Failure to Challenge an Unclear Alternative Ground Is Prudential, Not Jurisdictional Case: State v. Jose T. (Dissent) Court: Supreme Court of Connecticut Date: September 29, 2026 Author: Justice...
Gamble v. State: A Bare Sufficiency Challenge Does Not Satisfy the Appellant’s Burden—Even When Coercion Is Asserted Supreme Court of Georgia, No. S26A0775, decided September 22, 2026 Introduction In...
Repeated Defiance of Child-Protection Orders May Render an Improvement Period Futile and Support Termination of Parental Rights Case: In re T.S., No. 25-751 Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West...
A Statutorily Required Condominium Disclosure Fee Is Not an Unfair Consumer Practice Based on Price and Statutory Compulsion Alone Case: Greenswag v. Lieberman Management Services, Inc., 2026 IL...
Rule 404(e) Assessment-Waiver Errors Must First Be Raised Under Rule 472, Not as Ineffective Assistance on Direct Appeal Case: People v. Nibbelin, 2026 IL 131825 Court: Supreme Court of Illinois...
Failure to Pursue an Unsettled Fourth Amendment Challenge to a Cell-Phone Password Demand Does Not Constitute Ineffective Assistance Case: Reynolds v. State, No. S26A1003 Court: Supreme Court of...
Strategic Retention of a Juror Is Not Ineffective Assistance, and Unpreserved Juror-Misconduct Claims Receive No Plain-Error Review Case: Ware v. State, No. S26A0604 Court: Supreme Court of Georgia...
Official-Record Tolling for Persistent Violent Felony Sentencing May Be Determined by a Judge Without a Jury Case: People v Sabater, 2026 NY Slip Op 05459 Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme...
People v. Benson: As-Applied Second Amendment Challenges to Illinois’s Felon-in-Possession Law Require a Developed Evidentiary Record Citation: 2026 IL 131191 Court: Supreme Court of Illinois Date:...
Independent Professional Duties May Support Construction-Negligence Claims by Subsequent Owners Despite Lack of Privity Cases: ICH 3 Atlanta Sugarloaf Apartments, L.P. v. Hart Gaugler and Associates,...
Requesting Presumptive Probation Preserves Appellate Review, and Nonviolent Recidivism May Justify Departure Case: State v. Lucero, 2026 S.D. 48 Court: Supreme Court of South Dakota Date: September...
EFAA Bars Arbitration of Negligence Claims Logically Connected to a Sexual Assault Case: C.N. v Sigma Delta Tau Socy., 2026 NY Slip Op 05405 Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second...
The Attorney General May Issue Binding Investigative Directives to California Sheriffs Case: Bonta v. Bianco, S295901 Court: Supreme Court of California Date: September 24, 2026 Opinion by: Chief...
When Delayed Disclosure Is the Core Defense, Removing It from Credibility Review Is Reversible Error Case: State v. Jose T. (Concurrence & Dissent) Court: Supreme Court of Connecticut Date: September...
Parenting-Time-Only Modifications Require Changed Circumstances, Not a Substantial Change Case: Reynolds v. Reynolds, 2026 IL 132627 Court: Supreme Court of Illinois Date: September 24, 2026...
Failure to Acknowledge Neglect and Benefit from Services Supports Denial of an Improvement Period and Termination of Parental Rights Case: In re B.S., G.S., R.S., and S.S. Court: Supreme Court of...
Medical-Care Facts, Not Claim Labels, Trigger the MPLA—and Post-Suit Merit Statements Cannot Cure Pre-Suit Noncompliance Case: Donta Wade v. University Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.; Marshall Health...
Private Roads Require Existing, Enforceable Public-Road Access, and Their Restrictions Must Be Supported by Evidence Case: Little Medicine Creek Ranch, Inc., a Wyoming Corporation, F/K/A Burnett...
Civil Service Discipline Requires Specification-Specific Factual Findings for Substantial-Evidence Review Case: Matter of Goldstein v Town of Niskayuna Citation: 2026 NY Slip Op 05448 Court:...
Search Warrants Cannot Remove Voted Ballots from the Custody of Election Officials Case: Cervantes v. Bianco Court: Supreme Court of California | Date: September 24, 2026 Introduction Cervantes v....