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Federal judge rules health care unconstitutional
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge rejected a key provision of the Obama administration’s health care law as unconstitutional Monday, ruling the government cannot require people to buy insurance, […]
Ohio prospective juror cites Dahmer, is excused
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio man was excused from jury service after mentioning he was friends growing up with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
Supreme Court justices ousted in Iowa
New York - Gay-rights activists celebrated a few bright spots on Election Day, but they also suffered some major setbacks - including losses by key supporters in Congress and the ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court judges who had ruled in favor of same-sex marriage.
US judges agree to pilot study of cameras in court
Washington - The nation's federal judges agreed Tuesday to a pilot project that could televise some civil trials -- 16 years after the judges ended a similar experiment.
09-4080 Kingstad v. State Bar of Wisconsin
Constitutional Law Freedom of speech; mandatory bar associations The Wisconsin State Bar’s Public Image Campaign did not violate the free speech rights of its members. “The Ninth Circuit’s generous approach […]
10-1347 U.S. v. Szymuszkiewicz
Wiretap Act Sufficiency of the evidence Where an employee directed all of his supervisor’s email messages to be forwarded to him, the evidence was sufficient to convict him under the […]
Who’s Doing What
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. announces the addition of David G. Peterson, an experienced litigator, to the firm’s expanding Waukesha office. Peterson joins the firm as a shareholder in the […]
Slavin on apostrophes; Scheuerman on legal education
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09-3017 Mozdzen v. Holder
United States Court of Appeals CIVIL OPINIONS Immigration Removal Even if aliens did not engage in fraud in obtaining I-551 passport stamps, they are removable where they did not obtain […]
09-2652 & 09-3011 U.S. v. Rea
Sentencing Firearms Where a defendant convicted of drug offenses possessed an AK-47, his sentence was properly enhanced for possessing a firearm in connection with a drug crime. “We conclude that […]
09-1733 Socha v. Pollard
Habeas Corpus AEDPA; equitable tolling Where a state prisoner thought he would be represented by the Innocence Project for almost a year, and was in segregation with access to the […]
09-2560 Stock v. Rednour
Habeas Corpus Confrontation Clause Where reasonable minds could differ whether to admit impeachment evidence in a state court trial, the district court properly denied the prisoner’s petition for habeas corpus. […]
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