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SCOTUS Strikes Down Land Rover Forfeiture
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
Five years after John Oliver's expose on civil asset forfeiture, SCOTUS is chiming in to explain that a state's civil in rem forfeiture is subject to the...
SCOTUS: Federal Judges Not Appointed for Eternity
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
Before he died last year, Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote his last opinion for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. The appeals court said that employers may...
Death-Row Inmate Spared Because of Dementia
By William Vogeler, Esq. | Last updated on
Vernon Madison will not die by execution. Not for now. The U.S. Supreme Court spared him in Madison v. Alabama, sending his case back to state court to decide...
Cert Denied for Cigarette Makers R.J. Reynolds and Phillip Morris
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
R.J. Reynolds and Phillip Morris were denied certiorari in their bid to catch a break from the wave of lawsuits over the deaths of smokers costing them...
NJ 'No Church Need Apply' Repair Grant Case Rejected
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
The United States Supreme Court has rejected the case against Morris County in New Jersey stemming from the county's refusal to give churches funds for...
SCOTUS Asked to Permit Resale of Digital Music
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
With how far the music world has come over the last few decades -- where most music is now purchased digitally rather than in a tangible medium like a record...
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