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Cops Tackling, Suffocating Naked LSD-Influenced Man Is Excessive
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
What would you do if a naked, mentally-unstable man ran towards you, asked to be arrested, and then skipped away like a looney? Hiding in your car, locking the...
Shady Lawyer Beats Shady MD, JD in Contingency Fee Dispute
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Jeannette Martello, M.D., J.D. is a very intelligent woman. After all, she possessed both an M.D. and a J.D. (from Boalt Hall, no less). Nonetheless, she was...
Rob With a Shotgun, Complain About 'Unreasonable' Search?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
From the court's description of Kevin Daws, you'd think he was Omar from "The Wire." On a cold winter evening in rural Henderson County, Tennessee, Daws broke...
Thomas Kinkade Arbitration 'Model of How Not to Conduct One'
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
You know you botched an arbitration when, after five years of proceedings, the Sixth Circuit refers to your work as “a model of how not to conduct one.” Or you...
Out-of-District Student Entitled to Due Process Before Expulsion
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
In Goss v. Lopez, the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause applies to suspension or expulsion from school where a state has conferred a property...
School Nurse Immune from Suit After Examining Child's Genitalia
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Six-year-old B.H. went to the school office, twice in three days, complaining of irritation in her genital area and that it "burned" when she urinated. The...
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