Commercial Tenant’s Summary-Judgment Burden on Sidewalk Defects: No Duty/No Control Shifts Burden Absent Nonspeculative Evidence of Creation or Special-Use Causation 1. Introduction Fuentes v...
Leaving-the-Scene (Death/SBI) Remains Strict Liability; Prior Habitual-Criminal Scheme Upheld with Harmless-Error Review I. Introduction In Brown, Jason v. People, 2026 CO 51 (June 23, 2026), the...
Execution of a Crim. P. 41.1 Order Begins When a Reasonable Person Would Not Feel Free to Leave Introduction In People v. Castro-Velasquez, Angel, 2026 CO 49 (June 23, 2026), the Colorado Supreme...
Timely Prosecutorial Motions to Reconsider Toll the 49-Day Appeal Deadline Under C.A.R. 4(b)(6)(A) Introduction Case: People v. Jebe, 2026 CO 48 (Colo. June 23, 2026) Parties: The People of the State...
Curative Opportunity Defeats Plain-Error Due Process Claims in Wyoming Child-Protection Adjudications 1. Introduction In In the Interest Of: AC and BI, Minor Children, AI v. The State of Wyoming,...
Incorporated Expert Reports Become Sworn Evidence Triggering the Sham-Affidavit Rule (Ohio Civ.R. 56 / Civ.R. 26) 1. Introduction Moore v. Mercy Med. Ctr., Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-2293 is a...
Right-to-Record Statutes Do Not Extend to Police Stationhouses (Including Public Lobbies) Case: Reyes v City of New York, 2026 NY Slip Op 03914 (Ct App June 23, 2026) (Rivera, J.) Posture: Certified...
Labor Law § 220 Rights Are Implied in Public Works Contracts and Cannot Be Cut Down by Contractual One-Year Limitations 1. Introduction In Walton v Comfort Sys. USA (Syracuse), Inc. (2026 NY Slip Op...
Colorado Adopts an Expanded Frow Rule: A Defaulting Defendant May Testify at a Codefendant’s Trial, and Inconsistent Default Judgments Must Yield to Merits Verdicts I. Introduction In J.B. v. MKBS,...
Limiting the Interrelated Contracts Doctrine and Preserving Fraudulent Inducement Claims from the Economic Loss Rule I. Introduction Veolia Water Techs. v. Antero Treatment LLC, 2026 CO 52 arises...
Brown v. People (2026 CO 51): Strict-Liability Leaving-the-Scene Felonies and Habitual-Criminal Adjudications Sustained Under Harmless-Error Review 1. Introduction In Brown v. People, 2026 CO 51, the...
Rule 41.1 Execution Begins at the “Not Free to Leave” Seizure Point, Triggering the Harris No‑Interrogation Bar I. Introduction In People v. Castro-Velasquez, 2026 CO 49, the Colorado Supreme Court...
People v. Fernandez: No Per Se Duty to Investigate Mental Health/Substance History Where Counsel Pursues a Reasonable Alternative Voluntariness Theory 1. Introduction In People v Fernandez (2026 NY...
Sanctions for GenAI-Hallucinated Authority: Lawyers Must Cite-Check and Remain Candid to the Court 1. Introduction Landberg v City of New York (2026 NY Slip Op 03935 [2d Dept June 23, 2026]) is an...
Seibert Does Not Clearly Establish a Right to Jury Instructions on Attenuation of Post‑Miranda Confessions (AEDPA §2254(d)(1)) I. Introduction McCarthy v. Hernandez, 608 U. S. ____ (2026) (per...
Qualified Immunity When a CBA Provides “Just Cause” but No Post-Termination Hearing: Loudermill Not Clearly Established in the CBA Context I. Introduction In Carter v. Beebe (10th Cir. June 22,...
Notarization Alone Is Not “Proper Filing”: Oklahoma APCR Must Contain a Sworn Truth-and-Correctness Affirmation to Toll AEDPA Case: Sitsler v. Harding (No. 25-5103) Court: United States Court of...
Protective-Order Redressability as a Standing Bar in Second Amendment Challenges; Bruen Alone Does Not Clearly Establish a Damages Right for Concealed-Permit Denials Case: Taker v. Blanche Court:...
Stays Denied Where a State Attorney General’s Out-of-State Enforcement Suit Appears Retaliatory and Bad-Faith: Younger’s Bad-Faith Exception and “Express Aiming” Jurisdiction 1. Introduction American...
CAT-Only Petitions Are Not Reviewable Absent a Petition Challenging a Final Removal Order (11th Cir.) Case: Winston Lloyd Hayles v. U.S. Attorney General Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...