Harmless Drug-Quantity Disputes and Sufficient Explanation for Rejecting Methamphetamine “Ice” Policy Variances in Within-Guidelines Sentencing I. Introduction In United States v. Jason Demyers (6th...
Force-to-Handcuff After a Prolonged Chase: “Active Resistance” and Full-Context Reasonableness Defeat Excessive-Force Claims (and Experts Cannot Opine on Constitutionality) Case: Jared Kennedy v....
Article III Standing Bars Mandamus/APA Suits Seeking to Compel HHS Enforcement of the ACA Provider Nondiscrimination Provision Absent Non-Speculative Causation and Redressability Introduction In Am....
Warrantless Entry Authority of Game Commission Officers: Unconstitutional as Applied to Posted Open Fields, Not Facially Invalid, and Severable Under 1 Pa.C.S. § 1925 1. Introduction Punxsutawney...
Confirmed Plan Bars Post-Effective-Date Revocation of Expedited Distribution Elections 1. Introduction This Third Circuit decision arises out of the Boy Scouts of America and Delaware BSA, LLC...
Tenth Circuit: No Sua Sponte Competency Exam Absent Reason to Doubt; No Ineffective-Assistance Claim Against Standby Counsel Where Defendant Controls Defense 1. Introduction In United States v. Egli...
Disbarment for Social-Media Intimidation and Doxing of Judges and Justice Officials in Connected Proceedings 1. Introduction Connie Reguli v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court...
Whistleblower Causation at Summary Relief: “Some Evidence” of a Contributory Link Suffices; Alternative Motives Are a Defense-Stage Question Case: Adams, A., Aplt. v. AG (Albert Adams, Jr. v....
Objective, Committee-Based Justification Suffices for ADA Fitness-for-Duty Exams in Patient-Safety Roles I. Introduction In Joseph Christophe Isaac Robitaille v. Trinity Health Grand Rapids, the...
“Material Change” Means a Significant Change in Character and “Intensification” Means a Meaningful Increase in Degree Under Special Permit Conditions (Not the Nonconforming-Use Test) Introduction In...
R.C. 2953.73(D) “Reasons” Requirement Satisfied by Stating a Statutory Ground for Accepting or Rejecting Postconviction DNA Testing 1. Introduction In State v. Lash, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-2746,...
AEDPA Deference to State Brady/Strickland No-Prejudice Findings When Suppressed Evidence Is Cumulative of Disclosed Materials I. Introduction Jeffrey Hineman v. Daisy Chase is a federal habeas case...
Concealed Self-Payment from Investor Funds Is a Material Misrepresentation Supporting Wire-Fraud Liability (Narrowing Weimert) 1. Introduction In United States v. Giulio Palma (7th Cir. July 20,...
July 21, 2026 Supreme Court of Ohio Case Announcements: Procedural Dispositions, Sua Sponte Dismissals, and Record-Completion Enforcement 1. Introduction The Supreme Court of Ohio’s July 21, 2026...
Federal Guidance–Driven Compliance Moots Free-Exercise Challenge to SSN-Based CLP Denial; Reasonable Regulatory Enforcement Supports Qualified Immunity 1. Introduction Case: Lindsay Dyda v. Michigan...
Eminent Domain in New Jersey: Condemned Land Cannot Serve as “Currency” for a Public-Benefit Land Swap I. Introduction Case: Township of Jackson v. Getzel Bee, LLC; Township of Jackson v. Bellevue...
Exclusive State Forester Review: Municipal Assessors Lack Power to Terminate Erroneous Forest Land Classifications 1. Introduction In Campelli v. Mansfield (Supreme Court of Connecticut, officially...
Ordinance-Authorized Municipal Revenue Pledges Are Consensual (Not Statutory) Liens; Pennsylvania Gaming “Local Share” Payments Are Fees (Not Special Excise Taxes) in Chapter 9 I. Introduction Case:...
Plain-Error Relief Denied When Permissible Factors Independently Support a Vulnerable-Victim Enhancement 1. Introduction United States v. Moss (10th Cir. July 20, 2026) addresses how appellate courts...
8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(9) Channels Speech-Based “Retaliatory Removal/Detention” Habeas Claims to the Petition-for-Review Process (and Merits Panels May Revisit Motions-Panel Jurisdiction Views) Case:...