Seventh Circuit: Child-Welfare Investigations Rarely Trigger State-Created Danger Liability Absent Plausible Causation and Conscience-Shocking Conduct I. Introduction Joshua Wright v. Department of...
Qualified Immunity for Non-Lethal Impact Rounds in an Armed-Threat Standoff Absent Clearly Established Analogous Precedent I. Introduction Mace Davis v. City of Elgin, Illinois (7th Cir. July 9,...
Principles-Driven Bruen Review: Targeted Bans on Particularly Dangerous Arms (AR-15s and 30-Round Magazines) Are Constitutional 1. Introduction Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois v. Jay Robert...
Targeted Bans on AR-15s and 30-Round Magazines Survive Bruen: “Particularly Dangerous Weapons” Tradition and the Limits of Facial Second Amendment Challenges I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s...
Hash-Matching as a “Private Search”: Warrantless Government Viewing of Matched CSAM Files Does Not Exceed the Search’s Scope 1. Introduction In United States v. Richard Brillhart (11th Cir. July 9,...
State v. Causey: Article II, Section 10 Governs Admissibility of Out-of-State Search Evidence in New Mexico Courts 1. Introduction In State v. Causey (Supreme Court of New Mexico, July 8, 2026), the...
Prior Work Exclusions Are Enforceable Under Illinois Law When They Do Not Eliminate All Completed-Operations Coverage 1. Introduction Nautilus Insurance Company v. Bee Quality Inc. (7th Cir. July 9,...
Barnett v. Raoul: Assault-Weapon and Large-Capacity Magazine Bans Upheld Under Bruen’s “Principles of Regulatory Tradition” and Salerno Facial-Challenge Limits 1. Introduction Caleb Barnett v. Kwame...
Ambiguous Delay-Notice Subcontract Clauses Require a Jury; Prior Damages Verdict Stands When Separable from Retrial of Liability 1. Introduction Boldt Company v. Black & Veatch Construction, Inc....
Ambiguous Delay-Notice Clauses Require a Jury, and a Prior Damages Verdict May Stand on Remand if Separable Case: The Boldt Company v. Black & Veatch Construction, Inc. Court: United States Court of...
Hash-Value Matching as a “Private Search”: Warrantless Government Viewing Permitted When It Reveals Nothing Beyond Google’s Hash-Match Identification Case: United States v. Richard Brillhart (11th...
Title II ADA Injunctions Require Plausible Future Harm; Federal Courts Lack Jurisdiction to Rework State Child-Support Enforcement—Dismissals Must Be Without Prejudice Case: Kevin Glasco v. Alabama...
Young v. State: Abandonment Established on the Face of an Untimely Amended Rule 29.15 Motion When Counsel Used the Wrong Rule Version Court: Supreme Court of Missouri (en banc) | Date: July 7, 2026 |...
“Doubts in Favor of Arbitration” Applies Only to Arbitrability; Arbitrators May Not Award on Unsubmitted Claims Introduction In RV Holdings 4, LLC and Ridgeview Capital, LLC v. Standard Fiber...
Title Insurance Commitments (Binders) Merge Into the Issued Policy Under Georgia Law, Foreclosing Coverage Based on Pre-Policy Terms I. Introduction In Maxie O'Neal Price, III v. Chicago Title...
One Opportunity to Replead Satisfies Due Process Before Dismissal With Prejudice for Shotgun Pleading; Prior Recusal Motions Alone Do Not Require Sua Sponte Recusal Introduction In Thomas Pepe v....
“Lascivious Exhibition” May Be Proven Without a Sex Act (and Pattern Factors Are Not Unconstitutionally Vague) Introduction In United States v. Plamen Georgiev Velinov (11th Cir. July 8, 2026) (not...
Disability Tolling Applies to Wrongful-Death Limitations; Federal “Without Prejudice” Dismissal Defeats Res Judicata Case: L.G.L. v. County of Cass, 2026 ND 136 (N.D. July 9, 2026) Court: Supreme...
EAJA Applies to Town Court Clerks When Performing Judicial Filing Functions; Verbal Directives Do Not Substantially Justify Rejection of Filings Introduction Case: Matter of Moore v Town of Colonie,...
Graduated Parenting Plans May Not Condition Out-of-State Parenting Time on Undefined “Substantial Progress” Determinations by an Unnamed Professional Without Judicial Oversight I. Introduction In...