La. R.S. 23:1208 Forfeiture Is Prospective From the Misrepresentation Date (Not Retroactive to the Accident) Introduction In Johnny Cousain v. Smitty's Supply, Inc. and National Union Fire Insurance...
Principal Liability Need Not Be Pleaded or Proven as Shooter to Sustain Second Degree Murder Conviction on Circumstantial Evidence 1. Introduction In State of Louisiana v. Curtis Lee Stewart, Jr....
Louisiana’s First Application of La. C.Cr.P. art. 926.2: “New” Factual-Innocence Evidence Opens the Door to Considering All Relevant Evidence and Vacating a Capital Conviction Under art. 930.3(8)...
Overproduced Cell-Phone Records: Retention/Use Without a Second Warrant Is Constitutionally Challengeable, but Suppression Is Not Automatic I. Introduction In State v. Ragin (Conn. June 30, 2026),...
Hilton v. Commissioner of Correction: Lapointe Is an Exceptional Clear-Error Case, Not a New Expert-Credibility Standard Under Strickland 1. Introduction In Hilton v. Commissioner of Correction...
Iowa Adopts the Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine for Environmental Civil Penalties—But Requires Defendant-Specific Minimum Contacts for Personal Jurisdiction Introduction In State of Iowa, ex...
Iowa Extends Turner’s Reasonableness Framework to Article I, Section 7 Prison-Speech Claims (and Rejects “Rational-Basis-by-Common-Sense”) Case: Leonard Gregory, Dee J. Radeke, Sean O'Geary, Jerry...
Amendment 1A Strict Scrutiny Requires the State to Justify Lifetime Firearm Bans for Misdemeanor Domestic-Abuse Convictions (As Applied) I. Introduction Case: State of Iowa v. Eric Martin Schadl...
Pre-2026 Illinois Anti-SLAPP Motions: Second-Prong “True Goal” Is Subjective, Decided on Pleadings/Supporting Papers, and Does Not Permit Evidentiary Factfinding Case: Anderson v. Smith Citation:...
Section 29-4 Requires No Bus-Route Modification for Nonpublic Students: Transportation Limited to Existing Regular Routes Case: E.W. v. The Board of Education of East St. Louis School District No.189...
Deadly Force in an Active Gunfight: Context, “Knowable Facts,” and Scott Video Review Support Qualified Immunity I. Introduction Tuttle v. Gallegos (5th Cir. June 29, 2026) arises from the January...
Third Circuit: No Hybrid Self-Representation; Brady/Napue and Strickland Claims Generally Require a Developed Record and Belong in § 2255 1. Introduction United States v. Asiana Christine Williams...
U.S.S.G. § 2P1.3(a)(2): “Major Disruption” Means Significant Operational Shutdown—Not Necessarily Violence Case: United States v. Arrieta (5th Cir. June 29, 2026) Court: United States Court of...
Pretext Fact Disputes Defeat Qualified Immunity for Officers Assisting Instanter-Subpoena “Administrative” Searches I. Introduction In Morgan v. Chapman (Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, June...
Mootness After Compassionate Release: No Presumed Collateral Consequences for Challenges to BOP CARES Act Home-Confinement Revocations; No Munsingwear Vacatur When Mootness Is Self-Caused...
Solvent Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Officers Owe Fiduciary Duties to the Parent—Not Creditors; “Caremark” Does Not Police Pure Business-Risk Misjudgments Case: Carol Black v. Dennis Brice (In re:...
Time-of-Filing Diversity for LLCs After Member Buyout and “Opinion” Protection for Litigation-Context Statements to Third Parties 1. Introduction Knockout Holdings, LLC v. Kakar (4th Cir. June 29,...
Prop-Gun “Active Shooter” Encounters: Objective Reasonableness and Limited ADA Accommodation Duties Under Exigency Felicia Morgan v. City of Charlotte (4th Cir. June 29, 2026) (Wilkinson, J.) I....
Res Judicata Bars Renewed Flooding Claims When “Continuing Trespass” Was Abated and the New Remedy Could Have Been Sought in the Original Action 1. Introduction In Carolyn Florimonte v. Borough of...
Turner v. Philadelphia FIGHT: Conclusory Assertions Cannot Establish McDonnell Douglas Pretext in a § 1981 Termination Claim 1. Introduction In Tiffany Turner v. Philadelphia FIGHT (3d Cir. June 29,...