Seventh Circuit: Shelby County “Equal Sovereignty” and City of Boerne “Congruence and Proportionality” Do Not Invalidate NVRA’s State Exemption Under the Elections Clause Introduction In Public...
Torres-Jimenez: A Motion to Reopen Must Itself Show Prima Facie Adjustment Eligibility—Bare References to Pending VAWA Filings and Unraised Visa-Availability Theories Are Insufficient Case: Heraclio...
ERISA Express Preemption Bars Providers’ Negligent-Misrepresentation and Promissory-Estoppel Claims Based on Oral Assurances About Plan Reimbursement Terms (Reaffirming Cromwell) I. Introduction...
Groin-Biting During Arrest Supports §3C1.2 Reckless-Endangerment Enhancement; Corroborated Police Reports Can Prove “Stolen” Under §2K2.1(b)(4) Introduction In United States v. Frank Clay, Jr. (6th...
“During the Commission” as Relevant Conduct in a Continuing § 2422(b) Enticement Offense: Sexual Assaults Within the Charged Timeframe Drive Guidelines I. Introduction In United States v. Steven...
Post–Loper Bright “Best Reading” Rule: INA “Conviction” Requires (1) Foundational Criminal-Procedure Protections and (2) Criminal Sentencing I. Introduction Wong v. Blanche (2d Cir. Aug. 19, 2026)...
Substantive Due Process Bars Predatory-Offender Registration Triggered by a Predatory Charge Ending in a Trial Judgment of Acquittal 1. Introduction In Chad Loran Siegel v. Drew Evans (Minn. Aug. 19,...
Trustee Appointment Is a Condition Precedent to Commencing a Minnesota Wrongful Death Action Case: Keith D Hagfors, as Trustee for the Next of Kin of Sara E Hagfors v. Fairview Health Services, et...
Zielinski “Reasonable-Probability” Standard Governs Denials of Vacatur Petitions Under the 2023 Felony-Murder Relief Act Case: Ryan Grant v. State of Minnesota Court: Supreme Court of Minnesota Date:...
Chilled Worship Attendance Establishes Standing and RFRA “Substantial Burden” Against DHS’s Sensitive-Locations Rollback 1. Introduction In Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v....
Negligent Reliance on Ambiguous THC Lab Results Does Not Create a Franks Violation: Qualified Immunity and Limits on Monell Failure-to-Train I. Introduction In Degollado v. City of Port Lavaca (5th...
Gaither v. Carter: Equitable Tolling in the Fifth Circuit Requires Specific Pleading of Diligence, Obstruction, and Timing 1. Introduction In Gaither v. Carter (5th Cir. Aug. 18, 2026) (per curiam,...
Fifth Circuit: Groundwater-Reduction “Compliance Service” Contracts Are Not Per Se Price-Fixing or Market Allocation; Rule-of-Reason Requires Proof of a Relevant Market 1. Introduction Quadvest,...
TCA’s Nine-Warning Ceiling: FDA Lacks Authority to Expand Cigarette Warning Statements Beyond Congress’s Enumerated List (and APA § 705 Postponement Operates Rule-Wide) I. Introduction Case: R J...
United States v. Enclade (5th Cir. 2026): Case-Agent “Code Word” Interpretation Is Unhelpful Lay Opinion When the Jury Can Draw the Inference Itself I. Introduction Case: United States v. Enclade,...
United States v. Sethi: Out-of-Court Statements Not Hearsay When Offered for Context/Notice/Falsity; Limiting Instructions Require a Timely, Specific Request Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth...
Additional Mitigation Evidence Does Not Create a “New” Penalty-Phase IAC Claim to Evade AEDPA § 2254(d) Case: Wessinger v. Vannoy (5th Cir. Aug. 18, 2026) | Court: United States Court of Appeals for...
Intermittent Harassment and Anecdotal Country Evidence, Coupled with Free Return Travel, Do Not Compel Asylum/CAT Relief Case: Zhuravlev v. Blanche (5th Cir. Aug. 18, 2026) (per curiam; unpublished)...
FSIA Cases: Courts Must Use § 1608(e) Default-Judgment Procedure (Implemented Through Rule 55) Rather Than Trying a Foreign State In Absentia Case: Ricardo Devengoechea v. Bolivarian Republic of...
No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Unsecured Secret Recordings Placed in Shared Spaces; No Categorical Time-Limit Requirement for Hard-Drive Warrants Introduction In United States v. Kenneth...