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By Scott Key on June 25, 2019

Yesterday, appeared as an expert witness in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on a 2255 hearing that involved a question of ineffective assistance of counsel at the plea bargaining stage. Essentially, the question for the Court was whether counsel’s advice led to Federal jury trial that should never have taken place. The Supreme Court held in Lafler a few years ago that there is the right to effective assistance…

On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog

Applications now open to replace Chief Judge Vogel

By appellate on June 25, 2019

Applications now open to replace Chief Judge Vogel By: Rox Laird on June 25th, 2019 The State Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting applications through July 22 for a vacancy on the Iowa Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court has announced. The vacancy will be created when Chief Judge Gayle Nelson Vogel retires July 1. Judge Vogel, of Spirit Lake, announced her retirement to Gov. Kim Reynolds June 12. She has served on the Court…

Maine Appeals

Take that, precedent!

By Catherine R. Connors on June 24, 2019

The big decisions from the Supreme Court are coming fast, and in the takings jurisprudence world, the one issued on Friday was a biggie, overruling Williamson County Regional Planning Comm’n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City, 473 U.S. 172 (1985) – Knick v. Township of Scott, PA, No. 17-647 (U.S. S.C., June 21, 2019). We’ve blogged on this pending case before, Takings law – exhausted or just exhausting?, Sept. 28, 2018 and The …

California Supreme Court Review

Where in the Court of Appeal Have the Court’s Civil Cases Come From (2005-2019)?

By Kirk Jenkins on June 22, 2019

Civil cases from San Francisco’s First District were down between 2005 and 2009 from 43 to 37. The Court decided 11 cases from Division 5, 8 from Divisions 1 and 3, 7 from Division 4 and 6 from Division 2. Cases from the Second District were down a bit to 89. The Court decided 20 cases from Division 5, 19 from Division 3, 9 cases each from Divisions 2, 4 and 8, 8 cases each…

California Supreme Court Review

Which Districts of the Court of Appeal Account for the Supreme Court’s Civil Docket (1990-2004)?

By Kirk Jenkins on June 22, 2019

This week, we’re looking at a new subject – updating our data on the Court of Appeal Districts and Divisions which produced the Supreme Court’s docket. First up – the civil cases. Between 1990 and 1994, the Court decided 45 civil cases from San Francisco’s First District – 1 which we were unable to attribute to a particular Division, 14 from Division 2, 8 from Divisions 1 and 4, and 7 from Divisions 3 and…

Illinois Supreme Court Review

Which Districts of the Appellate Court Account for the Court’s Civil Docket (2005-2019)?

By Kirk Jenkins on June 22, 2019

Last time, we reviewed the originating Districts of the Appellate Court for the Supreme Court’s civil docket between 1990 and 2004. Today, we’re taking the numbers up to today. For the years 2005 to 2009, the Court decided 87 cases in all which originated in Chicago’s First District – 14 from Division 1, 17 from Division 2, 16 from Division 3, 12 from Division 4, 8 from Division 5, 16 from Division 6 and 4…

Blaneys Appeals

BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 17 – 21, 2019)

By John Polyzogopoulos on June 21, 2019

Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions | Criminal Decisions | Ontario Review Board Good evening. Following are the summaries for this week’s civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. First off, we would like to congratulate our firm’s very own, David Greenwood, for the excellent result obtained in Mikelsteins v. Morrison Hershfield Limited. The Court dealt with the question of whether an employee who had been terminated…

Illinois Supreme Court Review

Which Districts of the Appellate Court Account for the Court’s Civil Docket (1990-2004)?

By Kirk Jenkins on June 21, 2019

This week, we’re looking at a new topic in our ongoing review of the Court’s work: which Districts of the Appellate Court contributed the Supreme Court’s civil docket since 1990. Between 1990 and 1994, the civil docket was far from evenly distributed, either among the Districts of the Appellate Court, or among the Divisions of the First District in Chicago. The Court decided 132 civil cases from the First District in the first five years…

Maine Appeals

Maine’s new ISP privacy law and the enforcement conundrum

By Catherine R. Connors on June 21, 2019

Maine’s new privacy law regarding broadband internet service providers, An Act To Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information (LD 946, to be codified at 35-A M.R.S. c. 94), billed as the strictest in the nation, has gotten a lot of press. E.g., Gov. Mills signs nation’s strictest internet privacy protection bill, www.pressherald.com, June 6, 2019, Maine’s New Internet Privacy Law: What You Need to Know, www.natlawreview.com, June 14, 2019. Here’s our firm’s…

Jane's Law Blog

Decisions – MSSC -6/20/2019

By Jane Tucker on June 21, 2019

Hand down list No opinions today.…

Appellate

Thoughts on Plea Bargaining and the Role of the Client

Applications now open to replace Chief Judge Vogel

Take that, precedent!

Where in the Court of Appeal Have the Court’s Civil Cases Come From (2005-2019)?

Which Districts of the Court of Appeal Account for the Supreme Court’s Civil Docket (1990-2004)?

Which Districts of the Appellate Court Account for the Court’s Civil Docket (2005-2019)?

BLANEY’S APPEALS: ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JUNE 17 – 21, 2019)

Which Districts of the Appellate Court Account for the Court’s Civil Docket (1990-2004)?

Maine’s new ISP privacy law and the enforcement conundrum

Decisions – MSSC -6/20/2019

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