“Husband and Wife” in a Quiet Title Judgment—Including the Caption—Manifests Tenancy by the Entirety (and § 34-1-140(b) Codifies, Not Changes, Wyoming Law) 1. Introduction In Natusha Lewis v. Brenda...
Texas Supreme Court: The State May Not Condition Parental Rights on Divorce; Best-Interest Must Be Proven With Clear-and-Convincing Evidence, and § 263.401 Extensions Are Required When Extraordinary...
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Failure-to-Plan TPR on Rule 26.1(c) No-Merit Appeal When Record Supports Clear-and-Convincing Findings Case: Rooten, Allice v. Department of Family Services for...
Post-Removal Misconduct and Constructive Abandonment as Endangerment Evidence—and the Duty to Reach Alternative Termination Grounds (Justice Bland’s Partial Dissent) 1. Introduction Case: In the...
Qualified Health Care Providers Receive MMA Protection for Vicarious Liability Based on Non-QHP Nurses’ Malpractice I. Introduction In Ferlic v. Lovelace Health Sys., LLC (N.M. June 8, 2026), the...
Clark v. State: A Time-Limited Cellphone Warrant with a “Pertinent Data” Clause Is Overbroad—Not a General Warrant—So Targeted Digital Evidence Need Not Be Suppressed 1. Introduction In Clark v....
Nebraska Advantage Act Procedure: Transfer-Denial Letters as “Proposed Determinations” and First-Class Mailing of Deficiency Notices Without Return Receipts Case: MLB Advanced Media v. Nebraska Dept....
Repudiating Insurers Cannot Later Demand Suit-Paper Compliance or Reopen Default Damages Under Insurance Law § 3420 Case: Shattuck v Dryden Mut. Ins. Co., 2026 NY Slip Op 03538 (App Div, 4th Dept...
Labor Law § 240(1): A Worker’s Use of a Ladder Modified at a Tenant Employee’s Direction Defeats “Sole Proximate Cause” and Supports Summary Judgment 1. Introduction Delisle v. FBBT/US Props., LLC,...
UPMIFA “Impracticability” for Race-Restricted Scholarships After SFFA and Donor-Intent–Consistent Modification I. Introduction In re Ezra L. Totton Scholarship (Iowa June 5, 2026) addresses how Iowa...
State v. Hogan: GR 37 Preservation by “Simple Citation,” Corroboration Bar for Demeanor Reasons, and Rebuttable Presumption When GR 37(h) Reasons Are Used 1. Introduction In State v. Hogan (Wash....
Appellate Counsel Misconduct: Late Briefing and Premature Self-Ineffectiveness Claims as Prof.Cond.R. 8.4(d) Violations I. Introduction In Disciplinary Counsel v. Avery, Slip Opinion No....
Retirement of Long-Used Utility Plant May Be Recovered as a “Cost of Rendering Service” Under R.C. 4909.15(A)(4) 1. Introduction In In re Application of Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., Slip Opinion No....
Allocatur Denied for Inadequate Development of Pa.R.A.P. 1114(b) Criteria Despite Apparent Errors Below Case: Wentz, M. v. Wentz, D. (Pa. Supreme Court, June 5, 2026) — Concurring Statement (Wecht,...
People v. Pulley: Juror-Pressure Affidavits Cannot Impeach a Verdict Without “Improper Influence,” and Long Preindictment Delay May Be Justified by Continuing Investigation Court: Appellate Division,...
Attorney for the Child May File an Article 8 Family Offense Petition on a Child’s Behalf Against a Nonparent Family Member I. Introduction Matter of Lockhart v Monica (2026 NY Slip Op 03535 [4th Dept...
Undue Influence Claims Survive Summary Judgment Where Record Shows Triable Issues and Proponent Concedes Credibility Disputes — Matter of Estate of Mielty (Mielty) 1. Introduction Matter of Estate of...
Trial Courts May Stay Nonpayment Summary Process Actions Pending Fair Rent Commission Administrative Appeals 1. Introduction In TOV Realty, LLC v. Suarez (officially released June 9, 2026), the...
Iowa Tax Statutes Construed by Ordinary Meaning; Unattached Commercial Storage Tanks Are Nontaxable “Equipment” Under Iowa Code § 427A.1(1)(d) 1. Introduction In Chickasaw County Board of Review v....
“Related Series of Violations” Caps Iowa Code § 479B.21(1) Civil Penalties at $200,000 When Noncompliance Stems from a Single Permitting Failure I. Introduction In Enterprise Products Operating, LLC...