• United States v. Debruhl

    Publication Date: 2010-05-07
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    Date Filed: 2010-04-22
    Court: D.C. Ct. App.
    Judge: Ferren, Senior Judge
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    Case Number: 09-CO-1208

    Argued February 4, 2010Before REID and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.This case presents the question whether the federal "exclusionary rule" should be applied retroactively

  • February 3, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    L�pez Torres, plaintiffs v. New York State Board of Elections, defendants

    Decided Jan. 27, 2006Before Gleeson, U.S. District Judge The plaintiffs in this case claim that New York State's electoral process for the office of Supreme Court Justice violates

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  • August 18, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Right of Self-Defense for Citizens, Terrorists, the Insane and the State

    In "The Spirit of the Laws," Montesquieu asserts that the right of an accused to confront the witnesses against him is a characteristic of natural law, akin to the right of self-defense agains

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  • March 12, 2010 | National Law Journal

    If Stevens Chooses Retirement, Obama Is Ready to Name Next Justice

    The White House appears ready to move quickly on a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court should Justice John Paul Stevens decide to retire before the end of the term. The vetting of the short

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  • United States of America v. James Werra

    Publication Date: 2011-03-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-03-22
    Court: 1st Cir.
    Judge: Lipez, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-1593

    Before Lipez, Howard and Thompson, Circuit Judges.This case raises challenging questions about the legality of a stop-and-frisk conducted after law enforcement officers forced their way into a hous

  • Jackson v. Danberg

    Publication Date: 2010-02-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-01
    Court: 3rd Cir.
    Judge: Fisher, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: Nos. 09-1925 and 09-2052

    PRECEDENTIALArgued December 16, 2009Before: FISHER, HARDIMAN and VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judges.OPINION OF THE COURTThis appeal, brought by a class of inmates sentenced to death by the Stat

  • United States of America v. Roman Cavanaugh, Jr

    Publication Date: 2011-07-06
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    Date Filed: 2011-07-06
    Court: 8th Cir.
    Judge: Melloy, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-1154

    Submitted: October 19, 2010Before RILEY, Chief Judge, MELLOY and BYE, Circuit Judges.Roman Cavanaugh, Jr., was charged for the offense of domestic assault by a habitual offender, 18 U.S.C.

  • September 29, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    The Second Circuit in the U.S. Supreme Court

    With the U.S. Supreme Court beginning its 2010 term next month, we conduct our 26th annual review of the performance of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit over the past term, and brie

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  • United States of America v. Jennifer Lynn Krieger

    Publication Date: 2011-01-01
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    Date Filed: 2010-12-07
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Rovner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-1333

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 17, 2009Before ROVNER, SYKES, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.The afternoon before Thanksgiving, 2005, Jennifer Curry's mother found her nineteen-year-old daughter dead on a sofa at

  • September 15, 2000 | Alm

    The Justice's Daughter

    The eldest daughter of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has just published an autobiographical book. But you wouldn't know her notable lineage from reading it.Chloe Breyer mentions

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