“Meet ASTM D6751” Unambiguously Requires Technical Compliance for RIN Generation and BMC Credits; Brady Does Not Extend to Impeachment of Non-Testifying Warrant Affiants 1. Introduction In United...
Third Circuit: No Plain-Error Allocution Relief Without Showing a Willingness to Speak; Rule 32 “Good Cause” Allows Late Guideline Objections to Ensure a Correct Range 1. Introduction United States...
“Meet ASTM D6751” Means Technical Compliance for RIN Generation and Biodiesel Tax Credits; Brady/Giglio Does Not Require Impeachment Disclosures for Non‑Testifying Warrant Affiants Case: United...
ASTM D6751 § 1.2 Does Not Create Ambiguity: RFS RIN Generation Requires Up-to-Spec Biodiesel, and Brady/Giglio Do Not Extend to Non-Testifying Warrant Affiants Introduction In United States v. Race...
Warranty-Only Roof Inspections Do Not Create an Assumed Duty to Protect Property Owners from Contractor Installation Defects (5th Cir.) Case: St. Charles-Guillot v. One Source, No. 25-30326 (5th Cir....
Fifth Circuit: MVRA Misapplication on Plain-Error Review Won’t Be Corrected Absent Fourth-Prong Harm; Restitution May Include Future Psychological Care I. Introduction In United States v. Padilla...
Adams v. Guerrero: AEDPA Applies to Jackson Claims—Habeas Relief Requires “Rational Jurist × Rational Juror” Unreasonableness Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Date:...
Overbroad Multi-Unit Warrant Not Suppressed Absent a Franks Showing of Knowing or Reckless Omission 1. Introduction In United States v. Omar Bernard (3d Cir. Sept. 1, 2026) (nonprecedential), the...
Third Circuit Upholds § 922(g)(5)(B): “Allegiance-Based” Historical Tradition Supports Disarming Nonimmigrant Visa Holders Under Bruen I. Introduction In United States v. Diego Aleman-Lozano (3d Cir....
Harmless-Error Safe Harbor for FDA Drug-Shortage Delistings Absent Prejudice Despite Skipping APA Notice-and-Comment 1. Introduction Case: Outsourcing Facilities Association v. FDA (5th Cir. Sept. 1,...
“Adequate Remedy” Limits Interlocutory Judicial Review Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-5-322(a)(1); Judicial Economy Is Not a Jurisdictional Factor I. Introduction Jamesway Construction, Inc. v. David W....
United States v. Berger: Machine-Gun Bans Survive Bruen Step Two; NFA Silencer Registration Treated as a Non-Infringing “Shall-Issue” Condition 1. Introduction In United States v. Joseph Berger (3d...
Third Circuit: A Change in Law Is Not a “New Fact” Supporting Statutory Reopening Under 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(7) I. Introduction In Jose Aristy-Rosa v. Attorney General United States of America (3d...
United States v. Walker: Suppression Denied Where Officers Make an Isolated, Non-Grossly-Negligent Mistake in Relying on “Incorporated for All Purposes” Language to Conduct a Hit-and-Hold 1....
Home Detention May Be Added by Supervised-Release Modification Even After a Statutory-Maximum Prison Sentence I. Introduction United States v. Tampico (5th Cir. Sept. 1, 2026) addresses two recurring...
Defined “Applicable Year” Tax Rate Governs Both Base and Actual Net Operating Profit in Tobacco Settlement Profit-Adjustment Calculations Commentary on State of Texas v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco...
Sixth Circuit: TVPRA Punitive Damages Need Not Be Tethered to Non‑Economic Compensatory Awards; Conclusory “Guatemala Is Available” Assertions Cannot Support Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal I....
Federal-Sector Title VII: Hostile-Environment Claims Require a Timely Act Within the 45-Day EEO Window; Constructive Discharge Requires Sex-Based Causation Introduction In Alexis Rachwalski v. Todd...
Sixth Circuit Rejects “Close-and-Significant-Relationship” Privity for Nonparty Claim Preclusion; Parent–Subsidiary Status Alone Does Not Bar a Second Suit I. Introduction In Diamond Williams v....
Irreparable Harm in Pre‑Enforcement Challenges: Unrecoverable Compliance Costs and Credible Enforcement Threats Satisfy the Sixth Circuit Threshold I. Introduction In NetChoice, LLC v. Jonathan...