Colorado Single-Subject Rule: An Initiative Violates the Single Subject Requirement When Its Effectiveness Is Conditioned on Passage of a Separate Initiative Decision: Balink v. Nathan (In re Title,...
§ 13-81-103(1)(b) Imposes a One-Year Survival-Action Deadline for Decedents Under Disability Regardless of Legal Representative 1. Introduction In City of Grand Junction & Pub. Serv. Co. of Colo. v....
§922(g)(4) After Rahimi and Hemani: As-Applied Validity Turns on Current Dangerousness and an Evidentiary Record Case: United States v. Jonathan S. Rose (7th Cir. July 2, 2026) Panel: Easterbrook,...
Rule 16(b)(1)(A) Defense Production May Support Rule 901(b)(4) Authentication Without Violating the Right to Testify I. Introduction In United States v. Luisito Espanola (7th Cir. July 1, 2026), the...
Performance-Based Violence by Sports Hooligans Lacks “Nexus” to Asylum Protected Grounds; New Social Group Theories Must Be Raised Before the IJ Case: Bojan Andric v. Todd W. Blanche, No. 25-1448...
Paragon Metals: Anti-Reliance Clauses Do Not Impose a “Reasonable Due Diligence” Duty or Bar Contractual Fraud Absent True Willful Blindness Case: Paragon Metals Holdings, LLC v. Michael J. Smith...
Dismissal With Prejudice of a Pro Se In Forma Pauperis Shotgun Pleading After Notice and a Final Opportunity to Amend 1. Introduction In Ivette Echenique v. Hamilton Hospital, the Eleventh Circuit...
Rutherford Bars Compassionate Release Based on Nonretroactive Statutory Sentencing Changes; Age Alone Does Not Satisfy § 1B1.13(b)(2) I. Introduction United States v. Gilberto Chineag (11th Cir. July...
State v. Wright (2026): SB 751 Discovery Amendments Apply by Alleged Offense Date, Not Charging Date 1. Introduction Case: State v. Wright, 375 Or 383 (Supreme Court of Oregon, July 2, 2026)...
Rational-Basis Validation of Time-Limited “Specified Landowner” Exclusion Rights in Utah Municipal Incorporations Case: McCaffrey v. Anderson, 2026 UT 14 (Utah Sup. Ct. July 2, 2026) 1. Introduction...
Temporal Proximity Does Not Prove Retaliation Causation When Discipline Was Already Underway Introduction In Wanda Jean-Baptiste v. City of Miami (11th Cir. July 2, 2026) (unpublished), the Eleventh...
Drug-Dog Alert During an Ongoing Traffic Stop Establishes Automobile-Exception Probable Cause; Marijuana Odor and “Shake” Support Search and Arrest 1. Introduction In United States v. Nicholas Smith...
JSIN Sentencing Averages, Without Defendant-Specific Comparators, Do Not Show an Unwarranted § 3553(a)(6) Disparity 1. Introduction United States v. Uwa Nosakhare (11th Cir. July 1, 2026) is an...
Seniority-Plan Changes Are Discrete Title VII Acts Triggering the 180-Day EEOC Clock; Speculative Race Inferences and a Single Non-Racial Text Cannot Plead Discrimination or Hostile Environment 1....
Constructive Possession Plus Penal Law § 265.15(4) Presumption Can Prove CPW 2°; a Single Belated Disclosure Does Not Invalidate a COC Without a Due-Diligence Failure 1. Introduction People v Harrell...
Faxed DME Orders and OMIG Recoupment: DME Policy Guidelines as Non‑SAPA Interpretive Directives and the Enforceable “Wet Signature” Requirement (Audit-Period Compliance Controls) 1. Introduction...
Billed Hourly Rates Presumptively Set the Lodestar in Nevada Civil-Contempt Fee Awards Under NRS 22.100(3) 1. Introduction Lytle Trust v. Gerry R. Zobrist and Jolin G. Zobrist Family Trust (142 Nev.,...
ICWA Termination Requires Culturally Grounded Expert Testimony Tethered to Case-Specific Parental Conduct 1. Introduction Viva G. v. State of Alaska, Department of Family and Community Services,...
HRS § 291C-12(a) “Involved in a Collision” Includes Non-Contact Pursuit; Vagueness Challenges Are As-Applied Only; Bill of Particulars Can Supply Constitutionally Adequate Notice Case: State v....
Pandemic Remote Work Does Not Establish “Employer Necessity” Under New York’s Convenience-of-the-Employer Rule 1. Introduction Matter of Zelinsky v Commissioner of Taxation & Fin. of the State of...