I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s...

Hash-Matching as a “Private Search”: Warrantless Government Viewing of Matched CSAM Files Does Not Exceed the Search’s Scope

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Hash-Matching as a “Private Search”: Warrantless Government Viewing of Matched CSAM Files Does Not Exceed the Search’s Scope 1. Introduction In United States v. Richard Brillhart (11th Cir. July 9,...

State v. Causey: Article II, Section 10 Governs Admissibility of Out-of-State Search Evidence in New Mexico Courts

Date: Jul 10, 2026

State v. Causey: Article II, Section 10 Governs Admissibility of Out-of-State Search Evidence in New Mexico Courts 1. Introduction In State v. Causey (Supreme Court of New Mexico, July 8, 2026), the...

Prior Work Exclusions Are Enforceable Under Illinois Law When They Do Not Eliminate All Completed-Operations Coverage

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Prior Work Exclusions Are Enforceable Under Illinois Law When They Do Not Eliminate All Completed-Operations Coverage 1. Introduction Nautilus Insurance Company v. Bee Quality Inc. (7th Cir. July 9,...

Barnett v. Raoul: Assault-Weapon and Large-Capacity Magazine Bans Upheld Under Bruen’s “Principles of Regulatory Tradition” and Salerno Facial-Challenge Limits

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Barnett v. Raoul: Assault-Weapon and Large-Capacity Magazine Bans Upheld Under Bruen’s “Principles of Regulatory Tradition” and Salerno Facial-Challenge Limits 1. Introduction Caleb Barnett v. Kwame...

Ambiguous Delay-Notice Subcontract Clauses Require a Jury; Prior Damages Verdict Stands When Separable from Retrial of Liability

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Ambiguous Delay-Notice Subcontract Clauses Require a Jury; Prior Damages Verdict Stands When Separable from Retrial of Liability 1. Introduction Boldt Company v. Black & Veatch Construction, Inc....

Ambiguous Delay-Notice Clauses Require a Jury, and a Prior Damages Verdict May Stand on Remand if Separable

Date: Jul 10, 2026

Ambiguous Delay-Notice Clauses Require a Jury, and a Prior Damages Verdict May Stand on Remand if Separable Case: The Boldt Company v. Black & Veatch Construction, Inc. Court: United States Court of...