No Property Interest Under Oklahoma’s Civil Service Modernization Act: One Reasonable Ground Sustains Termination Case: TURNER v. OKLAHOMA GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY Citation: 2026 OK 74 Court:...
Successive Vermont Post-Conviction Petitions: Procedural Bars and Admissible Evidence Requirements Case: In Re James Burke Court: Supreme Court of Vermont Date: October 9, 2026 Docket: No. 26-AP-091...
Reasonable Impeachment Strategy Defeats an Ineffective-Assistance Claim at Summary Judgment Case: In re Morris Nelson, No. 25-AP-387 Court: Supreme Court of Vermont Date: October 9, 2026 Disposition:...
In re O.W.: Supported Clinical Findings Sustain Involuntary Hospitalization and Medication Court: Supreme Court of Vermont Date: October 9, 2026 Case: In re O.W., No. 25-AP-418 Disposition: Orders...
Rental-Deposit Refunds Follow the Executed Contract, Not Unsigned Drafts or Unfinalized Modifications Case: Joshua Merson and Victoria Taravella v. The Lemelson Group, LLC Court: Supreme Court of...
Damages Claims Against Vermont Require a Viable Cause of Action: Limits of § 1983, the Tort Claims Act, and Constitutional Pleading Case: Kip Scanlon v. State of Vermont Court: Supreme Court of...
Sentence Reconsideration Is Not a Substitute for Direct Review of Probation Revocation Case: State v. Edward Skinner Court: Supreme Court of Vermont Date: October 9, 2026 Docket: 25-AP-364...
DNA Authentication Without Written Custody Records and Context-Specific Consciousness-of-Guilt Instructions Case: State v. Richard Welch, Jr. Court: Supreme Court of Vermont Date: October 9, 2026...
Abusive-Litigation Screening: An Unfavorable Prior Disposition Need Not Be a Judgment on the Merits Tim Dasler v. Jennifer Knapp Supreme Court of Vermont, Case No. 25-AP-432 October 9, 2026...
Joint Drug Use Does Not Negate Delivery: DDRD Liability and the Limits of Constructive Transfer Case: Commonwealth v. Cassell, III, C., Aplt., considered with the appeal of Jerrod Aaron Scott Court:...
Joint Drug Acquisition Does Not Negate Delivery Under Pennsylvania’s Drug-Delivery-Resulting-in-Death Statute Actual Transfer, Constructive Delivery, and the Limits of Judicial Policymaking Supreme...
Procedural Dispositions Without a New Substantive Rule: Ohio’s October 13, 2026 Case Announcements Court: Supreme Court of Ohio Document: 10/13/2026 Case Announcements Citation: 2026-Ohio-3977 Date:...
Double Jeopardy Does Not Automatically Attach to an Accepted Guilty Plea on an Unlawful Charging Instrument Case: State v. Thoen, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-3976 Court: Supreme Court of Ohio Decided:...
Right-of-Way Fencing Does Not Defeat Open-Range Highway Immunity Livestock collisions, public highway duties, and procedurally defective reconsideration motions Ludwig v. Howard, ITD Supreme Court of...
Nevada Upholds Machine-Gun Bans but Bars Dual Possession Convictions for the Same Auto-Sear-Modified Firearm Case: ARMSTRONG (STEVEN) v. STATE (CRIMINAL) Citation: 142 Nev., Advance Opinion 63 Court:...
Prior Primary Nomination for Another Office Does Not Bar Selection for an Unexpired Term Under R.C. 3513.31(I) Case: State ex rel. Derrig v. LaRose, Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-3989 Court: Supreme...
Out-of-Jurisdiction Custody Earns Sentence Credit Only When the Defendant Is Also Detained Under the Sentencing Court’s Authority Case: State v. E. Fowler, 2026 MT 245, No. DA 25-0410 Court: Supreme...
Georgia Lawyer Discipline: Reinstatement Conditions May Be Revised Without Remand, but Regular Practice Monitoring Is Unauthorized Case: In the Matter of Robert David Arkin, No. S26Y1361 Court:...
Parental-Health Dependency Findings Require Medical Verification of the Condition and Its Duration or Nature, but No Particular Form of Evidence Case: In the Interest of D. H. et al., Children, No....
Unmade Objections to Expert Testimony: Objective Deficiency and Prejudice Remain Essential to Habeas Relief Case: FORT, WARDEN v. VEGA Court: Supreme Court of Georgia Docket: S26A1000 Decided:...