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Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (March 2021)

26 Apr 2021, 12:52 pm by Phil Dixon

Under Franks v. [read post]

North Carolina Criminal Law Blog - http://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/

[Josh Blackman] If Donald Trump is Convicted of Violating 18 U.S.C. § 2383, Will He Be Disqualified From Serving As President?

18 Feb 2021, 10:46 am by Josh Blackman

Other district courts have reached similar conclusions. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Voters’ Guide to the November 2020 Miami-Dade Ballot, Part II: Judicial Retention Elections

5 Oct 2020, 4:11 pm by Michael Froomkin

Florida’s system uses appointment plus retention elections for Supreme Court Justices and District Court of Appeal Judges. [read post]

Discourse.net - http://www.discourse.net/

Third Time Is Not The Charm: Fourth District Affirms Judgment Setting Aside San Diego County’s Climate Action Plan And Related Supplemental EIR Approvals Due To CEQA Violations

29 Jun 2020, 9:31 am by Arthur F. Coon

(Golden Door Properties, LLC v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Symposium: Disrupting the consensus on Second Amendment doctrine would be a mistake

20 Nov 2019, 7:36 am by Joseph Blocher and Eric Ruben

The methodological debate animating this case began 10 years ago in District of Columbia v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Suing to Recover Property Confiscated by the Cuban State under the Libertad Act--Garcia-Bengochea v. Carnival Cruise Lines and its Collateral Legal Effects

12 Sep 2019, 1:02 pm

Case 1:19-cv-21725-JLK Document 42 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/05/2019 Page 10 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISIONCASE NO.: 19-cv-21725-KINGJAVIER GARCIA-BENGOCHEA,Plaintiff,v.CARNIVAL CORPORATION d/b/a/ CARNIVALCRUISE LINE, a foreign corporation,Defendant. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Are Urban Land Uses And Project Design Components Fungible For CEQA Project Description Purposes As Long As Maximum Possible Environmental Impacts Are Disclosed And Analyzed? Second District Doesn’t Think So, Holds Controversial Millennium Hollywood Project EIR’s “Blurry” Project Description Violates CEQA

29 Aug 2019, 7:56 am by Arthur F. Coon

Stopthemillenniumhollywood.com, et al. v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

When, If Ever, Should a Legislature Be Able to Enact a Law that it Knows (or Should Know) that Courts Today Would Invalidate?

19 May 2019, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone

Indeed, in Gratz v. [read post]

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

Assessing the Challenge to Maine’s Ranked-Choice Voting System for Congressional Elections

29 Nov 2018, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar

But at the end of the day, Ranked-Choice Voting for a single office like a governorship would generally make it harder for a fringe candidate to win with a simple plurality in a three-way race.Also, Ranked-Choice Voting requires a more complicated ballot, allowing second and third choices, etc., to be formally tabulated. [read post]

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

Holy Moley: Musings on “Super” Litigation

2 Oct 2018, 1:00 pm by Guest Blogger

” Suit was quickly brought, but a federal district court denied relief. [read post]

State Bar of Texas Blog - http://blog.texasbar.com/

Fourth District Holds CEQA Challenge To Ministerial Approval Of Development Project Modifications Barred By Res Judicata, Water Supply Assessment Not Required

1 Oct 2018, 2:28 pm by Arthur F. Coon

Tide Inc. v. [read post]

CEQA Developments - http://www.ceqadevelopments.com

Arguing Impacts By Proxy: Fourth District Holds CEQA Does Not Require EIR Absent Evidence That Subdivision Approval Actually Violated Applicable Land Use Regulations Adopted to Mitigate Environmental Impacts

19 Sep 2018, 12:40 pm by Arthur F. Coon

Friends of Riverside’s Hills v. [read post]