September 30, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
We have some retirements and nominations in the news lately - - Replacing Maine Bankruptcy Judge Haines is Peter Cary of MittelAssen LLC. - MJ Kravchuk is retiring as of Jan. 14, and h...
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September 17, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The SJC announced to today that it will keep its oral arguments posted on its web site for two weeks after the date of the argument. This is good news - we here at the Maine Appeals blogosp...
September 10, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
School is back in session, and we're back looking at the Maine SJC's decisions of note. One came out today on the issue everyone likes to talk about (literally) - the First Amendment. Call...
August 30, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
With the summer doldrums revealing no Maine cases of particular import upon which I wish to riff, let's take a look at a recent Maine district court decision, because it treats the same issu...
August 22, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So we received a decision in a FERC appeal recently that may be of interest to regulatory appeal wonks. Black Oak Energy LLC v. FERC, Docket No. 08-1386. The facts are extremely complicate...
August 5, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Well, the First Circuit has been as busy as beavers lately - none of this lollygagging on the beach on CJ Lynch's watch apparently. It may be a circuit with not a lot of judges, but the one...
July 23, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Last week the First Circuit issued an opinion relating to the right (or non-right) of the Roman Catholic Diocese in Springfield, Mass to do what it wants with its church. Roman Catholic Bis...
July 10, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Here’s a quick perusal of what’s new in the First Circuit. First, Judge Boudin took senior status as of June 1. If the time taken to get Judge Lipez’s successor, William Kayatta, is any in...
June 26, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Lots of people will be blogging about the Supreme Court's decision today striking down DOMA [Decision]. As regular readers know, we filed amici briefs in the First, Second and Ninth Circui...
It's the last week of the Supreme Court's term, and so the big 5:4 decisions are coming out. Tuesday the big decision was Koontz v. St. Johns River [Decision], a takings case. This complet...
