In Rheeder v. Gray et al, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed a district court’s denial of motions for summary judgment brought by the City of Marion and former Marion Police Department employees, defendants in a suit by a former
Iowa Legislature may enact statute declaring curbside trash to be ‘abandoned property’, Iowa Supreme Court holds
The Iowa Supreme Court held in 2021 that police could not conduct warrantless searches of trash set out for collection in communities that prohibit scavenging on the grounds that such property was not yet considered “abandoned” property that could be
J.Kennedy to speak up for justice
Is history the best teacher?
As every lawyer knows, solid arguments are built on a combination of precedent and history—either urging the court to follow what it or other courts have done in the past, or to avoid prior decisions through distinction in the present
Awful oral arg gaffe
Oral arg mistake of the year here? A little “honey” goes the wrong way…
Inns of Court ethics?
LASC AD Judge Kumar to retire / SCOTUS disclosures / Proposal re E-Records
The MetNews reports that LASC Appellate Division Judge Sanjay Kumar is slated to retire July 15, and has this article: Judge Sanjay Kumar Reflects on Career in Law:The last 15 years on the Appellate Division have been rewarding. Although
Opening line contender
Justice Hoffstadt quotes Billy Bard in the opening of this unpub today:This appeal illustrates the wisdom of William Shakespeare’s words, “Neither a borrower nor lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend.” (Hamlet, act I, scene 3.) Two
Once More Time: The Supreme Court Again Says Reconsider NY’s Abortion Mandate!
Yes, once again, the New York courts suffered an embarrassing unanimous, summary overruling of their decisions which persistently upheld the imposition of the state’s abortion coverage mandate upon religious objecting organizations, such as a Roman Catholic Diocese.For years now, I’ve
CJP institutes proceedings re retired J.Murray
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE INSTITUTES FORMAL PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING FORMER JUSTICE WILLIAM J. MURRAY, JR.The Commission on Judicial Performance has instituted formal proceedings to inquire into matters concerning former Justice William J. Murray, Jr. of the California Court of Appeal,