To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw March 25, 2011. Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law In the Matter of Madeline Acosta, No. 36 In a dispute over the scope of Correction Law Section 75, dismissal by trial court…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw November 8-12 2010. United States First Circuit, 11/12/2010 Freedom from Religion Found. v. Hanover Sch. Dist., No. 09-2473 In plaintiffs’ suit seeking a declaration that the federal Pledge statute and the recitation…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw November 8-12 2010. United States Fourth Circuit, 11/12/2010 US v. Ide, No. 09-4833 District court’s grant of government’s petition to revoke defendant’s term of supervised release originally imposed in May 2002 as…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw October 11-15 2010. United States First Circuit, 10/11/2010 US v. Brown Defendant’s conviction for possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute is affirmed where: 1) although the district court’s factual findings…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw October 11-15 2010. United States First Circuit, 10/14/2010 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston v. Seger-Thomschitz In an art museum’s action for a declaratory judgment to confirm its rightful ownership of a painting,…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw October 4-8, 2010. United States First Circuit, 10/08/2010 Tevlin v. Spencer District court’s denial of defendant’s request for habeas relief from his convictions for first-degree murder, armed robbery, and assault and battery…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw October 4-8, 2010. United States First Circuit, 10/07/2010 US v. Figueroa-Gonzalez Conviction of defendant for carjacking and firearm use during and in relation to a crime of violence is affirmed as there…
A significant note from the Duke Law Journal by Joanna Huang with the above title has been posted today September 29 on the Sentencing Law and Policy blog According to Ms. Huang, “…in 1987 the United States political and social systems lost trust in the judiciary and severely limited its…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw September 13-17, 2010. Criminal Law & Procedure United States First Circuit, 09/14/2010 Merlonghi v. US In plaintiff’s suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), for the actions…
Constitutional Law United States Second Circuit, 09/14/2010 Chase Grp. Alliance LLC v. N.Y. Dep’t of Fin. In an action claiming that plaintiffs’ right to due process was violated by liens placed upon their properties by the City of New York, dismissal of the action is affirmed where the complaint alleged…