Billy Merck
Posts by Billy Merck
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.25.07
* Delegates from five non-state territories get limited voting rights in the House; critics cry “no representation without taxation!”. [Jurist] * Nice try. Jury doesn’t buy man’s attempt to blame murder of his wife on his daughter. [CNN] * DeLay case before Texas Court of Appeals. [Jurist] * Cold case involving murders in the heat […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.24.07
* State Farm reaches Katrina settlement. [Jurist] * What would you buy if you embezzled $6.9 million? [CNN] * Bush told us what condition our condition is in. [Jurist] * I guess if you’re a DT for the Bears, the Super Bowl counts as work; judge allows Tank Johnson to play in XLI, but tells […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.23.07
* Probation is definitely not hot. If she opts for the community service, you think Fox can make a tv show out of it? [CNN] * The Sixth Circuit has been playing fast and loose with the PLRA. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * The Attorney General’s certification that a federal employee was acting within the […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.22.07
* Unabomber wants to secure his papers and effects. [New York Times via How Appealing] * Hey big spender. [CNN] * German foreign minister involved in controversial Gitmo detention? [Jurist] * Papa needs a brand new eternal resting place, and other squabbles in the aftermath of the passing of James Brown. [AP via Fulton County […]
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Crime, Family Law, Hurricane Katrina, Morning Docket, Politics, Trials, Videos, Violence
Morning Docket: 01.12.07
* Jury selection begins in Atlanta courthouse shooting case. [Fulton County Daily Report ] * Jury rocks State Farm like a hurricane (complete with both wind and storm surge damage), awards $2.5 million in punitive damages. [CNN] * Houses passes stem cell bill; President promises a veto. [Jurist] * Second rule of Fight Club: Don’t […]
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9th Circuit, Death Penalty, Intellectual Property, Morning Docket, Movies, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Trademarks
Morning Docket: 01.11.07
* Federal court lets the Alpha Dog out. [AP via How Appealing] * The negligence causation standard is the same under FELA for railroad negligence and employee contributory negligence. Norfolk Southern v. Sorrell. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * Execution in Oklahoma first of the year in the U.S. [Jurist] * iSuit. [Associated Press; WSJ Law […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.10.07
* Retirement of experienced judge leaves very inexperienced Nevada Supreme Court. [Reno Gazette-Journal via How Appealing] * Scalia the lone dissenter on the side of a criminal defendant? Then again, he does find it hard to resist an opportunity to show us all how much smarter he is than us. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * […]
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Crime, Deaths, Federal Judges, Money, Morning Docket, Murder, New Jersey, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks, War on Terror, Weirdness
Morning Docket: 01.09.07
* “Supreme Court Refuses Case Challenging Group’s Designation as Terrorists”. [New York Times via How Appealing] * Similar transaction evidence key to Georgia prosecutors in antifreeze murder case. [CNN] * Lawyers talk trash to the Supreme Court. [Jurist] * COLA unfrozen for federal judges. [AP via Yahoo!] * The “mystery smell” that hit New York […]
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Death Penalty, Deaths, Drinking, Morning Docket, Plaintiffs Firms, Saddam Hussein, Traffic Accidents, War on Terror, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 01.08.06
* Sucks to be a plaintiff’s lawyer. [Business Week via How Appealing] * Classy. [CNN] * The whole lynch-mob-style execution thing was not our idea. [Jurist] * Westar convictions overturned. [WSJ Law Blog] * Detention of three legal immigrants at Port of Miami evidently amounts to nothing; the whole thing was a “misunderstanding”. [AP via […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.22.06
* Personally, I don’t want any judges that have ever attended a NASCAR event, but that’s just me. [New York Times via How Appealing] * Wow; I’ve got nothing witty to say about this. It just sucks all around. [CourtTV] * Marines charged in Iraqi civilian killings. [CNN.com] * Advocacy group ads going back to […]
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2nd Circuit, Blogging, Book Deals, Books, Carter Phillips, Contests, Education / Schools, Eugene Volokh, FCC, Howard Bashman, Intellectual Property, Money, Morning Docket, Music, O.J. Simpson
Morning Docket: 12.21.06
* The Volokh Conspiracy wins Best Law Blog. Congrats to the VC crew! [The Weblog Awards 2006 via 2nd Place Winner How Appealing] * F&@% you, FCC!. [CNN.com] * And in my-home-state-is-not-completely-backward news… [Jurist] * If he sold it, Ron Goldman wants the money. [AP via FindLaw] * Internet illiterate NY Mom, who doesn’t know […]
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Affirmative Action, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Environment / Environmental Law, Morning Docket, Murder, Sentencing Law
Morning Docket: 12.19.06
* Affirmative action not gone quite yet for Michigan schools. [AP via How Appealing] * Convicted debutante killers not so happy at sentencing. [CNN] * Nebraska corporate farming ban violates dormant commerce clause; Nebraska will appeal to the Supreme Court. [Jurist] * Dracula Jr.’s a lawyer. [WSJ Law Blog] * 13 States and DC sue […]
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Cars, Celebrities, Death Penalty, Environment / Environmental Law, Gay Marriage, Morning Docket, Music, New Jersey, Politics, Porn Names, Prisons, Sentencing Law, Trademarks
Morning Docket: 12.18.06
* Solitary confinement, cruel and unusual? Cruel, perhaps, but not that unusual. [St. Petersburg Times via How Appealing] * Florida and California decide to take a little break on the whole lethal injection thing. [CNN] * New Jersey Legislature does what New Jersey’s Supreme Court told them to. [FindLaw] * Mariah Carey is concerned that […]
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Arlen Specter, Bad Ideas, Canada, Deaths, Gay Marriage, Kids, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court, Violence, Weddings, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 12.08.06
* Thou shalt not kidnap your child to keep her from getting married. [CNN] * This really happened? [CNN] * Supreme Court takes antitrust case involving investment banks. [New York Times] * Specter introduces legislation designed to blunt the effects of the Thompson memo. [WSJ Law Blog] * Same-sex marriage still legal, eh? [Reuters via […]
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Disability Law, Immigration, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 12.07.06
* They may or may not be activist, but they sure aren’t very active. [New York Times via How Appealing] * These people are going to hell… and maybe jail. [CNN] * Does a U.S. court have jurisdiction to stay the execution of Saddam Hussein? [Jurist] * Tie one on…online. [WSJ Law Blog] * Legal […]
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Crime, Death Penalty, Fast Food, Food, Gay, Gay Marriage, Lunacy, Morning Docket, War on Terror, Weirdness
Morning Docket: 12.06.06
* How crazy are bedbugs, exactly? [CNN] * Which of your personalities is the arsonist?. [CNN] * Yo quiero to sue Taco Bell. [WSJ Law Blog] * Chinese Gitmo detainees say the same evidence being used to detain them was used to clear five others. [Jurist] * Maryland Court of Appeals considers same-sex marriage. [Jurist]
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Biglaw, Crime, Gambling, Kids, Morning Docket, Perverts, SCOTUS, Sex, Supreme Court, Violence
Morning Docket: 12.05.06
* This, this, and this from How Appealing on the race in public schools cases argued before the Supreme Court yesterday. * And for the second straight day, someone blames their crime on bingo. [CNN] * A “temporary” solution for being burned out on biglaw. [WSJ Law Blog] * I guess this is kinda like […]
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Advertising, Crime, Death Penalty, Drinking, Drugs, Eavesdropping / Wiretapping, Free Speech, Gambling / Gaming, Jury Duty, Marijuana, Morning Docket, Old People, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 12.04.06
* You have a right to a jury trial, whether you want it or not. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution via How Appealing] * Santa’s big behind is gonna make kids want to drink beer?. [CNN] * Now my case is at the Supreme Court, and I know why; because I got high, because I got high, because […]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.24.06
* Chimpanzees are people, too! [Central Valley Business Times via How Appealing] * “Grace previously said in an interview with MSNBC that allegations she contributed to Duckett’s death ‘are hateful, they are spiteful and they are also ridiculous.’ ” Nancy Grace is, of course, none of those things. [CNN] * Someone’s probably gonna sue, claiming […]
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Crime, Morning Docket, Racism, Rape, Real Estate, Sentencing Law, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 11.21.06
* Third Marine pleads guilty in Iraq civilian murder case. [Jurist] * Villaraigosa says L.A.’s not going out like that. [CNN] * Ah, the old disaster-victim-flip-this-house ploy; works every time. [AP via Online Athens] * Man, talk about putting the victim on trial. [AP via Yahoo!]