May 30, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The SJC decided an administrative appeal on Thursday that has multiple points of interest. Nelson v. Bayroot: http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/attach.php?id=56491&an=1 The most obvious...
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May 28, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
So I was roaming through the wedding notices in the Style section of the Sunday New York Times last week, when who should I see getting married but Justice Silver's son. Congratulations! T...
May 23, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
On Tuesday, the First Circuit issued U.S. v. Ortiz-Graulau, 06-1768: http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=06-1768.01A There, the Court affirms a conviction for exploitin...
May 20, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Clarifying my entry from yesterday, Judge Lynch will be the first female Chief Judge for the First Circuit. The first female Chief Judge of any U.S. Court of Appeals was Florence Allen, of...
May 19, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
As I mentioned in an earlier posting, next month Judge Lynch will become the first Chief Judge of a U.S. Court of Appeals. The NLJ did a nice write-up: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArtic...
May 16, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
3. Trans-pec Truck Service, Inc. v. Caterillar, Inc. http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=07-1476.01A The third decision of interest relates to procedural issues relating...
May 13, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The second recent First Circuit decision of interest is Hannon v. Cook: http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=07-2272.01A This goes to the issue of personal jurisdiction....
May 12, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
The First Circuit recently decided several cases with language of general interest. Here's one of them. 1. Torres-Rivera v. O'Neill-Cancel, No. 07-1806 http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bi...
May 9, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
Yesterday the SJC reversed a District Court ruling that prohibition of personalized watercraft on great ponds violated substantive due process: http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/o...
May 1, 2008 / June 15, 2016 by mindgrub
When is the Court the Law Court, and when is it the Supreme Judicial Court? Why is it the Supreme Judicial Court and not the Supreme Court -- isn't "Supreme Judicial" redundant? For the answ...
