In Arnold v. Sec. Dep’t of Corrections, No. 09-11911 (Feb. 8, 2010), the Court adopted the opinion of the district court in the Middle District of Florida granting habeas relief to a Florida inmate who alleged a Brady violation based on undisclosed criminal activity by the police officer who was a p ...

To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw U.S. Supreme Court, January 25, 2010 Hemi Group, LLC v. City of N.Y., No. 08–969 In an action by New York City against an online cigarette seller under the civil enforcement provision of RICO, all ...

[promoted by streiff who is hoping Peyton Manning uncorks a flood of butterflies this afternoon.] History has shown us that one person with an idea can change the planet. Whether the planet changes for good (Jesus, Galileo, Bach, Jane Austen, Einstein) or ill (Napoleon, Marx, Houston Chamberlain, ...

The Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan et al., v. Banc of America Securities, LLC, et al., 2010 WL 184312 (S.D.N.Y.). This decision, by the author of the Zubulake decision, which established several e-discovery standards, is subtitled "Zubulake Revisited: Six ...

The Pension Committee of the University of Montreal Pension Plan et al., v. Banc of America Securities, LLC, et al., 2010 WL 184312 (S.D.N.Y.). This decision, by the author of the Zubulake decision, which established several e-discovery standards, is subtitled "Zubulake Revisited: Six ...

There are certain subtle advantages to living in a city best known to the outside world for the way Bugs Bunny pronounces it.  Once is that you learn not to make fun of other cities' names.  Such as Yadkinville.  Even though Booger Swamp Road meets up with Main Street just west of tow ...

Carter Dillard (Loyola University New Orleans) has posted the following articles on SSRN: Future Children as Property, Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy (forthcoming). Here is the abstract: Between Skinner v. Oklahoma and the advent of modern substantive due...

If Illinois Primary Day snuck up on you, don’t feel bad. Until two years ago, it was held in March; the state moved up its primary to help out native son Barack Obama in 2008 and never switched back. Thus, this year’s crop of aspiring challengers had less time than usual to grab voters’ attention an ...

1 – Robert Lee McConnell (NV – stayed) 4 – Mark Brown (OH) 12 – Dale Wayne Eaton (WY – stayed) 16 – Martin Grossman (FL) 18 – Robert Bryant Melson (AL – stayed) 24 – Hank Skinner (TX)

The Associated Press has called Mark Kirk the winner in the Republican Senate primary. Kirk said in a victory speech: "The people of Illinois now see the arrogance of a one-party state," Kirk said. "And this election will show we will not surrender to their dangerous cynicism of low expectations. ...