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Senior Status article / Meet the New Justices
Prof. Xiao Wang’s latest law review article is The Old Hand Problem, about federal judges taking senior status: ” judges eligible to take senior status are today—more than ever before— deciding to do so in a politically strategic manner.”See also
Detectives’ ‘distasteful’ deception crossed no constitutional lines, Iowa Supreme Court holds
The Iowa Supreme Court has for more than 60 years used what it has called a “common sense” standard for determining whether police officers cross a constitutional line by dangling the prospect of leniency before a criminal suspect that is
Nominations, promotions, retirement
Today’s DJ has:
- 4 nominated to seats on courts of appeal; 10 named to superior courts — Justice Tracie L. Brown was nominated for presiding justice of the 1st District Court of Appeal, Division 4. Judge Tari Cody of Ventura
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Keeps Wisconsin Weird and Applies the Common Law in Its First Look at Wisconsin’s Product Liability Statute
Murphy v. Columbus McKinnon Corp., 2022 WI 109 (Dec. 28, 2022), gave the Wisconsin Supreme Court its first opportunity to interpret Wis. Stat. § 895.047, part of the Wisconsin Legislature’s 2011 product liability statute. Murphy also presented the court with a
The tricky business of appealing from decisions granting preliminary injunctive relief
Members of our firm’s Appellate Practice Group are consulted regularly by our colleagues about procedural issues arising from so-called interlocutory appeals. In other words, appeals taken (or attempted to be taken) from decisions by trial courts at some point before
What Happens When the Judge Won’t Sign Your Written Statement of Facts?
Rule 5A:8(c)’s written statement of facts is one of the absolute nightmares of Virginia appellate practice.
The underlying notion seems simple enough: If an important hearing or trial took place but there’s no transcript, the appellate court needs something to
New Justices!
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his nomination of four Court of Appeal Justices: Justice Tracie L. Brown as Presiding Justice of the First District Court of Appeal, Division Four; Judge Tari Cody as an Associate Justice of the Second District
LA Times 9th Cir. article
Yesterday’s LA Times had Biden has bolstered 9th Circuit’s liberal flank, but has yet to match Trump’s impact, which begins:
- President Biden is leaving a distinct mark on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, adding relatively young jurists
WaPo Article About Judge Luttig
The Washington Post has a piece about Judge Luttig, opening with a lovely anecdote involving Justice Scalia. (But are we sure that Judge Luttig “clerked for [Scalia] at the federal district court in Washington?”) [Update: He did not! The