Blanket Bans on Contacting Congress During Supervised Release Must Be Narrowly Tailored, But Overbreadth Is Not “Plain” Without On-Point Precedent I. Introduction In United States v. Garry Lebron...
Physician Not a Party/Beneficiary to Hospital–Clinic PSA; Loss of Call-Rotation Eligibility Is Material Breach Justifying For-Cause Termination Case: Garvey v. Ogden Clinic Professional Corp. Court:...
Post-Zarella: Essential-Need and Procedural Protections as Preconditions to Appellate Review of Privately Held Privileged Records I. Introduction In State of New Hampshire v. Tailor Lemieux (N.H....
Tenth Circuit: “Overall Project Purposes” Under CWA § 404 May Include Multiple Interrelated Applicant Goals Case: Save The Colorado v. Graham (Nos. 25-1137, 25-1231 & 25-1299) Court: United States...
Vacatur-and-Amended-Judgment Rule: A First § 2255 Challenge to the Intervening Judgment Is Not “Second or Successive,” Even After a Mere Sentence Correction I. Introduction In In re: Abraham A....
State v. Fomo: Abstract “Grooming” Definitions by Police Experts—Harmless Error Without Case-Specific Application; No Plain-Error Reversal Absent Manifest Injustice Court: Supreme Court of...
Late-Disclosed “Grooming” Expert Testimony and Hybrid Police Witnesses: Abuse of Discretion Absent Good Cause and Safeguards (State v. Fomo) Case: State v. Fomo (Concurrence) Court: Supreme Court of...
Ohio Supreme Court Case Announcements (2026-Ohio-3554): Procedural Gatekeeping Through Sua Sponte Dismissals, Delayed-Appeal Screening, and “Held for Decision” Orders Citation: 09/15/2026 Case...
R.C. Chapter 2506 Appeals Do Not Trigger Claim-Preclusion of Later Damages/Declaratory Actions When Those Remedies Were Procedurally Unavailable I. Introduction In Sheetz, Inc. v. Centerville, Slip...
Unpleaded Burnside and Independent Subrogation Claims Cannot Be Revived by a Pretrial Order in a Maritime Limitation Case 1. Introduction Aries Marine v. American Longshore (5th Cir. Sept. 14, 2026)...
Appellate Forfeiture of New Policy-Ambiguity Arguments After Contrary District-Court Positions Case: Megalomedia v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company (5th Cir. Sept. 14, 2026) Panel: Ho,...
Pro Se Status and Grief Are Not “Good Cause” Under Rule 4(m): Fifth Circuit Affirms Service-Based Dismissal Even When Limitations Likely Bars Refiling Case: Murphy v. Miller (5th Cir. Sept. 14, 2026)...
Sanchez v. People: Colorado Upholds COLJI-Crim. E:03 (2022) “Firmly Convinced/Real Possibility” Reasonable-Doubt Instruction 1. Introduction In Sanchez v. People, 2026 CO 60, the Colorado Supreme...
Amended Pleadings Do Not Revive a Waived Civil Jury Right Absent New Triable Issues (C.R.C.P. 38) Introduction In In re SCP 3330 Brighton OPCO, LLC, the Colorado Supreme Court (original proceeding...
Dependency-and-Neglect Dismissal Is Appealable When It Locks In an Adverse Temporary Placement I. Introduction In T.L.P. v. People, 2026 CO 61, the Colorado Supreme Court addressed a recurring...
People v. Sloan (2026 CO 63): Instructional Errors on Uncontested Issues Do Not Satisfy Plain-Error “Substantial Rights” Review I. Introduction In People v. Sloan, 2026 CO 63, the Colorado Supreme...
Non-Signatory Biological Fathers May Bring an Independent § 25-803 Paternity Action Despite an Existing AOP; Courts Must Apply § 25-814(C) to Competing Presumptions I. Introduction Case: TYLER STRANG...
OCPA Deadlines Enforced: A Motion Is Denied by Operation of Law 30 Days After a Hearing Unless the Court Expressly Extends the Hearing Date I. Introduction Rivero v. Stahlheber, 2026 OK 63 (Okla....
Post-Conviction Summary Dismissal Reversed: A Petitioner’s Admissible Affidavit Can Create a Material Fact Dispute Over Counsel’s Failure to Convey Plea Acceptance Case: Ennis Jr. v. State of Idaho...
Untimely Postprimary Candidate-Qualification Protests Cannot Use R.C. 3501.39(A)(2) to Evade R.C. 3513.05; Boards Lack Late Sua Sponte Power Under R.C. 3501.39(A)(4) I. Introduction Case: State ex...