Death Penalty
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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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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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2nd Circuit, Biglaw, Blogging, Death Penalty, Deaths, John Paul Stevens, Morning Docket, Perverts, Saddam Hussein, SCOTUS, Sex Scandals, Supreme Court, Videos
Morning Daily Docket: 12.28.06
(Yes, this is ridiculously late. But we hope, for the love of God, that you don’t rely upon us for real legal news. News aggregation is not our primary purpose, and there are many other sites that do it better and faster.) * Now that President Ford has passed away, everyone must write the obligatory […]
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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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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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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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Bill Mathesius, Death Penalty, James M. Brooks, Judge of the Day, Lunacy, New Jersey, Richard Posner, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judges of the Day: Wilbur Mathesius and James Brooks
Today we have TWO judges of the day. Both win the prize for their honesty and fearlessness. These jurists aren’t afraid to speak their minds, and for that we salute them. First, there’s Judge James Brooks, of “the O.C.” — Orange County, California. An Orange County judge with a sharp tongue and a history of […] -
9th Circuit, Anthony Kennedy, Death Penalty, John Paul Stevens, Linda Greenhouse, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Ayers v. Belmontes: Behind the Scenes
We meant to write about this yesterday: Ayers v. Belmontes, the death penalty case in which a closely divided Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit. The opinion was handed down on Monday. It was the first opinion of the Term, and it was an unusual first opinion. The typical first opinion of the Term is […] - Sponsored
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Celebrities, Crime, Death Penalty, Deaths, Divorce Train Wrecks, Election Law, Family Law, Kids, Morning Docket, Murder, Politics, Rape, Sentencing Law, Sex
Morning Docket: 11.09.06
* Democrats likely to officially declare victory today in the Senate; Allen “has no intention of dragging this out.” [CNN; Election Law Blog] * Thank you sir may I have another… .life sentence; Malvo gets life in Maryland. [CNN; Washington Post; Baltimore Sun] * Another one bites the KCl in Texas. [CourtTV] * KFed wants […]
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Benchslaps, Death Penalty, Gay, Gay Marriage, Morning Docket, Securities and Exchange Commission, Sun Microsystems
Morning Docket: 10.06.06
* ATL Stock Tip of the Day: Start shorting Pottery Barn. [How Appealing (linkwrap)]** * A hot new trend among federal judges out west (even more popular than Bikram yoga): Benchslapping the Bush Administration over its environmental policies. [Washington Post] * Joan Biskupic is a distinguished Supreme Court reporter; but this article is très USA […]