To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw June 14 – 18, 2010. U.S. Supreme Court, June 14, 2010 Dolan v. US, No. 09–367 In a prosecution for assault resulting in serious bodily injury, the Tenth Circuit’s affirmance of the…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw June 14 – 18, 2010. U.S. Supreme Court, June 17, 2010 Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Fla. Dept. of Env. Protection, Inc., No. 08–1151 In an action challenging the Florida Department…
Holder (Attorney General) v. Humanitarian Law Project et. al. 08-1498 A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust This summary has been created by Professor Rory K. Little (littler@uchastings.edu), U.C. Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, who has long presented “Annual Review of the Supreme Court’s Term” program…
Retired New Jersey Appellate Division Judge Geoffrey Gaulkin released his report in State v. Henderson today June 21, 2010. . The New Jersey Supreme Court appointed judge Gaulkin in May 2009 to serve as special master and to hold hearings and issue a report “to test the validity of our…
NOTE: This posting includes Professor Little’s perspective on City of Ontario v. Quon, the cfase whch includes interesting discussion about whether public employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy regarding text messages went on government owned equipment during working hours. A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust This…
On October 1, 2009 I posted an appalant brief for U.S.A v. Justin K. Dorvee on this blog. The Brief was prepared by Paul F. Angioletti, attorney for the defendant-appellant. Mr. Angioletti has now informed me that the Court of Appeals Second Circuit issued an opinion on the Dorvee appeal…
A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust Received: June 8, 2010. · Barber v. Thomas (No. 09-5201) · United States v. Juvenile Male (No. 09-940) ——————————————————————————– Barber v. Thomas (No. 09-5201) United States Supreme Court Decision: Decided: June 7, 2010 In a 6-3 decision today the Supreme Court…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw May 31 – June 4, 2010. U.S. Supreme Court, June 01, 2010 Carr v. US, No. 08–1301 The Seventh Circuit’s affirmance of defendant’s conviction for failure to register as a sex offender…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw May 31 – June 4, 2010. U.S. Supreme Court, June 01, 2010 Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc., No. 09–223 In an action by independent natural gas marketers (IMs) who offered to sell…
In an earlier posting on this blog we reported that on February 23, 2010 a divided Panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, New York Supreme Court ruled in People v. Correa (2010 NY Slip Op. 01533) that the 2004 merger of the criminal courts in the Bronx into a…