K-9 Deployment During In-Home Warrant Arrest Is Objectively Reasonable When Officers Give Repeated Warnings, Face Prolonged Noncompliance, and Release the Dog Promptly After Handcuffing Case:...
Florida Implied Covenant Claims Require an Identified Breach of an Express Contract Term (and Account-Closure Discretion Defeats “Arbitrary” Closure Theories) I. Introduction In Sam Lewis v. JPMorgan...
Circumstantial Proof of “Death Results” Causation and Intrinsic Firearms Evidence in Fentanyl-Distribution Conspiracies I. Introduction In United States v. Joel Fonseca Flores (11th Cir. Aug. 19,...
Circumstantial Proof of “Death Results” Fentanyl Distribution and Intrinsic Firearms Evidence in Drug Conspiracies I. Introduction In United States v. Joel Fonseca Flores (11th Cir. Aug. 19, 2026)...
Appeal Waiver Enforcement Despite Alleged Colloquy “Confusion” and Absent Hunter-Level Miscarriage of Justice: United States v. McReynolds, II Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit...
Qualified Immunity Requires Fact-Specific Precedent: Canine Deployment Against an Armed, Noncompliant Suspect and Deadly Force Triggered by a Gun Aimed at a Police Canine 1. Introduction In Estate of...
Passenger Officers Must Protect Shackled, Unbelted Inmates from Reckless Prison Transports—Qualified Immunity Still Demands Fact-Specific Notice for “Rough Ride” Variants 1. Introduction Case: Kevin...
Seventh Circuit: Shelby County “Equal Sovereignty” and City of Boerne “Congruence and Proportionality” Do Not Invalidate NVRA’s State Exemption Under the Elections Clause Introduction In Public...
Torres-Jimenez: A Motion to Reopen Must Itself Show Prima Facie Adjustment Eligibility—Bare References to Pending VAWA Filings and Unraised Visa-Availability Theories Are Insufficient Case: Heraclio...
ERISA Express Preemption Bars Providers’ Negligent-Misrepresentation and Promissory-Estoppel Claims Based on Oral Assurances About Plan Reimbursement Terms (Reaffirming Cromwell) I. Introduction...
Groin-Biting During Arrest Supports §3C1.2 Reckless-Endangerment Enhancement; Corroborated Police Reports Can Prove “Stolen” Under §2K2.1(b)(4) Introduction In United States v. Frank Clay, Jr. (6th...
“During the Commission” as Relevant Conduct in a Continuing § 2422(b) Enticement Offense: Sexual Assaults Within the Charged Timeframe Drive Guidelines I. Introduction In United States v. Steven...
Post–Loper Bright “Best Reading” Rule: INA “Conviction” Requires (1) Foundational Criminal-Procedure Protections and (2) Criminal Sentencing I. Introduction Wong v. Blanche (2d Cir. Aug. 19, 2026)...
Substantive Due Process Bars Predatory-Offender Registration Triggered by a Predatory Charge Ending in a Trial Judgment of Acquittal 1. Introduction In Chad Loran Siegel v. Drew Evans (Minn. Aug. 19,...
Trustee Appointment Is a Condition Precedent to Commencing a Minnesota Wrongful Death Action Case: Keith D Hagfors, as Trustee for the Next of Kin of Sara E Hagfors v. Fairview Health Services, et...
Zielinski “Reasonable-Probability” Standard Governs Denials of Vacatur Petitions Under the 2023 Felony-Murder Relief Act Case: Ryan Grant v. State of Minnesota Court: Supreme Court of Minnesota Date:...
Chilled Worship Attendance Establishes Standing and RFRA “Substantial Burden” Against DHS’s Sensitive-Locations Rollback 1. Introduction In Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends v....
Negligent Reliance on Ambiguous THC Lab Results Does Not Create a Franks Violation: Qualified Immunity and Limits on Monell Failure-to-Train I. Introduction In Degollado v. City of Port Lavaca (5th...
Gaither v. Carter: Equitable Tolling in the Fifth Circuit Requires Specific Pleading of Diligence, Obstruction, and Timing 1. Introduction In Gaither v. Carter (5th Cir. Aug. 18, 2026) (per curiam,...
Fifth Circuit: Groundwater-Reduction “Compliance Service” Contracts Are Not Per Se Price-Fixing or Market Allocation; Rule-of-Reason Requires Proof of a Relevant Market 1. Introduction Quadvest,...