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…
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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…
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,…
The selections from our Daily Opinion Summary writers are pretty varied this week covering a World of Warcraft game gone bad, a tug of war between two District Courts over Park Service limits of snowmobilers, a suit alleging negligence in the prescription of medications which led to murder, and the…