Wantonly Creating an Emergency Bars a Choice-of-Evils Defense to Wanton Criminal Mischief Case: Mark West v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky Date: September 24, 2026...
Supervised Practice May Establish Fitness for Conditional Attorney Reinstatement Case: In Re: Allison Coffeen Mohon Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky Date: September 24, 2026 Decision: Conditional...
Intentional Assistance in Leading or Restraining a Victim Supports Complicity to First-Degree Sodomy Case: Demaurion Moore v. Commonwealth of Kentucky Court: Supreme Court of Kentucky Date: September...
Presale Construction Contracts Must Specify the Scope, Quality, and Price of the Finished Residence Case: SCHUSTER v. MILBRATH Court: Supreme Court of Idaho Date: September 24, 2026 Docket No.: 52545...
Without a Renewed Motion in Limine, Contemporaneous Objections Define Rule 403 Review on Retrial Case: State v. A. Lake, 2026 MT 224 Court: Supreme Court of Montana Date: September 22, 2026...
Marriage of Gomez: Dissolution-Date Valuation and Flexible Equitable Apportionment Under Settled Montana Law Court: Supreme Court of Montana Decision: 2026 MT 227N Date: September 22, 2026...
Expert Testimony Is Not Required to Prove Mental Injury in Montana Vulnerable-Adult Abuse Prosecutions Case: State v. D. Pein, 2026 MT 226 Court: Supreme Court of Montana Date: September 22, 2026...
Recorded All-Landowner Assessment Covenant Defeats Preliminary Relief Based on Association Withdrawal Case: Naylor v. Roundup Mesa Landowners Court: Supreme Court of Montana Date: September 22, 2026...
Generative AI Does Not Excuse False Appellate Citations, and an Actual-Malice Verdict Renders Public-Figure Error Harmless Case: Posey v. Bushnell Court: Supreme Court of Idaho Date: September 22,...
Disputed Seller Knowledge and Buyer Reliance Preclude Summary Judgment in a Business Sale Case: TFB Midatlantic 4 LLC v. The Local Car Wash Inc | Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |...
Expungement Does Not Automatically End a Lawyer’s Serious-Crime Interim Suspension Case: In Re Eva Vekos, Esq. (Office of Disciplinary Counsel), 2026 VT 45 Court: Supreme Court of Vermont Date:...
Suspect-Initiated Dialogue After a Miranda Request for Counsel: State v. D. Crawford Supreme Court of Montana · September 22, 2026 · 2026 MT 225 Introduction After a confrontation outside a Montana...
Bankruptcy Attorney Suspensions Require Specific Findings and a Justified Sanction Case: In re: Clark & Washington, P.C., No. 25-8020 (Sixth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, Sept. 22, 2026)....
Pending State-Court Docket Orders: Younger Abstention and Immunity for Judicial Acts Mary Joanna Comer v. Daniel Joseph Tolan (Seventh Circuit, September 22, 2026) is a nonprecedential disposition....
Express Probation Waivers Eliminate Fourth Amendment Standing to Challenge Covered Searches State v. Al-Mafrachi — Supreme Court of Idaho, September 22, 2026 Introduction Salwan Yousif Al-Mafrachi...
Deadly Force Against an Unarmed Attacker: A Reasonably Perceived Threat of Serious Physical Harm Is Enough Chanda Callaway v. Mason Adcock · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ·...
Repeated Unauthorized Removals Can Justify a Tailored Filing Injunction HSBC Bank USA v. Dae Sung Shim | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | September 21, 2026 Precedential status: The...
Billed Claims May Establish Intended Loss Despite Contracted Reimbursement Rates United States v. Kinrys · United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · September 21, 2026 Introduction...
An Unpleaded Employment Decision Cannot Support Damages Without Amendment or Consent DiFronzo v. City of Somerville — United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, September 21, 2026...
Tennessee Building Burglary Qualifies Under the ACCA: United States v. Markel Strong Introduction In United States v. Markel Strong, decided September 22, 2026, the Sixth Circuit considered whether a...