Coordination-as-Control: Manager/Supervisor Enhancement for Orchestrating Laundering Tasks, and No Required § 3553(a)(6) Discussion When Imposing a Below-Guidelines Sentence 1. Introduction In United...
Juror Misconduct: No Categorical New-Trial Rule for Outside “Guilt” Remarks; Remmer Presumption Rebutted by Contact’s Nature, Timing, and Overwhelming Evidence 1. Introduction Case: United States v....
Express Power-of-Attorney Authority Required to Waive ERISA Spousal Survivor Annuity Rights Under Wis. Stat. § 244.41(1)(f) Case: Nancy Lyon Havlik v. University of Chicago, No. 25-2821 (7th Cir....
Rule 412 Excludes Minor Victim’s Sexting with Others; Similar Grooming Admissible Under Rule 404(b) to Prove Identity in § 2251(a) Cases I. Introduction In United States v. Andrew Boltz (7th Cir....
Title IX Deliberate-Indifference Safe Harbor: Readmission After Acquittal with an Effective No‑Contact Order Is Not “Clearly Unreasonable” 1. Introduction Case: Isabelle Arana v. Board of Regents of...
Capital Gains Tax as Marital Debt: Merrill-Factor Findings Required When Allocation Changes the Net Property Split Case: Jonathan J. Cline v. Melinda L. Duckett, f/k/a Melinda L. Cline Court: Supreme...
Clarifying that AS 47.10.011(8)(B)(ii) Encompasses Misdemeanor Domestic Violence Exposure (Including Fourth-Degree Assault) Case: Erin I. v. State of Alaska, Department of Family & Community...
Rule 24(a) Intervention in Restitution-Lien Foreclosure: Post–Summary-Judgment Motions Are Presumptively Untimely Absent a Developed Timeliness Showing I. Introduction In United States v. David...
Title VII Retaliation Limits: Gratuitous Display of Co-Workers’ Nude Images at Work Is Not Protected Opposition Activity Case: Gertrude Crisp v. Scioto Ambulance Dist. (6th Cir. July 17, 2026)...
Protective-Custody Failure-to-Protect: Leaving a Segregated Prisoner’s Door Unsecured Can Support Eighth Amendment Deliberate Indifference Without Identifying a Specific Assailant 1. Introduction...
VICAR “Purpose” Proof Without Tangible Benefit and Deferential Review of Attempted-Murder Cross-Reference in Prison Stabbing I. Introduction In United States v. Anthony Zigler (6th Cir. July 17,...
Good-Faith Exception Permits “Cross-Affidavit” Probable-Cause Reliance When Multiple Warrants Are Presented and Reviewed Together Case: United States v. Christopher Demarcus Blue (6th Cir. July 17,...
Totality-of-the-Circumstances Nexus to a Residence Without a Controlled Buy Case: United States v. Anthony Ward (6th Cir. July 17, 2026) (unpublished) Topic: Fourth Amendment probable cause; nexus...
State v. Reillo (2026-Ohio-2701): Deference to the Fact-Finder’s Credibility Determinations in Manifest-Weight Review I. Introduction In State v. Reillo, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-2701 (decided July...
Standing and Traceability: A State’s Voluntary Adoption of a City Policy Breaks Causation for Article III Standing Case: Laurence Wolf v. City of Detroit, Michigan (6th Cir. July 17, 2026) (not...
Restitution Above § 2259’s $3,000 Floor May Be Based on Paroline Factors Such as P2P Distribution and Victim-Specific File Counts Case: United States v. Daniel Alan Robertson (6th Cir. July 17, 2026)...
Limitations Accrue from Knowledge of Policy Terms; “Continuing Breach” Does Not Revive Challenges to the Inclusion of a COLA Rider 1. Introduction In Jose Nader v. New York Life Ins. Co. (6th Cir....
Interstate-Commerce Nexus Under 18 U.S.C. § 1591 Is Satisfied by Coordinated Online Purchases Shipped Interstate as the “Thing of Value” for Sex Acts Case: United States v. Larry Ray Coffman (6th...
§ 1983 Fourth-Amendment Accrual at the Stop; Brady Inapplicable Absent a Trial When Charges Are Dismissed 1. Introduction Case: Naya Abbey v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty. (Sixth Cir....
Mandamus Under § 16-610 Requires a Public Street: Public Use Alone Does Not Impose a City’s Road-Repair Duty Without Acceptance of Dedication I. Introduction In Plattsmouth Boat Club v. City of...