Disciplinary Counsel v. Harvey (2026-Ohio-2047): Permanent Disbarment Presumptively Required for Misappropriation—Minimal Mitigation Where Misconduct Predates Licensure and Restitution Is Third-Party...
June 3, 2026 Ohio Supreme Court Case Announcements: Summary Dispositions Under Rule 12.04 and Alternative-Writ Case Management Under Rule 12.05 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of Ohio’s June 3,...
Bindover Transfers the Entire Juvenile Case; Adult Court Jurisdiction Extends to All Indicted Offenses (Overruling State v. Smith) Case: State v. Turner, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-1996 (Supreme...
Habeas Corpus in Ohio Does Not Reach Voidable Sentencing Errors or Due-Process Claims When the Trial Court Had Jurisdiction I. Introduction In State ex rel. Krug v. Stuff, Slip Opinion No....
H.B. 265’s Inmate Statutory-Damages Bar Applies to Public-Records Mandamus Actions Filed After April 9, 2025 (Even if the Requests Predate the Amendment) I. Introduction State ex rel. Bates v....
Trial-Court Jurisdiction to Resolve Separate Posttrial Charges Filed Under the Same Case Number During a Pending Appeal I. Introduction In State ex rel. McIntyre v. McCarty, Slip Opinion No....
Invited-Error Limits Attempted-Murder Instruction Challenges; Peugh Requires Offense-Date Guidelines When Later Manual Raises the Range Introduction United States v. James (5th Cir. June 2, 2026)...
Declaratory Relief in § 1983 Cannot Salvage a Case that Pleads No Federal Rights Violation I. Introduction In Copeland v. Thornton (5th Cir. June 2, 2026) (per curiam) (unpublished), pro se plaintiff...
Sheffield v. State: Enforcing Barker Compliance—Trial Courts Must Expressly Calculate Speedy-Trial Delay and Attribute Non-COVID Docket Delays to the State 1. Introduction In Sheffield v. State...
“Readily Available” Means Practically Obtainable—Not FDA-Approved: Contract Plain-Meaning Limits in Georgia’s Execution-Resumption Agreement 1. Introduction STATE OF GEORGIA et al. v. FEDERAL...
Preston v. State: Prior Gunpoint Robberies Admissible to Prove Intent; Omitted Justification Charge Deemed Harmless Where Self‑Defense Evidence Is Meager 1. Introduction In Preston v. State (Supreme...
Almond v. State: Improper Shackling Does Not Require Reversal Absent Jury Visibility and Where the State Proves Harmlessness Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1. Introduction In Almond v. State (Supreme...
Vacatur When the Prevailing Agency Moots an APA/NEPA Appeal by Withdrawing Its Decision Memo and Renouncing the Challenged Practice Case: New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association v. United States...
Unified Judicial System Clerks Are Not “Civil Officers” Required to Take and File Constitutional Oaths; Baseless Oath Challenges May Be Frivolous Commentary on Sanderson v. Demers, 2026 ND 113 (N.D....
Res Judicata Bars Successive Postjudgment Motions Re-Litigating “Compliance” with a Property-Distribution Judgment Absent New Facts Case: Berger v. Berger, 2026 ND 110 (N.D. June 4, 2026) Court:...
Trust Accounting Objections: Liberal Amendment and Summary-Judgment Limits in “Prudent Person” Diversification Claims Introduction In Matter of James M. McDonald III Trust (JP Morgan Chase Bank,...
Public Street Utility-Vault Grate Gaps: Google Street Imagery, Competing Experts, and the Limits of “Trivial Defect” and “Open and Obvious” on Summary Judgment Introduction Stegman v City of Glens...
Matter of Kosier: Triable SCPA 707 Disqualification Allegations Require a Hearing Before Granting Letters of Administration to a Surviving Spouse 1. Introduction Matter of Kosier (Appellate Division,...
Summary Judgment Requires Decipherable Proof Linking Business Records to the Amount Claimed: Gaul v. Cool Insuring Agency, Inc. (3d Dept 2026) 1. Introduction In Gaul v Cool Insuring Agency, Inc....
Article 15 Requires Bona Fide Paid Municipal Employment: Sham “Donation-for-Job” Arrangements Do Not Create Service Credit 1. Introduction Matter of Ballard v DiNapoli (2026 NY Slip Op 03493 [3d Dept...