Section 18.001’s “Unless” Clause as an All-or-Nothing Bar: Any Compliant Counteraffidavit Defeats Affidavit Admissibility Case: Tatia Ortiz v. Ramu Nelapatla Court: Supreme Court of Texas Date: May...
People v. Morris (Cal. 2026): § 189(e)(2) Requires the Nonkiller to Aid the Lethal Act, Not Merely the Underlying Felony Supreme Court of California (May 4, 2026) — Justice Groban (maj.); Chief...
State v. Lawrence M.: Joinder Burden on the State and Permissible “Grooming” Hypotheticals Without Complainant-Specific Vouching 1. Introduction In State of Connecticut v. Lawrence M. (SC 21032)...
Estate of Kalinski v. Murphy Law Office, PLLC: Unjust Enrichment and ICPA Claims Cannot Repackage Legal Malpractice Absent Independent Consumer Deception Court: Supreme Court of Idaho Date: May 5,...
State v. Baez: When Eyewitness “Flight” Evidence and Retreat Defeat Self-Defense, and When Intent-Charge Errors Are Not Plain Error Introduction In State v. Baez (Conn. Sup. Ct., officially released...
State v. Bard: Unpreserved Severance Claims Are Unreviewable; Articulation Cannot Create Preservation; No Duty to Sever Sua Sponte Under Practice Book § 41-18 1. Introduction In State v. Bard (Conn....
Uncodified and Ambiguous Civil Service Exam Phone Rules Cannot Rationally Support Score Nullification; “Final” Agency Language May Excuse Further Exhaustion I. Introduction Matter of Bifulco v City...
R.C. 3513.311(C) Allows Late Lieutenant-Governor Replacement Only Upon Death; Ohio Supreme Court Original Jurisdiction Bars Declaratory and Prohibitory-Injunction Claims I. Introduction State ex rel....
Expedited Supreme Court Judgment Issuance Under Rule 45.3 in Ongoing Election Disputes (Callais v. Louisiana) Introduction Callais v. Louisiana arises from emergency, post-merits litigation effects...
“Malice Is Malice”: Pennsylvania Rejects a DUI-Specific Malice Test and Reaffirms One Unified Standard Case: Commonwealth v. Peters, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (May 4, 2026) I. Introduction...
Stash-House Enhancement Applies Without Leasehold When De Facto Control or Co-Conspirator Foreseeability Is Shown Case: United States v. Khari Qunarll Smith (6th Cir. May 4, 2026) (not recommended...
Pleading Limits on “Continuing Violation” Theories: An Allegedly Biased Internal Investigation Does Not Extend a Title VII Hostile-Environment Claim Without Plausible Sex-Based Causation or Harasser...
Termination Ends Commission Entitlement When Compensation Clause Limits Commissions to Contracts Accepted Before the Effective Termination Date Case: Touch-N-Buy LLC v. United Consumer Fin. Servs....
Deadly Force “Until Neutralized”: Sixth Circuit Clarifies that the Trigger-Count Is Not the Question I. Introduction Kimberly Vaughn, through the Administration of the Estate of Mohammad J. Isaifan,...
Informal Agency Memoranda that Alter Substantive Rights Are “Rules”; Untimely Procedural Challenges Are Barred, but Timely Objectors Cannot Be Bound by Unpromulgated Changes 1. Introduction In Martel...
Routine Evidence-Retention Deletions Trigger Youngblood (Not Trombetta) Absent Apparent Exculpatory Value—and Require Proof of Bad Faith Introduction In United States v. Orrantia (10th Cir. May 4,...
Second Circuit Leaves Intact: (1) a Pre‑Trial Constraint on Westfall Act Substitution in State‑Filed Cases, and (2) Waiver/Law‑of‑the‑Case Limits on Re‑Litigating Presidential Immunity I....
Technical-Reviewer DNA Testimony Is Not “Plainly” Barred by the Confrontation Clause; ACCA Different-Occasions Errors Require Prejudice Introduction In United States v. Samuel Lee Jones (11th Cir....
Rule 60 Motions After Final Judgment: One-Year Bar, “Reasonable Time” Limits, and Clear-and-Convincing Proof for Fraud on the Court 1. Introduction Harisadhan Patra and Petula Vaz (pro se) appealed...
Smith v. Albany County School District No. 1: Pleading a “Compelled Message” and Limits on Mask-Mandate First Amendment/Due Process Claims I. Introduction In Smith v. Albany County School District...