Due Process Hearing Rights and Statutory Findings Required in Parenting Plan Modifications Under W. Va. Code § 48-9-401 Introduction In In re H.L. (No. 25-345, W. Va. Sup. Ct. App. May 6, 2026),...
Diahn v. Blanche: Fourth Circuit Requires Immigration Judges to Actively Develop the Record and Provide Clear, Practical Notice for Pro Se Detained Respondents I. Introduction Trokon Diahn v. Todd...
Diahn v. Blanche: Immigration Judges Must Actively Develop the Record for Pro Se, Detained Respondents—Including Clear Guidance on Corroboration, Witnesses, and Where/When to File Evidence 1....
Diahn v. Blanche: Expanded Statutory Duty of Immigration Judges to Develop the Record for Pro Se, Detained Respondents—Including Clear Notice on Evidence Submission and Witness Procedures I....
Equitable Partition of Personal Property in Wyoming & District Court Jurisdiction over Partition Actions I. Introduction In Richard Q. Navarro v. Antonio Oros-Garcia, 2026 WY 52, the Wyoming Supreme...
State v. Shank: No Lesser-Included Third-Degree Assault Charge When Vehicle Use Satisfies ABHAN “Means Likely” Prong and Only General Intent (Recklessness) Is Required I. Introduction State v. Samir...
FOIA Exemption 5 Protects PTAB Draft Decisions Circulated to Nonpanel Judges; No “Government Misconduct” Exception Introduction In Josh Malone v. United States Patent & Trademark Office (4th Cir. May...
Eleventh Circuit: § 1225(b)(2)(A) No‑Bond Detention Applies Only to Aliens “Seeking Admission,” Not Unadmitted Aliens Found in the Interior 1. Introduction Fidencio Hernandez Alvarez and Ismael Cerro...
Compliance Is Not Correction: Minimization of Intra-Sibling Sexual Abuse and Unsafe Adult Associations Justify Termination of Custodial Rights 1. Introduction In re E.L., T.D., and W.D. is a Supreme...
Overwhelming Evidence Defeats Strickland Prejudice in Postconviction Claims Attacking Self-Defense Instructions Introduction In Fenstermaker v. State, 2026 UT 12, the Utah Supreme Court reviewed a...
Wild Timberland Logging Roads Carry a Presumption of Permissive Use; Episodic Construction Access Does Not Ripen into Prescription Without Notice of Hostility I. Introduction Spirit Lake Cabins, LLC...
State v. Hernandez (2026 ND 95): Future-Tense, Post-Refusal Lawyer References Do Not Trigger Baillie’s Chemical-Test Counsel Opportunity Court: Supreme Court of North Dakota Date: May 7, 2026...
Family Court Discretion to Decline a Lincoln Hearing Where Testimony May Negatively Impact the Child Introduction In Matter of Cullen NN. v Patrice OO. (2026 NY Slip Op 02900 [3d Dept May 7, 2026]),...
“Receipt” Means Actual Receipt: Ten-Day Response Periods in GWA Adverse Actions Run from Delivery, Not Mailing I. Introduction In Guam Waterworks Authority v. Civil Service Commission, and Joey A....
State v. Featherston (2026 UT 13): Utah’s General Savings Statute Bars Post-Sentencing Benefit from Ameliorative Penalty Reductions While Appeal Is Pending Introduction Parties: The State of Utah...
Government Lots on Navigable Rivers Are Bounded by the River (Not the State Line): State Retains Title to In‑Channel Island Accretions That Later Attach to Shore Case: State v. Leland, 2026 ND 99...
Public Law 86-272 Does Not Facially Preempt New York’s Internet-Solicitation Regulation (20 NYCRR 1-2.10) Case: American Catalog Mailers Assn. v Department of Taxation & Fin., 2026 NY Slip Op 02908...
Trade Usage and Post-Abandonment Conduct Can Prove an Oral Subcontract; Conversion Counterclaims Fail Without Specific Proof of Value and Wrongful Control I. Introduction In Lepird Drywall, LLC d/b/a...
Erlinger Does Not Constitutionalize Jury Factfinding for New York Predicate-Felony “Tolling” Under Penal Law § 70.06(1)(b)(v) 1. Introduction People v Young (2026 NY Slip Op 02883 [1st Dept May 7,...
Expungement Does Not Constitute Favorable Termination; Discovery Rule Accrues on Discovery of Injury (Not Cause) 1. Introduction In Pryor v. J. B. Hunt Transport, Inc. (Miss. May 7, 2026), the...