No Substantive-Due-Process Property Interest Arises from a City Clerk’s Unauthorized “Grandfathering” Assurances for Marijuana Licensure Introduction In Naturale & Co. v. Bruce Eck, Hamtramck...
United States v. Owen: Bank-Fraud “Property” Includes Loan Proceeds and Debts Legally Due; Concealment Money Laundering May Rest on Proceeds from a Completed Phase of an Ongoing Wire-Fraud Scheme 1)...
FMLA Retaliation: Requesting FMLA Paperwork Is “Protected Activity” Even Before Entitlement Is Determined Case: Daniel Paris v. MacAllister Machinery Co., Inc. Court: Court of Appeals for the Sixth...
Incident-Specific Proof of Malice Required to Defeat Kentucky Qualified Official Immunity in Police Deadly-Force Cases Introduction In Toni Mitchell v. Steve Conrad (Sixth Cir. May 14, 2026), the...
Antiwaiver Rule for Nebraska Trust Deed Antideficiency Protection When Power-of-Sale Is Used 1. Introduction In American Exch. Bank v. Topp, 321 Neb. 409 (May 15, 2026), the Nebraska Supreme Court...
TCPA Step One Turns on Factual Predication/Reaction to Petitioning—UDJA Anti-Suit Challenges to Rule 202 Petitions Trigger TCPA Review 1) Introduction Sadie Weldon v. The Lilith Fund for Reproductive...
Binding-Precedent Conflict as a “Substantial Ground for Difference of Opinion” Under Texas’s Permissive-Appeal Statute Case: HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY v. PHILLIP BALES, DEREK DIERINGER, WILBERT...
Seventh Amendment Jury Right Triggered When “Public-Nuisance Abatement” Seeks Compensation for Downstream Opioid Harms Introduction In re: EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC. is a published Fourth Circuit mandamus...
Specialized Sexual-Abuse “Age-30” Extension Is Not a Coordinate Tolling Rule for Federal Title IX and § 1983 Claims in Pennsylvania Introduction In Jane Doe v. East Stroudsburg University of...
Kansas Premises-Liability Duty to Protect Guests from Third-Party Gunfire Requires Prior Similar Shootings; Crime-Density Maps and “More Security” Alone Do Not Create Foreseeability Case: Blalock v....
In re K.S. (W. Va. 2026): A Clarified Three-Tier Appellate Standard of Review for Abuse-and-Neglect Orders Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Date: May 15, 2026 Disposition: Vacated and...
No Per Se Reversal for Missing Bench-Conference Transcripts: Specific-Prejudice Requirement Reaffirmed Case: State of West Virginia v. Carl Ray Summerfield Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West...
State v. Wilhelm: Harmless-Error Treatment of a Late Voluntariness Determination Under HRS § 621-26 Court: Intermediate Court of Appeals of the State of Hawaiʻi (Summary Disposition Order; Not for...
Back Pay Means Fixed “Salary Loss” Only: No Overtime Awards Under RSA 273-D:3, V Case: Appeal of N.H. Div. of State Police, 2026 N.H. 21 (N.H. May 15, 2026) Tribunal Below: New Hampshire Personnel...
People v Kurowicki: Denial of Postconviction Leave for Failure to Satisfy MCR 6.508(D) Despite Proffered New Impeachment Evidence Introduction In People of Michigan v. Joel Dean Kurowicki (Mich Sup...
Enforcement Orders That Compel “Compliance” with a Reinstated Federal CBA Likely Modify an Injunction and Trigger Sovereign-Immunity Limits on Specific Performance 1. Introduction In American...
Willful-Blindness “Warning Signs” and No Separate Good-Faith Instruction in § 1956(h) Money-Laundering Conspiracies Case: United States v. Quaye (Nos. 24-1650, 24-1821) (1st Cir. May 15, 2026) Court:...
United States v. Deschambault: Particularity in Drug-Trafficking Cell-Phone Warrants Permits Review of Images/Videos; Lawfully Discovered Evidence May Seed a Separate Child-Exploitation Investigation...
McCormick’s “Explicit Quid Pro Quo” Is Triggered Only by True Campaign Contributions — and Secrecy/Non-Reporting Supports Treating “Campaign-Debt” Cash as Ordinary Bribes 1. Introduction In United...
Immediate Post‑Murder Texts and Sexual Images as Proof of “Relishing” Under Arizona’s (F)(6) Heinous/Depraved Aggravator I. Introduction State of Arizona v. Edward Littleton McCauley is a capital...