To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. January 19 – January 23, 2009 U.S. Supreme Court, January 21, 2009 Locke v. Karass, No. 07-610 In a case involving circumstances where a local union charges nonmembers a service fee that…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. January 19 – January 23, 2009 U.S. Supreme Court, January 21, 2009 Waddington v. Sarausad, No. 07-772 In a case arising from a fatal drive-by shooting of a group of students standing…
The September 2008 issue of the Technical Services Law Library Newsletter (TSLL) Volume 4 Nol 1 is now published.and can be viewed at http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/tsll/34-01/34-01.pdf
Posted January 27, 2009. MacCarthy on Cross-Examination Terence F. MacCarthy Learn how to look good on cross, even when the witness is not cooperating. Terence MacCarthy is synonymous with effective cross-examination. For 40 years he has been the head of the Federal Defender’s Office in Chicago, and is among the…
January 23, 2009 From the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section “> www.abanet.org/crimjust“> Spears v. US, No. 08–5721 The government appealed a sentence for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and powder cocaine in which the District Court reduced the sentencing range for crack cocaine from the 100 to 1 ratio…
January 21, 2009, President Obama also released the following Memoranda on January 21: “the Memorandum on the Freedom of Information Act, which re-establishes a presumption of openness under FOIA and orders the Office of Management and Budget to ‘update guidance to the agencies to increase and improve information dissemination to…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, January 19.21, 2009: 1. People v. Starnes, 5042, 5249/05, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 125; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 119, January 15, 2009, Decided, January 15, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS…
State of New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library (New York County) Inspired by the recent New York Unified Court System Report Green Justice: An environmental Action Plan for the New York State Court System*, the New York Supreme Court Law Library, Criminal Term (New York County) is pleased to…
Supreme Court Update: A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section www.abanet.org/crimjust CHAMBERS V. UNITED SATES The Court ruled in Chambers v. United Sates (No. 06-11206) that a failure to report for prison does not count as a violent crime under a federal law intended to keep repeat criminals in…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, January 12 ,15, 2009 1. People v. Kelley, 4996, 6077/06, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 49; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 67, January 8, 2009, Decided, January 8, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT…