Following up on yesterday’s entry, sometimes the Supremes get the itch to get around too.  Justices Breyer and Scalia like to do a dog and pony discussion upon occasion, and their latest, fr…

Last Wednesday the Senate confirmed O. Rogeriee Thompson 98-0 as the First Circuit’s newest member, taking Judge Selya’s seat.  She is the second woman and the first African-American on the…

The First Circuit issued an en banc decision last week construing the meaning of the word “make” in SEC Rule 10b-5(b).  SEC v. Tambone, 07-1384, http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/ The issue was w…

I always learn something new even from the most straightforward decisions.  In a case involving a common law trespass claim relating to neighbors who, putting it midly Do Not Get Along, I le…

Yesterday the Maine SJC issued a handful of decisions, including State v. Blakesley, 2010 ME 19 [http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/opinions/2010%20documents/10me19bl.pdf], in which th…

On Thursday, the Maine SJC denied Husson University’s application to circumvent the Maine Bar Admission rule requiring graduation from an ABA accredited law school to be eligible to take the…

The Jan/Feb 2010 copy of the ABA’s Landslide magazine has an interesting article by Roy E. Hofer called “Supreme Court Reversal rates:  Evaluating the Federal Court of Appeals.”  He goes thr…

On April 27, I will be in Chicago speaking on a panel at my old alma mater, Northwestern University (I am a double wildcat – both undergraduate and law school).  The subject matter is the Ex…

A unanimous Supreme Court in Hertz Corp. v. Friend  adopted the “nerve center” test today for citizenship under 28 U.S.C. s1332. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1107.pdf Ba…

The SJC issued a rather straightforward decision that, per usual, has led to musings on more difficult situations.   MSAD 37 v. Pineo, 2010 ME 11.  [http://www.courts.state.me.us/court_info/…