Probable Cause to Arrest for Failure to Present Proof of Insurance When Facts Indicate No Proof Exists (Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-1409(3)(a)) Nonprecedential posture: The Tenth Circuit issued this...
Post–Loper Bright Seventh Circuit Rule: Independent Construction of § 1227(a)(2)(E)(i) and a “Unitary” Generic Crime of Child Abuse Requiring (At Least) Criminal Negligence I. Introduction In Maria...
Rule 35(b) Substantial-Assistance Reductions Keep § 3582(c)(2) Eligibility in Play and Trigger § 1B1.10(c)’s Mandatory-Minimum Disregard When a Retroactive Amendment Lowers the Range I. Introduction...
Rule 35(b) Substantial-Assistance Reductions Do Not Break the “Based On Guidelines” Link, and § 1B1.10(c) Removes Mandatory Minimums from the Retroactive-Amendment Recalculation Case: United States...
Due Process Timing for Challenging a Temporary Guardian’s Out-of-State Placement (Review Satisfied by a Full Contested Hearing Before Temporary Order Expiration) 1. Introduction Matter of K.D.G....
State v. J.A. Miller: Uniformed Officer Spectators Are Not Inherently Prejudicial; Unrequested Jury Polling Is Unpreserved; Graphic Photo Error May Be Harmless Under Cumulative Evidence 1....
Title VII Protects Individually Discerned “Body-as-a-Temple” Vaccine Objections; Mixed Motives and “Personal Decision” Language Do Not Defeat a Prima Facie Case at Summary Judgment Case: Delsonya...
Fourth Circuit Reaffirms: No Fourth Amendment Privacy in a Stolen Vehicle Absent Innocent Acquisition; Broad Appeal Waivers Enforced While Preserved Suppression Issues Remain Reviewable 1....
Observable DUI Indicators Justify Extending a Traffic Stop for Field Sobriety Testing; A 62‑Day Continuance and a Sub‑Year Time-to-Trial Are Not “Presumptively Prejudicial” 1. Introduction United...
Federal Witness-Retaliation Conspiracy Under 18 U.S.C. § 1513(b) Is Categorically a CIMT; CIMT Ground Not Vague as Applied Case: Dziedziach v. Blanche (2d Cir. Aug. 31, 2026) Holding (core):...
Keller Germaneness Controls Integrated Bars; Janus Does Not Impose Opt-In or “Exacting Germaneness,” and After-the-Fact Refunds Can Suffice 1. Introduction Pomeroy v. Utah State Bar (10th Cir. Aug....
PFAS Disclaimers Cannot Defeat Federal-Officer Removal When the Gravamen Is Riverwide Contamination and a Contractor Plausibly Links AFFF to the Harm Case: The Town of Pine Hill, Alabama v. 3M...
Second Circuit: NFA Registration and (Former) $200 Tax Do Not “Meaningfully Constrain” Second Amendment Rights Under Bruen Step One United States v. DeFelice (2d Cir. Sept. 2, 2026) I. Introduction...
Verified Complaints and “Extreme” Verbal Harassment: Evidence, Local-Rule Compliance, and the Eighth Amendment at Summary Judgment 1. Introduction In James Kruger v. Tristan Retzlaff (7th Cir. Sept....
Bankruptcy Dispositive Orders Must Disclose the Applicable Standard and Reasoning: Vacatur Where Conversion and Grounds Are Unclear 1. Introduction In Instituto Medico del Norte, Inc. v. Greengift...
Hallucinations Alone Do Not Trigger a Sua Sponte Competency Hearing; Employment Conditions with Built-In Alternatives Survive Plain-Error Review 1. Introduction In United States v. Matthew Frazier...
United States v. Yasinov: When Omitted § 111(b) Elements in a General Verdict Form Do Not Require Reversal, and When Multiple § 111(b) Counts Are Not Multiplicitous 1. Introduction In United States...
Hybrid Weekly Salary + Day-Rate Plans Fall Under 29 C.F.R. § 541.602(a), and Equitable Tolling After FLSA Decertification Is Not Automatic 1. Introduction In Boudreaux v. Schlumberger TechCourt (5th...
Second Circuit Rejects NLRB’s Tesla, Inc. Presumption and “Narrow Tailoring” for Dress Codes; Requires a Balanced Republic Aviation Analysis Case: Siren Retail Corp. v. NLRB (2d Cir. Sept. 2, 2026) |...
Procedural Reasonableness: No Error When a District Court Omits Explicit Discussion of a Psychological Evaluation Yet Acknowledges and Applies § 3553(a) Case: United States v. Edward Cordovez (11th...