Memoranda of Payment Do Not Satisfy RSA 281-A:55-a, II Notice of a “Possible Claim” Against the Special Fund Case: Appeal of Comm'r of N.H. Dep't of Labor, Cite: 2026 N.H. 34 Court: Supreme Court of...
State v. Sarria (375 Or 516) — ORS 133.076 Requires a Peace-Officer-Issued (Not Court-Issued) Criminal Citation; Outdoor Media Limits New Procedural Affirmances in Conditional-Plea Appeals I....
Okene v. Blanche: Substantial-Evidence Review for INA § 240A Hardship and VAWA Battery/Extreme-Cruelty Determinations 1. Introduction In Okene v. Blanche (5th Cir. Sept. 4, 2026), Wilberforce Okene,...
Direct-Sales Bans Survive Rational-Basis Review as Applied to Non‑Franchising EV Manufacturers Under Fifth Circuit Precedent Case: Lucid Group USA v. Johnston (5th Cir. Sept. 4, 2026) | Court: United...
No Due Process Error from Reasonable Trial Time Limits Absent Objection or Prejudice; Unsworn Post-Trial Submissions Properly Excluded 1. Introduction Bryan Hutcheson v. Haley Frano and Kenneth Frano...
Option-to-Purchase Contracts: No Implied Right to Delay Closing to Challenge a Contractually-Required MAI Appraisal; Appraisal-Critique Experts Must Satisfy V.R.E. 702 Introduction Jamaica Cottage...
Relief-from-Abuse Orders May Rest on Circumstantial Proof of Nonaccidental Injury and a Parent’s Acts or Omissions Failing to Protect a Child Note on authority: This decision is an Entry Order issued...
Requiring a Record-Based, Note 3(C) Five-Factor Mitigating-Role Determination Under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.2 (Post Guía-Sendeme and Guzmán-Ceballos) I. Introduction In United States v. Gonzalez (1st Cir....
Redressability Controls Billboard-Sign Standing When an Unchallenged Structural Ban Independently Prohibits the Proposed Sign I. Introduction Case: Summit Locations, LLC v. Bd. of Trs., Bath Twp.,...
Procedural Forfeiture and Docket-Management Deference in Consolidated Federal Actions Challenging State Criminal Proceedings 1. Introduction In Urve Maggitti v. John Capuzzi, Sr. (3d Cir. Sept. 4,...
Tenth Circuit: Hardship Review Is Deferential, and Cancellation Appeals Cannot Recast Fact Disputes as Legal Error 1. Introduction In Hernandez Hernandez v. Blanche (10th Cir. Sept. 4, 2026)...
Post-Hunter I: Appeal Waivers Yield Only to Obvious, Egregious Error—Debatable § 922(g)(3) Constitutional Claims Remain Waived I. Introduction United States v. Nyandoro (5th Cir. Sept. 4, 2026)...
Limits on NLRB Coercion Findings and Remedies—No Consequential Damages; No “Impossible” Reopening; Gissel Bargaining Order and Notice-Reading Sustained Introduction In Starbucks Corporation v....
Financial and Logistical Realities May Be Weighed in Out-of-State Parent-Child Contact—§ 650 “Maximum Contact” Does Not Eliminate Trial-Court Discretion 1. Introduction Karissa Lashley v. Jacob...
Fourth Circuit: Objective Recklessness Establishes Willful FBAR Liability, and Aggregate Willful FBAR Penalties Are Not “Grossly Disproportional” When Far Below the Statutory Maximum 1. Introduction...
Harmless Error in CAT Review When Likelihood-of-Torture Fails at Myrie Step One 1. Introduction In Rafael Aguilar-Ayala v. Attorney General United States of America (3d Cir. Sept. 4, 2026) (not...
Summary Judgment Reversible Error: District Courts Must Analyze Self-Interested Testimony on Insurable Interest and Explain Their Reasons 1. Introduction Case: Marbury v. United National Insurance...
Termination of Parental Rights: A Loving Bond Does Not Override the Child’s Need for Permanency When Other Best-Interest Factors Favor Termination Introduction Case: In re R.W., Juvenile (C.H.,...
Intervenor Standing Limits: Neighbors Cannot Appeal PUC Exclusion of Municipal Recommendations in § 248a CPG Proceedings I. Introduction Case: In re Petition of Industrial Tower and Wireless LLC...
Post-Judgment Business Setbacks Are Not “Newly Discovered Evidence” Under VR.C.P. 60(b)(2) in Divorce; Attorney’s Fees May Be Awarded for Meritless Relitigation 1. Introduction Case: Alison Beckwith...