State v. Barnes: Plain-View “Immediately Apparent” Probable Cause for a Smoked-Down Blunt and General Consent to Search a Person Encompasses Pocket Searches I. Introduction In State v. Barnes (Kan....
No Double Presentence Credit Across Separate Dockets When Confinement Is Attributable to Probation Revocation Case: Yzail Ashton Gauna v. The State of Wyoming, 2026 WY 97 (Wyo. Sept. 3, 2026) Court:...
Sedillo v. State: Idaho Constitutional Double Jeopardy Applies the Pleading Theory and Requires Merger of Theft into Robbery When the Same Taking Is Charged I. Introduction In Sedillo v. State (Idaho...
No Double Credit for Jail Time Across Separate Dockets Unless Confinement Was Solely for Unposted Bond Case: Yzail Ashton Gauna v. The State of Wyoming, 2026 WY 97 (Wyo. Sept. 3, 2026) 1....
Nonrecourse Clauses in Confidentiality Agreements Bar Tortious-Interference Claims Against Nonparty Affiliates Absent Bad-Faith Conduct Unrelated to Legitimate Economic Self-Interest 1. Introduction...
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...
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...
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...
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.,...
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....
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,...
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...
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...