Puerto Rico Case Commentaries

Inevitable Discovery Through Inventory Search Despite Tow-Option Omission When Towing Is Unavoidable

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Inevitable Discovery Through Inventory Search Despite Tow-Option Omission When Towing Is Unavoidable Introduction In United States v. Quantrese Brazzell (Sixth Circuit, Aug. 14, 2026), the court...

Sentencing After Drug-Quantity Verdicts: Higher Weights as “Overlapping Conduct” Under U.S.S.G. § 1B1.3(c) (and Not Necessarily “Acquitted Conduct”)

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Sentencing After Drug-Quantity Verdicts: Higher Weights as “Overlapping Conduct” Under U.S.S.G. § 1B1.3(c) (and Not Necessarily “Acquitted Conduct”) I. Introduction In United States v. Tianna Barber...

Severance-of-Title Creates an Appurtenant Parking Easement; Post-Conveyance “Release” by a Non-Owner Is Ineffective

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Severance-of-Title Creates an Appurtenant Parking Easement; Post-Conveyance “Release” by a Non-Owner Is Ineffective Case: James R. McCann v. Brittany Bower & a. Court: Supreme Court of New Hampshire...

Estoppel by Deed Creates an Easement from a Deed’s “Abuttal” Reference Even Where the Way Runs Perpendicularly; Bad-Faith Fee Shifting Limited to Costs of an Unnecessary Separate Quiet Title Action

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Estoppel by Deed Creates an Easement from a Deed’s “Abuttal” Reference Even Where the Way Runs Perpendicularly; Bad-Faith Fee Shifting Limited to Costs of an Unnecessary Separate Quiet Title Action...

Quiet Title Judgments Must Depict Both the Historic Easement and Its Prescriptive Extinguishment; Remand Cannot Be Used to Reroute Access

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Quiet Title Judgments Must Depict Both the Historic Easement and Its Prescriptive Extinguishment; Remand Cannot Be Used to Reroute Access Introduction In Donald Edward Bloom, Deborah Jane Bloom, and...

Intertribal Consortium Arm-of-the-Tribe Immunity Under Ito; Tribal Plaintiffs Waive Immunity to Rule 82 Fees by Filing Suit

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Intertribal Consortium Arm-of-the-Tribe Immunity Under Ito; Tribal Plaintiffs Waive Immunity to Rule 82 Fees by Filing Suit 1. Introduction In Dot Lake Village v. Dená Nená Henash, d/b/a Tanana...

State v. Nickels: Jury Must Decide Disputed “Dwelling” (and Initial Aggressor) Facts Governing Nebraska’s No-Retreat Privilege

Date: Aug 21, 2026

State v. Nickels: Jury Must Decide Disputed “Dwelling” (and Initial Aggressor) Facts Governing Nebraska’s No-Retreat Privilege I. Introduction In State v. Nickels, 322 Neb. 1 (Aug. 14, 2026), the...

RFC Absenteeism Limits Need Evidentiary Support: Missed Appointments Alone Do Not Require a “Three Days per Month” Work-Absence Finding

Date: Aug 21, 2026

RFC Absenteeism Limits Need Evidentiary Support: Missed Appointments Alone Do Not Require a “Three Days per Month” Work-Absence Finding I. Introduction In Scott William Cartlidge v. Acting...

Rule 10b-5(b) Misstatement Liability Does Not Depend on a “Fraudulent Scheme,” but PSLRA Scienter Still Requires a Cogent Inference; Rule 9(b) Governs Securities Act Claims Sharing the Same Fraud Narrative

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Rule 10b-5(b) Misstatement Liability Does Not Depend on a “Fraudulent Scheme,” but PSLRA Scienter Still Requires a Cogent Inference; Rule 9(b) Governs Securities Act Claims Sharing the Same Fraud...

Prospective Population-Class Statutes Are Still “Local or Special” When the Range Is Irrationally Narrow and Targets a Single County; Permanent Multi‑Project Tax Mandates Regulate County Business Under Nev. Const. art. 4, § 20

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Prospective Population-Class Statutes Are Still “Local or Special” When the Range Is Irrationally Narrow and Targets a Single County; Permanent Multi‑Project Tax Mandates Regulate County Business...

Open Meeting Law Requires Naming Officers on Closed Citizen Review Board Agendas; No Nontrivial Privacy Interest in Officer Names and Badge Numbers Already Mandatorily Public

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Open Meeting Law Requires Naming Officers on Closed Citizen Review Board Agendas; No Nontrivial Privacy Interest in Officer Names and Badge Numbers Already Mandatorily Public Case: LAS VEGAS POLICE...

NRCP 12(g)(2) on Remand: No New Rule 12(b) Grounds After an Initial Motion (Except Subject-Matter Jurisdiction and Preserved, Unadjudicated Defenses)

Date: Aug 21, 2026

NRCP 12(g)(2) on Remand: No New Rule 12(b) Grounds After an Initial Motion (Except Subject-Matter Jurisdiction and Preserved, Unadjudicated Defenses) Case: 8933 Square Knot Trust v. Bank of New York...

Professional-Negligence Fee Caps Apply by Substance (Not Labels), and Attorney Liens Must Be Perfected Before Counsel Receives Settlement Funds

Date: Aug 21, 2026

Professional-Negligence Fee Caps Apply by Substance (Not Labels), and Attorney Liens Must Be Perfected Before Counsel Receives Settlement Funds 1. Introduction Case: CASTILLO v. ATKINSON WATKINS &...

NAC 293.0604’s Candidate-Filing Methods Are Exclusive: Email Filing Is Invalid and Requires Ballot Exclusion

Date: Aug 21, 2026

NAC 293.0604’s Candidate-Filing Methods Are Exclusive: Email Filing Is Invalid and Requires Ballot Exclusion 1. Introduction Mercer v. Portillo (Candelaria) is an original, emergency election case in...

Modest Comparative Disparity and Conclusory Claims Do Not Establish a Nevada Fair Cross-Section Violation

Date: Aug 20, 2026

Modest Comparative Disparity and Conclusory Claims Do Not Establish a Nevada Fair Cross-Section Violation 1. Introduction In LOVE (DENNIS) v. STATE (CRIMINAL), appellant Dennis Edward Love appealed...

Sua Sponte Trial-Court Intervention Preserves Prosecutorial-Misconduct Claims for Comments on Fourth Amendment Refusals (and Limits Relief to Harmless-Error Review)

Date: Aug 20, 2026

Sua Sponte Trial-Court Intervention Preserves Prosecutorial-Misconduct Claims for Comments on Fourth Amendment Refusals (and Limits Relief to Harmless-Error Review) 1. Introduction In ABEL (JESSE) v....

Breaking the Ballot-Box Seal Triggers a Special Election Without Proof of Fraud

Date: Aug 19, 2026

Breaking the Ballot-Box Seal Triggers a Special Election Without Proof of Fraud Introduction In Michael Cathey v. Allen "Vashon" Tanksley (Miss. Aug. 13, 2026), the Supreme Court of Mississippi...

UPCCRA Intervening-Decision Exception Requires a Showing of Actual Adverse Effect; Andrew v. White Does Not Automatically Reopen Time-Barred, Successive Capital PCR Claims

Date: Aug 19, 2026

UPCCRA Intervening-Decision Exception Requires a Showing of Actual Adverse Effect; Andrew v. White Does Not Automatically Reopen Time-Barred, Successive Capital PCR Claims 1. Introduction This en...

Mississippi County Election Commissions Lack Statutory Jurisdiction to Disqualify County Court Judge Candidates Pre‑Election

Date: Aug 19, 2026

Mississippi County Election Commissions Lack Statutory Jurisdiction to Disqualify County Court Judge Candidates Pre‑Election Introduction In In Re: Petition to Disqualify Kevin A. Adams as a...

Appellate Waiver and the Limits of M.R.A.P. 10(e): Failure to Brief Summary-Judgment Error Forfeits Review; Post-Judgment Evidence Cannot Cure the Record

Date: Aug 19, 2026

Appellate Waiver and the Limits of M.R.A.P. 10(e): Failure to Brief Summary-Judgment Error Forfeits Review; Post-Judgment Evidence Cannot Cure the Record I. Introduction In Demetrius Johnson v. Erich...