No LHWCA Vessel Liability Without Evidence of Turnover Knowledge, Active Control, or Actual Knowledge Requiring Intervention Introduction In Quansah v. MSC, the United States Court of Appeals for the...
Niz-Chavez Does Not Equitably Toll In Absentia Reopening Deadlines, and Lack-of-Notice Claims in Removal Proceedings Remain Subject to the One-Motion Limit Introduction In Flavia Coatl-Chiquito v....
Contextual Trial Comments and Broad Sentencing Discretion Under NRS 200.400(4)(b) Do Not Require Reversal Absent Prejudice Introduction In Warrens v. State, the Supreme Court of Nevada affirmed the...
Termination of Parental Rights Cannot Rest on Unadjudicated Conditions of Abuse or Neglect Introduction In In re K.L.-1, K.L.-2, and K.G., the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia vacated a...
Advisory Fishery Councils Do Not Trigger Appointments Clause Relief When Binding Rules Are Promulgated by the Secretary Introduction In New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association v. Lutnick, the...
SIAA Exclusivity Bars FTCA Law-Enforcement Claims for Coast Guard Force Used at Sea Introduction In Lantigua-Nunez v. US Coast Guard, the First Circuit addressed whether a plaintiff injured by Coast...
Effect-on-the-Listener Statements Are Nonhearsay When Offered to Explain a Complainant’s Departure Introduction In State v. William Gilbert, the Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the defendant’s...
Appellate Courts May Not Override a Jury’s Rational Rejection of Misidentification Hypotheses in Circumstantial Drive-By Murder Cases Introduction In State of Louisiana v. Donald Briggs, III a/k/a...
Rule 11 Does Not Require a Court to Predict Rejection of a Nonbinding Sentencing Recommendation Introduction In United States v. Jeffery Lewis, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the conviction and...
First-Time Nonviolent FACE Act Obstruction Is a Petty Offense Not Requiring a Jury Trial Introduction In United States v. Steven Lefemine, the Fourth Circuit affirmed Steven Clark Lefemine’s...
Winn v. Wakat: A Bare § 1442 Invocation Permits Appellate Review, but Unsupported Removal Grounds and Waived Arguments Require Remand Introduction In Winn v. Wakat, the Tenth Circuit considered...
A Corroborated Post-Conviction INTERPOL Red Notice May Support the Serious-Nonpolitical-Crime Bar Introduction In Usma Acosta v. Blanche, the First Circuit reviewed the removal of William Hernando...
Failure to Stop, Look, and Listen Can Make a Motorist Primarily at Fault Despite a Defective Railroad Crossing Introduction In Theopholia Thomas v. BNSF Railway Company, the Supreme Court of...
United States v. Rosa-Borges: No Upward Variance Based on 31 Rounds or Extra-Record Ammunition Claims Introduction In United States v. Rosa-Borges, the First Circuit addressed two sentencing appeals...
Misappropriation Plus Patterned Client Neglect Warrants Disbarment Despite Limited Restitution Introduction In In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Bradley J. Haddy, the Minnesota Supreme...
Owner’s Payment-Option Election Is a Condition Precedent to Annuitization Under an Integrated Annuity Contract Introduction In Quin E. Briscoe v. Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company, the...
Article 806 Is Not Exclusive: Separate-Property Co-Owners May Recover Capital Contributions Before Equal Division Introduction In Bruce A. O'Krepki, Independent Executor of the Succession of Richard...
Judges May Not Accept Litigant Gratuities: Even an Isolated “Hundred-Dollar Handshake” Warrants Suspension Introduction In In Re: Judge John C. Reeves, the Supreme Court of Louisiana addressed...
Victim Character Evidence Cannot Alone Establish the Foundation for Self-Defense in Nevada Introduction In RICHT v. STATE, the Supreme Court of Nevada affirmed Jesce Richt’s conviction for murder...
Nurse Experts Cannot Establish Physician Standard of Care or Medical Causation in Oklahoma Medical Malpractice Claims Introduction In BEAN v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, 2026 OK 27, the Oklahoma Supreme...