Probate Rule 2(f) Preservation in Alaska Commitment & Medication Appeals: Mandatory Objections to Master’s Reports; Voluntary-Treatment Advisement Errors Require Prejudice for Reversal 1....
Taxpayer Standing Requires an Expenditure-Centered Dispute; Incidental Implementation Costs Cannot Manufacture Standing (and Chambers v. Lautenbaugh Disapproved to the Extent Inconsistent) 1....
Kansas “Marketable Gas” After Cooper-Clark: Express Royalty Clauses Control; Marketability Is a Fact Question and the Marketable Condition Rule Is a Gap-Filler 1. Introduction Case: Cooper-Clark...
Martin v. City of Topeka: Street-Maintenance Duty as a Specific Duty; Public-Duty Doctrine Survives the KTCA; No Discretion to Ignore Known Street Hazards 1. Introduction In Martin v. City of Topeka...
State v. Contreras: No “Itemized” Jury-Waiver Requirement for Apprendi Age Facts When the Defendant Pleads and Admits the Charging Document 1. Introduction In State v. Contreras (Kan. Sept. 11,...
K.S.A. 22-3430 Commitment Is In Lieu of Sentencing and Cannot Be Imposed Simultaneously with a KSGA Prison Sentence Case: State v. Hunter, No. 128,056 (Kan. Sept. 11, 2026) Court: Supreme Court of...
State v. Trickle: Admissibility of Suicide “Relative Risk” Expert Testimony, Strict Objection Specificity, and Limits on “Liar” Rhetoric in Closing Court: Supreme Court of Kansas Date: September 11,...
Firm Waiver Rule Bars a COA When a § 2254 Petitioner Fails to Timely Object to a Magistrate Judge’s R&R Introduction In Walker v. Masquelier (10th Cir. Sept. 10, 2026), petitioner Walter Edward...
General Credibility Finding Can Sustain § 3C1.1 Perjury Enhancement; No Minor-Role Reduction Where Relevant Conduct Equals Defendant’s Own Money-Laundering Activity I. Introduction In United States...
Pennsylvania Abolishes “Non-Negligent Happenstance” Nunc Pro Tunc Extensions Absent Statutory Authorization (Section 7342(b) Common-Law Arbitration) 1. Introduction In Patrick J. Carr, Patrick K....
Elections Clause “Clear Authorization” Rule: USPS Cannot Regulate Federal Ballot-Mail Procedures Absent Specific Congressional Delegation Case: League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. State of...
Internet Use Alone Satisfies the “Facility of Interstate Commerce” Element in §§ 2422(b) and 2252A(a)(2) Attempts (and Harmless-Error Treatment of a Fictitious-Minor Computer-Use Guideline Issue)...
Strict Local Rule 56.1 Compliance and Comparator Proof Requirements in Title VII Summary Judgment (Seventh Circuit) 1. Introduction In Yousef A. Ismail v. David Steiner, Postmaster General, the...
Federal Illegality Bars Enforcement of State-Legal Marijuana Supply Contracts in Federal Court (RFA and Rescheduling Do Not Cure) Case: Hello Farms Licensing MI, LLC v. GR Vending MI, LLC (with CURA...
Due Diligence for CPL 245 Certificates of Compliance Despite Belated Body-Worn Camera Disclosure in a Complex Conspiracy Prosecution 1. Introduction People v Stanley (2026 NY Slip Op 05244 [3d Dept...
Elections Clause “Clear Authorization” Rule for USPS Ballot-Mail Regulations (and Post-Hippocratic Organizational Standing for Voter-Education Groups) Case: League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v....
Elections Clause Limits on USPS Ballot-Mail Rules Absent Clear Congressional Authorization (and Organizational Standing for Voting-Education Disruption) 1. Introduction This First Circuit emergency...
Elections Clause Limits on Executive-Agency “Ballot Mail” Rules Absent Clear Congressional Authorization 1. Introduction This First Circuit emergency order arises from consolidated challenges brought...
Mixed-Motive Title VII Claims Require Evidence of a Motivating Factor; Independent Investigations Break “Cat’s Paw” Causation 1. Introduction In Amanda Fennel v. Elmore County Board of Education...
Non-Signatories May Be Enjoined for Aiding a Non-Compete Breach; Record-Based Territory and Customer/Workforce Loss Support Irreparable Harm I. Introduction Puris, LLC. v. CMG Pipelines, Inc. (11th...