To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw May 3-7, 2010 U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, May 04, 2010 Estate of Oliva v. Dep’t of Law & Pub. Safety , No. 09-2082 In an action by the estate of…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw April 12 -16, 2010: U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, April 15, 2010 Foley v. Kiely , No. 09-1250 In plaintiff’s 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim against Massachusetts State Troopers and a…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw April 12 -16, 2010: U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, April 14, 2010 US v. Cintron-Echautegui, No. 08-1800 In a conviction of defendant for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, district court’s imposition…
The following is presented as a service of the ABA Criminal Justice Section http://www.abanet.org/crimjust The ABA Section of Criminal Justice is pleased to provide Professor Rory Little’s Perspective, a Case Brief in U.S. v. Stevens which includes the Holding, Facts, and Analysis in the case. ——————————————————————————– FIRST AMENDMENT Statute Criminalizing…
A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust United States v. Stevens (No. 08–769) United States Supreme Court Opinion Decided: April 20, 2010 Respondent Robert Stevens, a 68 year old author and documentary producer, owned and operated a business and associated website which sold videos of pitbull fights and…
In City of Ontario California et. al. v. Jeff Quon et. al. the U.S. Supreme Court is wrestling with the issue of whether public employees are entitled to a reasonable expectation of privacy in text messages transmitted on their workplace pages or similar devices without such messages being subject to…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw April 5 – April 9, 2010:. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, April 01, 2010 Chamberlin v. Town of Stoughton, No. 08-1289 In plaintiff-officers’ 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a town,…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw April 5 – April 9, 2010:. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, April 01, 2010 Chamberlin v. Town of Stoughton, No. 08-1289 In plaintiff-officers’ 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a town,…
In a unanimous 3-0 Decision last Tuesday April 6 the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Federal Communication Commission did not have the authority to order Comcast in 2008 to cease and desist interfering with the traffic of Bit Torrent a P2P…
The Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan et. al. v. Banc of America Securities et. al. 05 Civ 9016 (SAS) Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court SD New York has found the plaintiffs in the University of Montreal pension fund case to be grossly…