Federal Legal Research by Mary Garvey Algero, Spencer L. Simons, Suzanne E. Rowe, Scott Childs, Sarah E. Ricks Forthcoming January 2012 Federal Legal Research explains how to conduct research in the U.S. Constitution and in federal cases, statutes, and administrative…
What if the Negligent Driver Who Hits Your Car Has Expired Auto Insurance?
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Supreme Court Action: Out-Of-Court Identifications, Death Benefits, and the Ministerial Exception to Employment Discrcimination
Here are summaries of the three opinions released yesterday by the United States Supreme Court. The first case is Perry v. New Hampshire (10-8974). Perry was convicted of theft by unauthorized taking. One piece of evidence used against him was…
Content Analysis of SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings: Nominee Candor from Harlan to Kagan
In their recent SCOTUSblog post, Dion Farganis and Justin Wedeking explain the context for their recent article, “No Hints, No Forecasts, No Previews”: An Empirical Analysis of Supreme Court Nominee Candor from Harlan to Kagan, 45 Law & Society Review…
Top Ten Evidence Issues for 2012 and 2011 (Could provide issues for ALR assignments)
For litigators at the federal trial level, is there anything more important that evidence issues? Federal Evidence Blog has published two posts covering Top Ten Evidence Issues for 2012 and 2011, retrospective and prospective. After assigning the 2011 recap analysis,…
"There is a separate language in each of us."
In 2006, I was visiting a friend in the District of Columbia. It happened that she had a prior engagement that she had to attend during my visit. I took the opportunity to attend a talk by Senator McCain. While…
"There is a separate language in each of us."
In 2006, I was visiting a friend in the District of Columbia. It happened that she had a prior engagement that she had to attend during my visit. I took the opportunity to attend a talk by Senator McCain. While…
Supreme Court Action: Brady Violations, Arbitration, Federal Tort Claims, and Habeas Relief
The United States Supreme Court issued its first opinions of 2012 with four released yesterday and three today. The first of these is Smith v. Cain (10-8145), where the Court considered whether statements that were undisclosed to the defense in…
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