Waiver and Invited-Error Limits on the “Malfunction Theory” in Massachusetts Product-Fire Cases Case: Citation Insurance Company v. Broan-NuTone LLC Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
§ 666’s $5,000 “Transactional Element” May Be Proven by the Bribe-Giver’s Valuation Corroborated by Objective Indicia When Both Benefit and Bribe Are Intangible Case: United States v. Velez-Ramirez...
Rule 702 Requires Field-Specific Expertise: A Treating Surgeon’s Product Use Cannot Supply Design/Manufacturing Causation; Georgia Negligent Manufacturing Needs More Than a Malfunction Introduction...
“Apparent Conflict” Limits: No DOT–VE Conflict Where Security Guard DOT Excludes Heights/Machinery and Claimant Relies on a “Rabbit Trail” of Definitions 1. Introduction In Robert Battle v. Social...
Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity Requires Dismissal Without Prejudice of ADA Title I (and Derivative Title V) Claims Against State University Boards; Ex parte Young Relief Unavailable Against...
Objective Probable Cause Sustains a “Pretext” Traffic Stop and Rule 403 Permits Drug-Handling Phone Videos to Prove Constructive Possession and Maintaining a Drug Premises Case: United States v....
MDLEA Jurisdiction in Foreign EEZs and Keene Harmless-Error Treatment of Post-Dupree Career-Offender Misclassification 1. Introduction This consolidated, non-argument Eleventh Circuit decision...
Florida Lewd-or-Lascivious Battery Categorically Triggers § 2252A(b)(1)’s 15-Year Mandatory Minimum as “Relating to … Abusive Sexual Conduct Involving a Minor” Introduction In United States v. Joshua...
Harmless Dupree Career-Offender Error: Keene Alternative-Sentence Affirmance While Reaffirming MDLEA Jurisdiction in Foreign EEZs Introduction United States v. Luis Alfonso Nunez (consolidated with...
MDLEA Jurisdiction in a Foreign EEZ and “Statelessness-by-Nonconfirmation,” Plus Harmless Career-Offender Error Under Keene Case: United States v. Mario Tovar (consolidated appeals with Luis Alfonso...
Non-Retroactive Sentencing Changes Cannot Supply “Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons” for Compassionate Release Introduction United States v. Patrick Fitzgerald Porter (11th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026) is...
Danger-to-the-Community Finding Alone Defeats Compassionate Release Under § 3582(c)(1)(A) Introduction In United States v. Wilbert McKreith (11th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026) (per curiam) (unpublished), the...
Second Circuit Adopts “Representative Sample” Pleading for Direct FCA Claims While Reviving Reverse FCA Liability for Concealed Overpayment Retention 1. Introduction In United States v. Amerisource...
Cronick v. City of Colorado Springs: Rule 403 Bars “Copwatch” Character Proof and Rule 37 “Established Facts” Cannot Invite Propensity Reasoning 1) Introduction In Cronick v. City of Colorado Springs...
Tenth Circuit Finality Rule: No Appellate Jurisdiction Over Post-Judgment Show-Cause Enforcement Orders Absent a Contempt Finding and Specific, Unavoidable Sanction 1. Introduction Fischer v. XTO...
Tenth Circuit: Factual Disputes Over Mendez Rojas Class Membership Are Unreviewable Under the Asylum One-Year Bar 1. Introduction In Lazo-Villalta v. Blanche (10th Cir. Aug. 28, 2026)...
Revoked Non‑Prosecution Understandings Are Not Brady Impeachment Material Absent the Witness’s Expectation at Trial (AEDPA Deference Applied) Case: John Koehler v. Secretary Pennsylvania Department...
Due Process Allows a 4:1 Punitive-to-Compensatory Ratio for Exceedingly Reprehensible § 1981 Workplace Racism (and Attorney’s Fees Need Not Enter the Ratio) Case: Patricia Holmes v. American...
Due Process in § 1981 Hostile-Environment Cases: Exceedingly Reprehensible Racism Can Support a 4:1 Punitive-to-Compensatory Ratio (and 2:1 Is Not a Constitutional Ceiling) Patricia Holmes v....
Due Process Permits 4:1 Punitive-to-Compensatory Ratio for Exceedingly Reprehensible § 1981 Racial Harassment Introduction Patricia Holmes v. American HomePatient, Inc. (3d Cir. Aug. 27, 2026) arises...