March 31, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The framework for this blog has now been adjusted to accept comments. In the past, it was closed, so people had to email, and then I had to follow up and see if that person wanted me to sha...
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March 26, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Last Thursday the First Circuit issued a two-fer: a case with both interesting facts and law. Levesque v. Doocy, Case No. 08-1814.http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/ It was a Maine case, and the...
March 24, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Last Thursday the Maine SJC decided our appeal in Nestle Waters North America, Inc. v. Town of Freyburg, 2009 ME 30, http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/opinions/2009%20documents/09me30...
March 18, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Two recent opinions, one from the Maine SJC and one from the First Circuit, reflect how concepts of res judicata or estoppel may not be firmly grasped: 1. Kelley v. Maine Public Employe...
March 16, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So last Thursday marked the end of my foray since last June into 3 operations, 4 1/2 months of chemo and 6 1/2 weeks of radiation. I have certainly learned a lot (and if anyone wants to tap...
March 12, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Last night, thanks to the kind invitation of our excellent, hardworking and all around nice Senator Collins, I was her guest at the biannual Senate-Supreme Court Historical Society dinner at...
March 10, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The discussion in the First Circuit decision from February 25, Gallo v. Parent, http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/ touches upon an interesting First Amendment issue that comes up once in a wh...
March 6, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The February edition of The American Lawyer has a short article about Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges by the co-author of the book with Justice Scalia, Bryan Garner. In the...
March 5, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Since for some reason lawyers seem interested in cases involving lawyer boo-boos, I shall report on the SJC's decision finding that a district court abused its discretion by dismissing a c...
March 3, 2009 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Now that everyone from law enforcement to civilians with cell phones can take video, so we are all on camera all the time (an average Londoner is seen 300 times a day), a hot topic in appell...
