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Federal Courts The Naked Meaning of Res Judicata: Stripper Loses Appeal

The Naked Meaning of Res Judicata: Stripper Loses Appeal

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Some lawyers chose the legal profession for the money that clients toss at their well-shod feet. In that regard, they have something in common with...

Federal Courts Government Can't Claim Money Buried on Golf Course

Government Can't Claim Money Buried on Golf Course

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

People might enjoy reading bankruptcy cases if more of those cases included money buried on a golf course. In what the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals...

Federal Courts No Due Diligence? No Fraud by Omission Recovery

No Due Diligence? No Fraud by Omission Recovery

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Maybe $50 million isn't a lot of money to a bank. Before the mortgage meltdown of 2007 and 2008, Republic Bank & Trust Company purchased over $50 million...

Federal Courts Sober Woman Held 2 Days for DUI Can Sue Cop

Sober Woman Held 2 Days for DUI Can Sue Cop

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

What do you get when you combine a possibly-overzealous cop with an allegedly-drunk driver, who is cleared of all charges after a urine test and two days in...

Federal Courts Felon Offers to 'Take the Charge', Loses Motion to Suppress

Felon Offers to 'Take the Charge', Loses Motion to Suppress

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

When we review the daily decisions from the federal appellate courts, we tend to click on cases that include famous names. Our quasi-celebrity fixation is...

Federal Courts Fifty Shades of Appeals: What is Sufficient Evidence of Extortion?

Fifty Shades of Appeals: What is Sufficient Evidence of Extortion?

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Since people can't seem to get enough of Fifty Shades of Grey these days, we're treating you this week with the closest things the appellate courts have to...

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