That’s one explanationOne opinion Friday. When I saw the caption, I thought someone had sued the televangelist Jim Baker, but it turns out “Jim Baker” is a pretty common name (who knew?) and the Jim Baker here was the Interim
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Wrapping up 2022
Would you expect anything other than a visual dad joke? Two opinions issued on Friday, December 30. The first deals with qualified immunity regarding municipal officials for discretionary acts. In general, in the municipal-immunity arena, discretionary acts are entitled to qualified immunity; ministerial
July and August (a Few Months Late)
Bad punWelp. There’s a lot of catchin’ up to do. We’ll do August a little bit scattered-like.We’ll start with an entry order issued on August 9, 2022. Defendant appeals the trial court’s order holding him without bail on attempted murder and felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm charges in connection with
Bi-Weekly Update
DeucesBy Andy DelaneySCOTUS issued a whopper yesterday and we’ll leave it at that. SCOV’s offering from yesterday is far more mundane. As we all know, jurisdiction matters. No jurisdiction? No case. Here, defendant was tried and convicted. He sent a
Weekly, Monthly, Whatever Update: June 12, 2022
‘Nuff said. By Andy DelaneyAs you might have guessed (or not), there were no opinions the past couple of weeks. But one issued Friday. I opened the link thinking we were going to be talking about medical negligence due to
Weekly Update Friday the 13th Edition (May 2022)
Bonk!By Andy DelaneyThree opinions issued this Friday the 13th. First up is a likely future bar exam question dealing with real estate. Back in the ‘50s, some folks deeded property to the Town of Albany for the purpose of
