Constructive Knowledge Rejected: Actual Knowledge Required to Knowingly Consent to Magistrate-Judge Jurisdiction When an Undisclosed Close Friendship Exists 1. Introduction Case: IFG Port Holdings,...
Recorded LLC Filings Alone Do Not Start the Limitations Clock When Fiduciary Concealment and Conflicting Tax Records Support Discovery-Rule Tolling Introduction In Hudson Revocable Trust v. Freedom...
Therapist-Driven Suspension of Parent-Child Visitation May Still Satisfy “Reasonable Efforts”; Ineffective-Assistance Claims Require a Showing of Prejudice in Montana TPR Appeals Introduction Matter...
Untimely Guilty-Plea Withdrawal in Montana Requires an Evidence-Supported Innocence Claim—Suppression and Non-Innocence IAC Theories Do Not Trigger the Miscarriage-of-Justice Exception 1....
New Political Party Nominees Are Governed by § 32-621, Not Disqualified by § 32-616(1) Case: Nebraska Democratic Party v. Evnen, 322 Neb. 217 (Sept. 8, 2026) Court: Supreme Court of Nebraska...
Safety-Valve Eligibility Requires Independent Judicial Factfinding (Not a Jury Verdict), but Deference Error May Be Harmless Case: United States v. Roxanna Flores-Alvarado (11th Cir. Sept. 8, 2026)...
CGIA Emergency-Vehicle Immunity Turns on a Disjunctive “Lights-or-Siren” Showing, and the District Court Must Find Whether the Siren Was Used 1. Introduction Murphy v. Marlow (10th Cir. Sept. 8,...
Open-Air Canine Sniffs of Vehicles Are Not Fourth Amendment “Searches” Despite Potentially Lawful Odors; Pre-Contact Alert Supplies Probable Cause for Any Trespassory Sniff I. Introduction In United...
No ADA/Section 504 Requirement for an IDEA-Style Manifestation Determination Before Denying Transfer Reenrollment; Title IX Claim Waived When Omitted from Statement of Claims I. Introduction E.W. v....
Unpublished Fifth Circuit: Under Lindke, a Legislator’s Social-Media Blocking Is Not “State Action” Absent Written Law or Force-of-Law Custom Authorizing Speech for the State I. Introduction Case:...
Grades Are Not Dispositive Under IDEA: Separate Core Instruction Permitted When Extensive Supports Still Fail to Deliver Meaningful Progress in the Least Restrictive Environment 1. Introduction W.H....
Delaware Reaffirms Bridgeville Intermediate Scrutiny for Article I, § 20 and Declines Bruen’s History-and-Tradition Test I. Introduction Case: Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security v....
Hoskin v. Wall: Rule 52(c) Bench-Trial Judgment on Partial Findings Requires Admissible Proof, Preserved Evidentiary Error, and Cohesive Appellate Briefing Nonprecedential posture. The Court...
Reaffirmation of Little/Johnston: Appellate Courts Must Review Contested Evidence In Camera Before Assessing Exculpatory Value in Post-Conviction Litigation Case: Mathis v. State, 2026 MT 211 (Mont....
Therapy-Based Visitation Pauses and Late-Stage Compliance Do Not Defeat Termination After Prolonged Out-of-Home Placement (Mont. YINC) Case: Matter of H.T., S.T., & D.L., YINCC, 2026 MT 213N (Mont....
Defendant’s Motion to Reset Trial “at the Court’s Earliest Convenience” Constitutes a Postponement that Defeats § 46-13-401(2) Six-Month Dismissal Introduction State v. J. Kelly (Mont. Sup. Ct. 2026...
Fee-Log “Perjury” and Contract-Interpretation Deference: Narrowing FAA Vacatur Under §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(4) Case: Kashyap Bakhai v. BDO USA, P.C. (11th Cir. Sept. 8, 2026) (not for publication)...
CBP May Reopen/Reconsider Reinstatement Orders Under 8 C.F.R. § 103.5, and Denials Are Reviewable Under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(6) I. Introduction Santos v. Blanche (2d Cir. Sept. 8, 2026) addresses two...
Independent Investigation Breaks Cat’s-Paw Causation in ADEA Pretext Challenges Case: Tafoya v. City of Fountain (10th Cir. Sept. 8, 2026) (unpublished “Order and Judgment,” persuasive only) Court:...
Tenth Circuit Requires § 2255 Evidentiary Hearings When Plea Counsel May Have Omitted a Plausible Loughrin/Williams Bank-Fraud Defense and Misadvised on Cheek Willfulness 1. Introduction Case: United...