Party Presentation Limits Anders-Flagged Rule 11 Review When Appellant Pursues Sentence-Only Relief 1. Introduction In United States v. Tyrone Kelly (4th Cir. May 22, 2026) (unpublished), the Fourth...
Party Presentation Limits Rule 11 Appellate Review When Defendant Disclaims Any Challenge to the Guilty Plea 1. Introduction Case: United States v. Tyrone Kelly, Nos. 23-4353 & 23-6704 (4th Cir. May...
Third Circuit Leaves in Place an Expansive Reading of 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(9) that Channels Pre–Final-Order Habeas Claims into the Petition-for-Review Process Case: Mahmoud Khalil v. President United...
Third Circuit Expands § 1252(b)(9) Channeling: District-Court Habeas Jurisdiction Barred for Pre–Final-Order Constitutional Claims Tied to Removal Proceedings I. Introduction On May 22, 2026, the...
“Copy Means the Entire Policy”: Colorado § 10-3-1117 Requires Full Policy Production for Potentially Relevant Policies and Imposes a Single $100/Day Penalty Per Claim I. Introduction Case: Fogel v....
Texas Easement-by-Estoppel Scope: Landowner Bears Trespass Burden; “Necessary, Non–Materially Burdensome” Upgrades Are Fact Questions 1. Introduction John P. Boerschig v. Rio Grande Electric...
Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Chapter 41 Exemplary-Damages Cap: Per-Defendant, Proportionate-Economic-Damages Base, Even with Joint Property Owners I. Introduction In K&K Inez Properties, LLC, David...
Texas Limits Easements by Estoppel to the Reliance-Built Use and the Purchaser’s Notice; Major Utility Upgrades Require Proof of Necessity or Condemnation Introduction John P. Boerschig v. Rio Grande...
Interlocutory Limits in Wrongful-Conviction § 1983 Appeals: No Heck Review, No Evidentiary Admissibility Review, and No Preclusion from Vacated Convictions 1. Introduction Marvin Cotton and Anthony...
Third Circuit Reaffirms Thornhill: § 3553(a)(2)(A) Remains Considerable in Mandatory § 3583(g) Revocations After Esteras I. Introduction In United States v. Devon Williams (3d Cir. May 21, 2026) (not...
Veil Piercing Cannot Revive Claims Barred by Pennsylvania LLC Dissolution Claim-Bar (15 Pa. C.S. § 8875(c)) Case: In Re: Dravo LLC, Appeal of: Carmeuse Lime (Pa. May 22, 2026) Court: Supreme Court of...
Veil Piercing Cannot Revive Tort Claims Barred by Pennsylvania’s LLC Dissolution Claim Bar (15 Pa. C.S. § 8875(c)) I. Introduction In In Re: Dravo LLC, Appeal of: Carmeuse Lime (Pa. May 22, 2026),...
Sixth Circuit Reinforces Deferential Substantive-Reasonableness Review: No Appellate “Reweighing” of § 3553(a) After a Reasoned Downward Variance 1. Introduction In United States v. Adam Kline (6th...
De Facto Control—Not Ownership—Sustains the §2D1.1(b)(12) Drug-Premises Enhancement for “Trap/Stash” Houses (and Forfeited Sufficiency Claims Receive Only Manifest-Miscarriage Review) I. Introduction...
No Equitable Tolling of the 30-Day Removal Deadline and No “Reset” of CAFA Removal After Remand or Renewed Class-Certification Efforts 1. Introduction John Ewalt, Steve Wylie, and Bonnie Navarre...
Rule 804(b)(1) “Similar Motive” Allows a Prosecutor’s Cross-Examination of a Recanting Witness to Admit Criminal-Trial Testimony in Later § 1983 Fabrication Litigation Case: Kenneth McPherson v....
Victim Eyewitness Identification as Probable Cause & Absolute Immunities Bar § 1983 Claims Attacking Criminal Charging Decisions 1. Introduction In Orguna Sanders v. City of Erie (3d Cir. May 21,...
Mandamus to Compel a “Gaughan Order” When an Interlocutory Foreclosure/Lien Order Lacks Findings Needed for Extraordinary-Writ Review I. Introduction In State ex rel. Justice Holdings, LLC v. Hon....
New West Virginia Abuse-and-Neglect Rule: A Parent Cannot Be Dismissed While Any Parental Rights Remain, and Disposition Modification Must Follow the Full Procedures of the New Disposition Case: In...
Vacated Dependency Findings Still Supply Probable Cause Bar to WICP Absent “Fraud, Perjury, or Other Corrupt Means” Stephens v. State, Supreme Court of the State of Arizona (May 22, 2026), No....