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Due Process
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Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit Finds No Due Process Violation in Undisclosed Disposal of Brain by Ohio Coroner
In a ruling on a lawsuit that potentially threatened Ohio counties with an estimated $90 million in liability, the Sixth Circuit has determined that "[a]lthough there is no dispute as…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Mistrial in Hancock County Wind vs. Water Trial Raises Serious Due Process Questions For Criminal Convictions in Hancock County Courthouse
On Thursday Hancock County Circuit Court Judge Lisa Dodson declared a mistrial in a Hurricane Katrina wind vs. water trial between Coastal Hardware and Lloyd's of London. The reason for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Two interesting (and very different) sentencing procedure rulings from the Third Circuit
Main August 16, 2010Two interesting (and very different) sentencing procedure rulings from the Third Circuit Back from a summer weekend, the federal circuit courts have handed down today a lot…
EvidenceProf Blog
Phoning It In: Arizona Supreme Court Allows Telephonic Testimony in Involuntary Commitment Hearing
By Colin Miller
The Supreme Court Court of Arizona decided in In re MH-2008-000867, --- P.3d ----, 2010 WL 3034499 (Ariz. Aug. 5, 2010) that telephonic testimony by a psychiatric expert in an…
Class Action Countermeasures
Apportioning Due Process, Ignoring Alternatives
By The Editors
Noted plaintiffs’ lawyer Elizabeth Cabreser has an article in a recent issue of the Denver University Law Review, Apportioning Due Process: Preserving the Right to Affordable Justice. The article is…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Groups Sue to Represent Government-Designated Terrorist
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the ACLU filed suit today against the federal government to be able to provide uncompensated legal representation to Nassar al-Aulaqi, a U.S. citizen labeled a…
Reilly Workplace Investigations Blog
No Matter How Bad it Looks, Don’t Rush to Judgment: Do an Investigation
By Debra Reilly
News flash: Context matters! Big headlines this last week about the Obama administration's rush to judgment in demanding the resignation of Shirley Sherrod, the former Agricultural Department's Chief of Rural…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
U.S. Appeals Court Tells State Department to Provide More Due Process to Alleged Foreign Terrorist Organizations
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Professor Cindy Galway Buys (Southern Illinois University School of Law) posted this on the International Law Prof Blog: On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit…
International Law Prof Blog
US Appeals Court Tells State Department to Provide More Due Process to Alleged Foreign Terrorist Organizations
On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a ruling in which it ordered the U.S. State Department to provide more process to an organization,…
De Novo
Scialdone v. Commonwealth–Best Preservation of Error Opinion Ever?
By Jay O'Keeffe
Back in February, the Supreme Court of Virginia handed down Scialdone v. Commonwealth, 279 Va. 422, 689 S.E.2d 716 (2010). That decision merits extended discussion. It not only offers the…