Alternative-Suspect Prior Similar Sexual Assault Is Relevant and May Require Disclosure of Juvenile Records Introduction In Allen v. The State of Nevada (Nev. July 2, 2026), the Nevada Supreme Court...
Delaware UCC § 9-108: Collateral Description Need Only Reasonably Identify a Unique Warrant Despite Share-Count Inaccuracy Case: Patterson v. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon, f/k/a Ben Cannon (Del. Supr....
Years-Late § 853(n) Forfeiture Challenges Lack Statutory Standing, and Failure to Brief That Ground Warrants Summary Affirmance 1. Introduction In United States v. Misleidy Ibarra (11th Cir. July 1,...
Bankruptcy Appeal Rule: Failure to Provide Required Transcripts and an Adequate Record Warrants Procedural Affirmance Introduction Vince Faridani v. Barbara Joyce Reaves Smith (11th Cir. 2026-07-01)...
Attendance as an Essential Function and Employee-Caused Breakdown of the ADA Interactive Process When Medical Documentation Is Withheld Case: Zane Byrd v. Austal USA, LLC (11th Cir. July 1, 2026)...
Corporate-Injury Antitrust Claims Require the Plaintiff’s Own Article III Injury; Jurisdictional Dismissals Must Be Without Prejudice 1. Introduction Joseph Dean v. Roku Inc. (11th Cir. July 1, 2026)...
Changed Sufficiency Theory on Appeal Triggers Plain-Error Review; Circumstantial Proof Can Sustain Postal-Bribery and Check-Fraud Conspiracy Convictions 1. Introduction In United States v. Michael...
FDLE Certification and Emergency-Response Duties as Essential Functions: Limits on ADA Accommodation, FMLA Reinstatement, and USERRA Proof Case: Will Twigg v. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office...
§ 1981 Requires But-For Causation Tied to the Decisionmaker: Ambiguous Remarks and Nondecisionmaker Animus Are Insufficient Introduction In Adrian Clark v. Publix Super Markets, Inc. (11th Cir. July...
Relevant-Conduct Anchoring for Minor-Role and “Verge of Completion” Limits on § 2X1.1(b) Reductions in Money-Laundering Conspiracies I. Introduction In United States v. Alejandra Florez-Meza (11th...
Policy-Based ADA/RA Damages Claims Require a Pattern of Similar ADA Violations to Plead Deliberate Indifference Case: Deborah Laubscher v. Gwinnett County (11th Cir. July 1, 2026) (Not for...
Ambiguous Prison Video Does Not Defeat Inmate Testimony at Summary Judgment in Eighth Amendment Excessive-Force Claims I. Introduction In Akeem Muhammad v. B. Turner (11th Cir. July 1, 2026)...
Profane or Abusive Filings as Direct Contempt: Nebraska Supreme Court’s Inherent Power to Strike Petitions and Impose IFP Anti-Abuse Filing Conditions 1. Introduction Npimnee v. Shiffermiller, 321...
Liberal Permissive Intervention for Fair Rent Commissions to Protect Institutional Authority in Related Summary Process Actions 1. Introduction In Kosel Equity, LLC v. MacGregor (Conn. June 30,...
Contempt-Based Striking of Appellate Filings and Enhanced In Forma Pauperis Screening for Abusive Litigants 1. Introduction Npimnee v. Shiffermiller, 321 Neb. 700 (Neb. June 26, 2026) (per curiam),...
Threshold Mootness in Declaratory Actions: Nebraska Courts May Dismiss as Moot Without First Deciding Standing 1. Introduction Common Cause v. Evnen, 321 Neb. 682 (Neb. June 26, 2026), arose from a...
State v. German (2026): Layered Ineffective-Assistance Claims Must Plead Appellate Counsel’s “Knew or Should Have Known” Basis and Outcome-Changing Prejudice I. Introduction In State v. German, 321...
Fischer v. Southeast Community College: Generalized Assignments of Error Trigger Plain-Error-Only Review, While Jurisdiction Is Reviewed Under Ordinary Standards I. Introduction Case: Fischer v....
Hearing Officers Cannot Issue Juvenile Arrest/Search Warrants; De Facto Officer Doctrine Preserves Pre-Decision Warrants 1. Introduction In State of Louisiana v. Messiah Owney (La. 2026-06-29), the...
Louisiana C.C.P. art. 934 Is Self-Executing: Failure to Timely Amend After a Sustained Peremptory Exception Automatically Dismisses the Action 1. Introduction In C/W 2026-C-00057, LUBA Workers Comp...