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Everyone knows that you get better at something by doing it (there’s a news flash). But just as new lawyers complain that they can’t get practice doing trials because there aren’t any anymo…
In this blog, we seek to discuss issues relating to appeals and appellate law in Maine, including the activities and decisions of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and First Circuit Court of Appeals relevant to Maine, and other participants in the Maine appellate community.
Everyone knows that you get better at something by doing it (there’s a news flash). But just as new lawyers complain that they can’t get practice doing trials because there aren’t any anymo…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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