People v. Crews: Holistic “Bay Factors” Due-Diligence Review Sustains Discovery Compliance and CPL 30.30 Readiness Despite Belated BWC Disclosure 1. Introduction In People v Crews (2026 NY Slip Op...
Ambiguous Additional-Insured Contract Scope Bars Summary Judgment and Requires Discovery Rulings Before Determining the Duty to Defend 1. Introduction In County of Erie v Selective Ins. Co. of Am.,...
Post‑Crime Psychiatric Diagnosis Is Relevant to Penal Law § 40.15 and Cannot Be Precluded as “Speculative” When Grounded in Pre‑Incident Records 1. Introduction In People v Williams, 2026 NY Slip Op...
Post-Judgment “Clarifying” Orders and Finality: No Loss of Appellate Jurisdiction Absent an Express, Specific Written Modification 1) Introduction This Texas Supreme Court matter arises from a...
R.C. 5717.03(G) Limits the BTA’s Sua Sponte Issue-Spotting and Confirms “Direction or Control” Survives Third-Party Parking Management Under R.C. 5709.121(A)(2) Case: RiverSouth Auth. v. Harris, Slip...
Conclusory Tolling Allegations Cannot Defeat Rule 91a Limitations Dismissal on the Pleadings Case: AMBER CARDEN AND WILLIAM DUNCAN MCGEE v. MINTON, BASSETT, FLORES & CARSEY, P.C.; AND JOHN C. CARSEY,...
Texas “Red Flag” Reliance Rule: A Sophisticated Party’s Suspicion Triggers a Duty to Investigate (At Least by Asking) 1. Introduction In Maya Walnut LLC f/k/a Maya Foods, Inc. v. Bryan Ly, Walnut...
Peeler Is Not a Categorical Shield: Unexonerated Defendants and Third-Party Payors May Pursue Independent Fee-and-Accounting Claims I. Introduction In Amber Carden and William Duncan McGee v. Minton,...
Injunctions Are Remedies, Not Claims: Limitations Bars Nuisance-Abatement Injunctions When the Underlying Cause of Action Is Time-Barred (and Express Finality Must Be Expressly Undone) I....
Texas Medical-Liability Limitations: For Relationship-Based Counseling, § 74.251(a) Runs from the End of the Counselor–Patient Relationship Introduction In Soren Aldaco v. Barbara Rose Wood and Three...
People v. Shaw: People v Gonzalez Governs Third-Party Consent Voluntariness After a Payton Arrest; People v Borges Attenuation Can Purge the Taint 1. Introduction In People v Shaw (2026 NY Slip Op...
Noncommittal Lease-Negotiation Assurances Are Immaterial as a Matter of Law to “Bet-the-Farm” Reliance Introduction MAYA WALNUT LLC f/k/a MAYA FOODS, INC. v. BRYAN LY, WALNUT CREEK CENTER, INC., LENG...
Exclusive § 971.14 Commitments Cannot Use § 51.61(1)(g)3 to Support Court-Ordered Dangerousness Medication Case: State v. N.K.B., 2026 WI 22 (Wis. June 26, 2026) (Dallet, J.) Court: Supreme Court of...
New Wisconsin Rule: A § 971.14-Only Competency Commitment Cannot Support a Court-Ordered Involuntary Medication Order Based on “Dangerousness” Under § 51.61(1)(g)3. Case: State v. N.K.B., 2026 WI 22...
COA Denial in § 2254: Oklahoma Rule 4.2(B) Waiver Bars Unpreserved Plea Claims, and AEDPA “Double Deference” Forecloses Debatable Ineffectiveness/Competency and McGirt Relief 1) Introduction Case:...
STC Codes in Bills of Lading Can Evidence a Carmack Liability Limitation When Confirmed by Course of Dealing and Published Rates 1. Introduction In Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's v. CSX...
Immediate-Donation Panhandling Bans Are Content-Based; Standing Must Be Proven Provision-by-Provision; Injunctions Must Be Party-Specific After Trump v. CASA, Inc. 1. Introduction In Dennis Scott v....
Bell-Only Review for Prison Strip Searches: Turner Inapplicable and Qualified Immunity Applies Absent Clearly Established Law I. Introduction Marcus Ingram v. Israel Hamilton (4th Cir. June 24, 2026)...
APA Limitations Accrual for Pre-Enforcement Facial Challenges: Injury Occurs at Rule Promulgation, Not Later Enforcement Signals I. Introduction In Henry McMaster v. United States Department of Labor...
Plausibility Is Defeated When the Complaint Supplies a Non-Discriminatory Termination Rationale; § 1981 Requires But-For Causation at the Pleading Stage 1. Introduction In Munther Qader v. Federal...