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24 Mar 2003, 8:12 am
United States [US SC docket] (appeals, Article III judges - read backgrounders from DC appellate litigators Goldstein & Howe and Sam Heldman) and Wiggins v. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 2:52 pm
The Supreme Court's 2003 ruling in Wiggins v. [read post]
13 Nov 2012, 6:40 am
Verrilli, Jr., Partner at Jenner & Block LLP who successfully argues ineffective assistance of counsel claim in Wiggins v. [read post]
22 Nov 2023, 6:40 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
The Court of Appeals reverses and  plaintiff can proceed with his case.The case is Wiggins v. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 4:09 pm by Jon Sands
Doe, No. 11-10067 (1-31-13)(Smith (DJ DRI) with Fernandez and Berzon)This is an interesting opinion, explaining Dixon v. [read post]
16 Jan 2015, 9:27 am by Rory Little
Smith; and that (3) his attorney had ineffectively argued in closing that “I feel like I ought to just sit down,” because if the jury chose a death sentence, “I can’t quarrel with that” – referred to as a “Spisak error” after the Court’s opinion in Smith v. [read post]
4 Jun 2019, 4:17 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
The law provides absolute immunity from liability for defamation based on oral or written statements made by attorneys in connection with a proceeding before a court “ ’when such words and writings are material and pertinent to the questions involved’ ” (Front, Inc. v Khalil, 24 NY3d 713, 718 [2015], quoting Youmans v Smith, 153 NY 214, 219 [1897]; see Weinstock v Sanders, 144 AD3d 1019, 1020 [2016]; see also… [read post]
28 Aug 2019, 4:44 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
The law provides absolute immunity from liability for defamation based on oral or written statements made by attorneys in connection with a proceeding before a court “ ’when such words and writings are material and pertinent to the questions involved’ ” (Front, Inc. v Khalil, 24 NY3d 713, 718 [2015], quoting Youmans v Smith, 153 NY 214, 219 [1897]; see Weinstock v Sanders, 144 AD3d 1019, 1020 [2016]; see also… [read post]