RFC Absenteeism Limits Need Evidentiary Support: Missed Appointments Alone Do Not Require a “Three Days per Month” Work-Absence Finding I. Introduction In Scott William Cartlidge v. Acting...
Rule 10b-5(b) Misstatement Liability Does Not Depend on a “Fraudulent Scheme,” but PSLRA Scienter Still Requires a Cogent Inference; Rule 9(b) Governs Securities Act Claims Sharing the Same Fraud...
Prospective Population-Class Statutes Are Still “Local or Special” When the Range Is Irrationally Narrow and Targets a Single County; Permanent Multi‑Project Tax Mandates Regulate County Business...
Open Meeting Law Requires Naming Officers on Closed Citizen Review Board Agendas; No Nontrivial Privacy Interest in Officer Names and Badge Numbers Already Mandatorily Public Case: LAS VEGAS POLICE...
NRCP 12(g)(2) on Remand: No New Rule 12(b) Grounds After an Initial Motion (Except Subject-Matter Jurisdiction and Preserved, Unadjudicated Defenses) Case: 8933 Square Knot Trust v. Bank of New York...
Professional-Negligence Fee Caps Apply by Substance (Not Labels), and Attorney Liens Must Be Perfected Before Counsel Receives Settlement Funds 1. Introduction Case: CASTILLO v. ATKINSON WATKINS &...
NAC 293.0604’s Candidate-Filing Methods Are Exclusive: Email Filing Is Invalid and Requires Ballot Exclusion 1. Introduction Mercer v. Portillo (Candelaria) is an original, emergency election case in...
Sua Sponte Trial-Court Intervention Preserves Prosecutorial-Misconduct Claims for Comments on Fourth Amendment Refusals (and Limits Relief to Harmless-Error Review) 1. Introduction In ABEL (JESSE) v....
Modest Comparative Disparity and Conclusory Claims Do Not Establish a Nevada Fair Cross-Section Violation 1. Introduction In LOVE (DENNIS) v. STATE (CRIMINAL), appellant Dennis Edward Love appealed...
Breaking the Ballot-Box Seal Triggers a Special Election Without Proof of Fraud Introduction In Michael Cathey v. Allen "Vashon" Tanksley (Miss. Aug. 13, 2026), the Supreme Court of Mississippi...
UPCCRA Intervening-Decision Exception Requires a Showing of Actual Adverse Effect; Andrew v. White Does Not Automatically Reopen Time-Barred, Successive Capital PCR Claims 1. Introduction This en...
Mississippi County Election Commissions Lack Statutory Jurisdiction to Disqualify County Court Judge Candidates Pre‑Election Introduction In In Re: Petition to Disqualify Kevin A. Adams as a...
Appellate Waiver and the Limits of M.R.A.P. 10(e): Failure to Brief Summary-Judgment Error Forfeits Review; Post-Judgment Evidence Cannot Cure the Record I. Introduction In Demetrius Johnson v. Erich...
Mandamus Denied Absent Clear Statutory Command: JJA Transfer Provisions Are Not Self-Executing and Need Not Precede Juvenile Adjudication I. Introduction In re Commonwealth, 2026 MP 8 (NMI Sup. Ct....
Strict “Reasonable Time” Requirement for Appeal-Deprivation Good Cause Under NRS 34.726(1) 1. Introduction In Wesson (Jeremy) v. State (Criminal), the Nevada Supreme Court dismissed Jeremy Devon...
United States v. Reed: No Temporal Limitation Required for a Cellphone Warrant Tied to an Ongoing Possession Offense of Unknown Duration Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit...
Marquez-Cortez v. Bondi: Sua Sponte Issue-Exhaustion and Tightened Proof of “Social Distinction,” Nexus, and CAT Acquiescence in Gang-Violence Claims 1. Introduction In Marquez-Cortez v. Bondi (10th...
Royalty Protest Clauses Bar Decades-Later Recalculations; “Adjoining Lands” Includes All Lands in Any Contiguous Lease 1. Introduction Wildcat Coal LLC v. Pacific Minerals Inc., et al. (doing...
EPL Endorsements Do Not Displace “All Claims” Related-Claims Clauses Absent a True Conflict (and Prior-and-Pending Exclusions Do Not Create Coverage) Introduction In Urena v. Travelers Casualty and...
Federal Courts Should Avoid Unnecessary Erie Predictions on Unsettled Massachusetts Entireties-and-Divorce Creditor Rules; Nonparty May Restrain Enforcement of a Prior Judgment Under Restatement § 76...