Plausibility Pleading in Employment Discrimination: Conclusory Motive Allegations, Undefined Comparators, and Pre-Decision Retaliation Theories Fail Under Rule 12(b)(6) 1. Introduction In Wei Jiang...
District Courts Must Identify and Explain the Predicate Felony for U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) Enhancements; Conceded Suppression Grounds Are Waived on Appeal Case: United States v. Quillan Inman (4th...
File-Sharing CSAM Storage Categorically Qualifies as INA “Crime of Child Abuse,” and Categorical Analysis Uses the State Statute in Effect at the Time of the Conduct Case: Md Uddin v. Todd Blanche...
§ 49-4-604(c)(6) Permits Termination of Custodial and/or Guardianship Rights Without Terminating Parental Rights Case: In re M.G., S.G., and O.G. Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia...
Rule 35(a) Resentencing Requires a Finding of Illegality; Prohibition Lies to Stop Unauthorized Sentence Reductions 1. Introduction This proceeding arises from the State’s petition for a writ of...
Sanction Calibration in West Virginia Attorney Discipline: Distinguishing Fee Mishandling from Misappropriation and Separately Weighting Client-Abandonment Harm Case: Lawyer Disciplinary Board v....
DEP Horizontal-Well Permits Do Not Displace Municipal Zoning Absent Express Preemption; ICA Lacks Jurisdiction Over Certiorari Zoning Appeals Case: City of Weirton and City of Weirton Board of Zoning...
Premature Termination Before a Set Corrective-Action Deadline Does Not Prove “Misconduct” Disqualifying Hawaiʻi Unemployment Benefits Introduction Choi v. Tachibana Enterprises, LLC (Hawaiʻi Supreme...
State v. Ellway: Mid‑Evidence Judge Replacement in a Criminal Bench Trial Ends the First Trial and Triggers Double Jeopardy Absent a Proper Mistrial I. Introduction In State v. Ellway (Haw. June 5,...
Providence-Specific Property-Tax Exemptions: “Located in Providence” Limits the Exemption to Providence Property; Ambiguous Tax-Exemption Statutes Are Resolved for Taxation I. Introduction In The...
Agency Implementation of Presidential Directives Remains APA-Reviewable Absent “No Discretion” and Requires Developed Stay Showing 1. Introduction Orr v. Trump (1st Cir. June 5, 2026) arises from a...
Florida IOTA Rate Rule: Prime Minus 300 bps (Net of Fees) with 0.25% Floor and 1.50% Cap 1. Introduction In In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating the Florida Bar - Rule 5-1.1, the Supreme Court of...
Florida PSC May Approve RSAM-Adjusted Depreciation and RSAM in a Litigated Rate Case, and Depreciation Rule Does Not Bar Reserve-Surplus-Creating Parameters Case: Citizens of the State of Florida,...
Pretrial Sixth Amendment Waiver Defects Are Not Per Se Structural When Cured Before Trial (Abrogating State v. Jones Under State v. Cantu) 1. Introduction Case: State v. Allen (Supreme Court of...
Arkansas Adopts Proportional Discovery and Discovery-Specific Certification (Rule 26(g)) While Clarifying Rule 11’s Reach Over Discovery Motions 1. Introduction In In RE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT...
Delivery Pallets Are Not “Integral Parts” of Food Products for Arkansas’s Sales-for-Resale Exemption 1. Introduction In Tyson Chicken, Inc.; Tyson Mexican Original, Inc.; Abnd Tyson Poultry Inc. v....
Mandamus-Ordered MEPA Review Will Not Be Stayed Absent Concrete Mootness/Irreparable Harm Showing 1. Introduction Case: American Prairie v. MT DNRC (Mont. Sup. Ct., Order dated 2026-06-04). Parties:...
18 U.S.C. § 1589 Reaches Counties: Civil Immigration Detainee Labor Cannot Be Coerced by Solitary Confinement Introduction In Aleksey Ruderman v. Kenosha County, Wisconsin, et al. (7th Cir. June 5,...
Compassionate Release in the Eleventh Circuit: Denial May Rest Solely on § 3553(a) Without Reaching “Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons” I. Introduction United States v. Jean Henry (11th Cir. June...
Seventh Circuit: No Qualified First Amendment Right for Press or Public to Witness State Executions Absent Historical Openness I. Introduction Associated Press, et al. v. Ron Neal and Lloyd Arnold...