Local Ballot Access May Be Preserved Pending Appeal When Exclusion Would Irremediably Deny Initiative Rights Case: 406 People First v. County of Butte-Silver Bow Court: Supreme Court of Montana Date:...
Clear-Error Review Requires the BIA to Confront, Not Rewrite, an Immigration Judge’s CAT Findings Case: Jose Lorenzo Lemus Palma v. Attorney General United States of America Court: United States...
A Broad Litigation-Specific Indemnity Covers Post-Closing Patent Losses—and Willful Infringement Does Not Defeat It Absent Clear Public Policy Case: Claude Gendreau v. Movora LLC Court: Supreme Court...
Undisclosed Defendant Statements Do Not Require a Mistrial Absent a Reasonable Probability of a Different Result Case: Tyler Austin Jordan v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky...
Identity May Be Proved by DNA and Corroborating Circumstantial Evidence Without Proof of When the DNA Was Deposited Case: Carter v. State Court: Supreme Court of Delaware Decision Date: September 23,...
Youthful-Offender Probation Detention: Family Rules Foreclose the Ordinary Immediate Bail-Appeal Route Case: In Re R.G., Juvenile Court: Supreme Court of Vermont Decision date: September 25, 2026...
Bargained-For Telework Discretion Permits Statewide Hybrid-Work Rules Without Renewed Bargaining Case: Vermont State Employees' Association v. State of Vermont Court: Supreme Court of Vermont Date:...
Self-Incrimination Prevails Over Compulsory Process, and Inevitable Discovery Extends to Cell-Phone Evidence Case: United States v. Gary Howard Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh...
Texas Courts Must Deny Comity to Foreign Divorce Judgments Entered Without Fundamentally Adequate Notice Case: HIRA AZHAR v. MOHAMMAD ALI CHOUDHRI Court: Supreme Court of Texas Docket: No. 24-0939...
Alternative-Perpetrator Defenses Do Not Relax Evidentiary Rules, and Undisclosed Expert Opinions Require Prejudice for Reversal Case: State of Minnesota v. Lee Wayne Young, Jr. Court: Supreme Court...
Bondsman Arrest Authority Does Not Independently Privilege Entry into a Third Party’s Home, and Mens Rea Instructional Error Requires Proven Prejudice Case: State v. J. Hubber, 2026 MT 229 Court:...
Mandamus Cannot Compel Advisory Clarification of an Injunction to Influence a Governor’s Death-Warrant Decision Case: Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Hon. Phillip J. Shepherd Court: Supreme Court of...
Concrete Proof Is Required to Pierce Kentucky’s Rape Shield, and County Venue Objections Must Be Raised Before Trial Case: Steven Minton v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky...
A Testifying DNA Analyst May Interpret Non-Testimonial Raw Laboratory Data Without Calling Every Testing Technician Case: Timothy McQueary v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky...
Asking a Captured Suspect Why He Fled Constitutes Miranda Interrogation, but Erroneous Admission May Be Harmless Case: Cruz Frescas v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky Date:...
Wantonly Creating an Emergency Bars a Choice-of-Evils Defense to Wanton Criminal Mischief Case: Mark West v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky Date: September 24, 2026...
Supervised Practice May Establish Fitness for Conditional Attorney Reinstatement Case: In Re: Allison Coffeen Mohon Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky Date: September 24, 2026 Decision: Conditional...
Intentional Assistance in Leading or Restraining a Victim Supports Complicity to First-Degree Sodomy Case: Demaurion Moore v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky Date: September...
Presale Construction Contracts Must Specify the Scope, Quality, and Price of the Finished Residence Case: SCHUSTER v. MILBRATH Court: Supreme Court of Idaho Date: September 24, 2026 Docket No.: 52545...
Without a Renewed Motion in Limine, Contemporaneous Objections Define Rule 403 Review on Retrial Case: State v. A. Lake, 2026 MT 224 Court: Supreme Court of Montana Date: September 22, 2026...