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Due Process
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Class Actions Insider
Due Process Protections in State Class Actions: Louisiana Citizens Insurance Seeks Certiorari in U.S. Supreme Court
In an insurance class action, the U.S. Supreme Court now has another opportunity to take up the issue of federal due process protections in state court class actions. The Court’s…
Med Law Blog
Physician Obtains TRO Based Upon State Constitutional Due Process Arguments
Pacific Radiation Oncology LLC v. Queen’s Medical Center is a “retro” case in which the plaintiff physicians have obtained a temporary restraining order barring Queen’s Medical Center from adopting a…
inversecondemnation.com
Court: State Land Use Commission Exceeded Its Authority, Violated Developers’ Due Process And Equal Protection Rights
We've been meaning to post the latest developments in a case we've been following, two lawsuits that originated in state court in the Third Circuit (Big Island), one an original…
The Contingency
Nasty Habit Drowns in Due Process Sorrows
The town that Blawgletter grew up in included people who would ask you to stand or sit someplace else so they could watch the Andy Griffith Show by saying "you've…
Class Action Lawsuit Defense
Trial By Formula, Statistical Sampling, and the Right to Due Process
A common temptation in class action litigation is to fashion procedures based on "rough justice" to avoid overburdening the courts or attempting to redress alleged mass harm. Over the past…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fifth Circuit En Banc: No Constitutional Liability for School’s Allowing Nonauthorized Adult Access to Nine Year Old During School Day Leading to Sexual Assault
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
It happened more than once. Six times, according to the complaint's allegations. The school allowed a man to "check out" the nine year old Jane Doe from school and return…
Litigation & Trial
Due Process Doesn’t Mean Do Over, Lago Agrio / Chevron Edition
I've written a couple times before about the Lago Agrio / Chevron litigation in Ecuador, from questioning why the plaintiffs' political tactics drew so much criticism but the same standard wasn't…
Legal Profession Blog
Disbarment Order Overturned For Due Process Violation
In an appeal from a Disciplinary Hearing Commission order of disbarment, the North Cartolina Court of Appeals reversed based on its determination that the due process rights of the accused attorney had…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Extraordinary review of federal sex offender civil commitment program
Main March 18, 2012Extraordinary review of federal sex offender civil commitment programUSA Today has published this extraordinary report on the federal sex offender civil commitment program under the headline "Sexual…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Seeking early predictions onSouthern Union(andApprendi’s future)
Main March 15, 2012Seeking early predictions on Southern Union (and Apprendi's future)This coming Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument on the biggest Apprendicase to come down the pike…