March 23, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Yesterday I travelled up to Freeport to hang with the Maine Trial Lawyers Association (congratulations to PA's Dan Stevens, the new El Presidente), and heard a presentation by Sam Sommers, a...
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March 20, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The ACLU asked us to provide a short article for their national blog, summarizing the arguments in the amici brief we filed in the Supreme Court (mentioned in previous entries here) on behal...
March 14, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Today we are going to discuss unpublished SJC opinions, or Memorandum Decisions. Our thoughts are triggered by a new Mem Dec decision issued by the Court last week (Download Memorandum of D...
March 8, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Yesterday was Bill Kayatta's last day at Pierce Atwood, so an Ave atque vale to him (hopefully not totally vale). The work is on his desk and I'm sure he is getting a running start, so ge...
March 1, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Today, I am happy to report, we filed an amicus brief in U.S. v. Windsor, U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 12-307, supporting the view that the Second Circuit correctly held the Defense of Marr...
February 16, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
First, a big shout-out to Bill Kayatta, finally voted in as our latest First Circuit judge. He's going to be a real asset to the Court, which already has some stars like CJ Lynch. Movi...
February 14, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
I am back from vacation in lovely Florida (gee, did we get any snow up here in Maine while I was gone?) and while I was away, the Maine SJC has been as busy as beavers. Since this is Cathy'...
January 24, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
First, here's a shout out to us, for having our blog cited in Inter Media's blawg of the day last week -http://www.inter-alia.net/2013/01/16/blawg-of-the-day-maine-appeals-blog/ There goes...
January 15, 2013 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
What better subject for the first blog of the year than the wonderful world of takings? The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing today an important case addressing the issue of unconstitutional e...
December 26, 2012 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
How better to round out the year than by commenting on a First Circuit speech case? In Shay v. Walters, No. 12-1494, the Walters is Barbara. She wrote a memoir in 2008 in which she describ...
