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* The Doctrine of Sovereign Immunity holds that the state cannot commit a legal wrong and thus is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution unless it has unequivocally waived such immunity. [read post]

New York Public Personnel Law - https://publicpersonnellaw.blogspot.com/

Issues Granted - Troy A. Bowley v. State

16 Sep 2009, 10:26 am

Finally, "there exists a legitimate question as to whether affirming this judgment by holding the error harmless would invite the State to repeat this wrong and others. [read post]

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blog - http://www.txccablog.com/

Wisconsin Federal Court Holds Tax Immunities Do Not Apply to Reacquired Reservation Land

12 Apr 2021, 4:40 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the relevant materials in Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. [read post]

Turtle Talk - http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/

S.C. Supreme Court holds that a trial judge has authority to suspend a sentence absent clear statutory language to the contrary

7 Mar 2007, 4:28 am

In State v. [read post]

South Carolina Appellate Law Blog - http://southcarolinaappellatelaw.blogspot.com/

A Decade of Change: The Tenth Anniversary of Same-Sex Marriage in the United States

26 May 2014, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman

Before Goodridge v. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

Case Law: Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Collection of bulk personal datasets was unlawful – Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon

25 Oct 2016, 4:04 pm by INFORRM

First, prior to the avowal of the holding of BPDs [March 2015]. [read post]

Inforrm\'s Blog - https://inforrm.wordpress.com/

Opinion holding that First Step Act allows consideration of intervening changes of law or fact in considering sentence reduction

27 Jun 2022, 8:40 am by CrimProf BlogEditor

United States. [read post]

CrimProf Blog - https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/

Eleventh Circuit Holds that Navajo Attorney Assigned to ICWA Matter in Florida Covered by Federal Tort Claims Act

8 May 2015, 6:30 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher

United States. [read post]

Turtle Talk - http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/

Tenth Circuit Holds Osage Wind Needs Permit before Digging into Osage Mineral Estate

19 Sep 2017, 7:52 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. [read post]

Turtle Talk - http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/

Tenth Circuit Holds Feds Prevailed in FTCA Matter Involving S. Ute Police Action

20 Jul 2020, 6:52 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher

United States. [read post]

Turtle Talk - http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/

Eighth Circuit Holds in Criminal Jurisdiction Matter Red Lake Reservation Not Diminished by 1905 Act

4 Apr 2017, 10:18 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in United States v. [read post]

Turtle Talk - http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/

Illinois Supreme Court holds "patient safety" assertion won't justify at-will public policy exception

29 Jul 2009, 9:01 pm

Turner v Memorial Medical Center, IllSCt, June 18, 2009, is an important case and it demonstrates how difficult it is to establish a public policy cause of action even in states that recognize such an exception to the employment at... [read post]

Adjunct Law Prof Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/

Roberts v. Bedard, Ky COA, Modification of Foreign Support Orders, Jurisdiction

14 Nov 2011, 10:56 am by Diana L. Skaggs

Roberts v. [read post]

Divorce Law Journal - http://louisvilledivorce.typepad.com/info/

CA1: developer plaintiff moves forward with "class of one" environmental case

6 Nov 2008, 9:35 pm

SBT Holdings, et al v. [read post]

Appellate Law & Practice - http://appellate.typepad.com/appellate/

US v. Williams

19 May 2008, 5:42 pm

Basically, the holding is well-described in this post by Eugene Volokh at Volokh Conspiracy:Today's U.S. v. [read post]

Sex Crimes - http://sexcrimes.typepad.com/sex_crimes/