Sentence-Reduction Discretion Must Rest on Record-Supported Facts Case: United States v. Angel Gutierrez-Romero Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Date: October 16, 2026...
A Record-Supported Firearm–Drug Nexus Sustains the Sentencing Enhancement Without Reliance on Guidelines Commentary Case: United States v. Eric Person Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Florida Oxycodone Trafficking Remains an ACCA Serious Drug Offense Under Existing Circuit Precedent Case: United States v. Lawrence Clayton Pollock Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Statutory Title IX Enforcement Challenges Are Not Automatically Tucker Act Contract Claims Case: Arlington School Board v. Linda McMahon, consolidated with the Fairfax County School Board’s appeal,...
Title IX Enforcement Challenges Require Claim-Specific Tucker Act Analysis, Not Wholesale Dismissal Case: Fairfax County School Board v. Linda McMahon, consolidated with Arlington School Board’s...
South Carolina’s Offer-or-Attempt Assault Offense Remains a Guidelines Crime of Violence After Clemons Case: United States v. Jesse Owens, No. 25-4469 Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Specific Congressional Authorization Is Required for an FCC-Created Universal Service Corporation Case: Consumers' Research v. FCC Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Decision...
Co-Resident Consent and an Imminent Knife Threat: Upholding Warrantless Entry and Deadly Force Case: Martinez v. Hidalgo County Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Date:...
Maritime Brokerage Recoveries in Bankruptcy: No Unwritten Continuing-Service Condition on Remittance to Vessel Owners Case: Seacor Marine v. GOL, No. 26-30021 Court: United States Court of Appeals...
SAFETEA’s Oklahoma Rider Remains Effective: Mandatory EPA Approval Without Additional Conditions Case: Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma v. Zeldin, No. 25-9548 Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Charge-Specific Malicious Prosecution and the Limits of Prosecutorial Immunity Case: Smith v. Johnson County, Kansas, Board of Commissioners Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth...
Inadequate Briefing and Unpreserved Arguments Bar Appellate Review, Even for Pro Se Litigants Case: Wakat v. City of Tulsa, No. 25-5114 Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit...
Unbriefed Dismissal Grounds Waive Review; Separately Entered Filing Restrictions Require a Timely Appeal Case: Wakat v. Lamar Advertising Co. and related appeals, Nos. 25-5127, 25-5134, 25-5135, and...
Appellate Briefing Waiver and the Need to Separately Appeal Later Filing Restrictions Case: Wakat v. Okie Smoke.com Dispensary, decided together with three related appeals Court: United States Court...
Appellate Briefing Waiver and the Need to Separately Appeal Later-Imposed Filing Restrictions Case: Wakat v. Plainview Salvage, decided together with three related appeals Court: United States Court...
Appeals Must Challenge the Dismissal Grounds and Properly Seek Review of Separate Filing Restrictions Case: Wakat v. Robson and related appeals, Nos. 25-5127, 25-5134, 25-5135, and 25-5137 Court:...
A Single Feasible Alternative May Satisfy NEPA: Sixth Circuit Stays Vacatur of TVA’s Kingston Plant Approval Case: Appalachian Voices v. TVA, No. 26-5836 Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Private-Actor Asylum Claims: Nonreporting Is Not Dispositive, but Reversal Requires Compelling Evidence Case: Sandra Cabrera-Lopez v. Todd Blanche, No. 25-3773 Court: United States Court of Appeals...
Marijuana Odor Remains Probable Cause Despite State Reform: Discovery and Jury-Instruction Limits on Reversal Case: United States v. Devante Garrett, No. 25-5779 Court: United States Court of Appeals...
General Dangerousness Can Support Felon Disarmament Without Proof of Firearm-Specific Violence Case: United States v. Michael Bloomfield, No. 25-3961 Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...