Burns v. Astrue, Utah Supreme Court (10/12/12) Family Law, Public Benefits, Trusts & Estates Here the Supreme Court answered a question of Utah law certified to it by the U.S. district court. The question was, "Is a signed agreement to donate preserved sperm to the donor's wife in the event…
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Happy Friday! We're back from Cornell's Law via the Internet conference just in time for our weekly writers' picks. Dept of Texas, Veterans of Foreign Wars v. Texas Lottery Commission, US 5th Cir. (10/10/12) Constitutional Law, Gaming Law Plaintiffs, a group of nonprofit organizations licensed to conduct bingo games, filed…
Dong v. Holder, US 1st Cir. (10/3/12) Government & Administrative Law, Immigration Law This case required the First Circuit Court of Appeals to decide, for the first time, whether section 1101(a)(42)(B), a statute enacted to pave the way for asylum for victims of China's coercive population control policies, extends automatically…
Kohanowski v. Burkhardt, North Dakota Supreme Court (9/25/12) Contracts The future brother-in-law of Jessica Burkhardt tried to sue her on quasi-contract principles for a loan he gave his brother. The money was supposed to be used to help Burkhardt and Kohanowski buy a house together; the brother-in-law says Burkhardt was…
Wellons v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, US 11th Cir. (9/19/12) Constitutional Law, Criminal Law Petitioner, a death row inmate, appealed the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. Petitioner contended that he was denied a fair trial by…
Check out our summary writer’s picks of interesting opinions that have come their way during the past week. Coleman v. City of Mesa, Supreme Court of Arizona, Arizona Supreme Court (9/7/12) Civil Rights, Constitutional Law This case involved the intersection of municipal zoning regulations and the right of tattoo artists to…
Happy Friday! As ever, our Daily Summary Writers have been on the look out for interesting opinions to feature in our weekly column - below are two of note from this past week. Christian Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent America Inc., US 2nd Cir. (9/05/12) Intellectual Property, Trademark Christian Louboutin,…
Our Daily Summary Writers have been hard at work, summarizing opinions from all Federal Circuit Courts and all fifty state supreme courts for Justia's daily and weekly newsletters. Below are some opinions of interest that they came across this past week. In re Bacigalupo, California Supreme Court (8/27/12) Civil Rights,…
ABA authors and Cybersleuth seminar speakers Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch have revised and updated their book, The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet, now in its twelfth edition. The Cybersleuth’s Guide provides both basic and advanced information for anyone wanting to do cost-effective investigative or legal research on the Internet.…
Last week at AALL in Boston, I had the chance to stop by and chat with Ed Walters and his FastCase team about their latest product offering – Fastcase eBook Advance Sheets. Grouped by jurisdiction and then by month, users can download published and unpublished opinions of both federal and…