Since the beginning of the last century when physicists determined that light could be considered as consisting of particles (photons) as well as waves, there have been efforts, with varying degrees of success, to use light to further the development of technology and communications. One of the latest attempts as…
November 23-27, 2009. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. ——————————————————————————– U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, November 25, 2009 US v. Gonzalez-Velez, No. 07-2277 Defendant’s sentence of 135-months’ imprisonment after being convicted of participating in a conspiracy to…
November 23-27, 2009. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, November 23, 2009 Vaqueria Tres Monjitas, Inc. v. Irizarry, No. 07-2240 In plaintiffs’ suit against Puerto Rico’s Milk Industry Regulation Administration, claiming that…
November 26, 2009. Update from the Lexis Alert Service, 1. People v Johnson, 1541, 1748/99, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 8682; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8510, November 24, 2009, Decided, November 24, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS…
Updated to November 25, 2009 Over the past months we have posted a variety of items related to the quest for health care reform in the United States. See our last posting at “Health Care Update as of the Beginning of October 2009. The quest continues. During the last month…
November 9-13, 2009. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, November 12, 2009 Cabral v. US Dep’t of Justice, No. 07-1633 In an appeal arising from an underlying action brought by a nurse…
November 9-13, 2009. To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. Supreme Court, November 09, 2009 Bobby v. Van Hook, No. 09–144 In a capital habeas matter, a circuit court of appeals’ grant of the petition on the basis…
November 18-19, 2009. Update from the Lexis Alert Service, 1. People v Castillo, 1331, 3751/00, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 7760; 886 N.Y.S.2d 805; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7589, October 29, 2009, Decided, October 29, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF…
For week of November 16-20, 2009. PREPARED BY: Michael Chernicoff Weighing Life in Prison of Youths Who Didn’t Kill http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/us/08juveniles.html?_r=1 The Supreme Court will hear appeals from two juvenile offenders serving sentences of life without the possibility of parole. Outside of the consideration of the death penalty, the Supreme court…
TITLE: Gay Families and the Courts SUBTITLE: The Quest for Equal Rights AUTHOR: Susan Gluck Mezey PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 PUBLISHER: Bowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. PAGE COUNT: 300 pp. ISBN: 0-7425-6219-0 (Paper) 0-7425-6218-2 (Cloth) PROBABLE PRICE: $27.95 (Paper) $70.00 (Cloth) Mezey (political science–Loyola Chicago) is an established author in…