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Claimant's allegation of impropriety amounts to nothing more than an allegation of corruption, which is insufficient to overcome judicial immunity (Rosenstein v State of New York, 37 AD3d 208, 208-209 [1st Dept 2007]; Tarter v State of New York, 68 NY2d 511, 518 [1986]; Sassower, 96 AD2d at 586), and no exception to application of the doctrine (Alvarez v Snyder, 264 AD2d 27, 34 [1st Dept 2000]; see Sassower, 96 AD2d at 586-587) is present here. [read post]

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

The State may not be held liable for the actions of a state-employed judge cloaked with judicial immunity

24 Jun 2022, 9:04 pm by Public Employment Law Press

Claimant's allegation of impropriety amounts to nothing more than an allegation of corruption, which is insufficient to overcome judicial immunity (Rosenstein v State of New York, 37 AD3d 208, 208-209 [1st Dept 2007]; Tarter v State of New York, 68 NY2d 511, 518 [1986]; Sassower, 96 AD2d at 586), and no exception to application of the doctrine (Alvarez v Snyder, 264 AD2d 27, 34 [1st Dept 2000]; see Sassower, 96 AD2d at 586-587) is present here. [read post]

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

Supreme Courts Around The World: Little White Lies

5 Jul 2012, 10:16 am by Anita Davies

This was the conundrum facing the US Supreme Court is the case of United States v Alvarez, concerning the constitutionality of the 2006 “Stolen Valor Act”. [read post]

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Workers' Compensation Appellate Court Opinion - 2/29/12

29 Feb 2012, 9:09 am

Category: Recent Decisions;Workers’ Compensation Opinions;Tort Law Opinions Body: Below is today's workers' compensation Appellate Court opinion:AC32702 - Yeager v. [read post]

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Stolen Valor Act Argument

19 Dec 2011, 11:28 am by Kent Scheidegger

Alvarez, No. 11-210.Our brief for the Legion of Valor and CJLF is here. [read post]

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The right to lie through your teeth (even losers have rights)

28 Jun 2012, 2:12 pm by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

That's certainly true at the Supreme Court.The case is United States v. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

U.S. v. Aguilera-Ross (9th Cir. - June 17, 2014)

17 Jun 2014, 11:00 am

But Duenas-Alvarez requires that there be 'a realistic probability, not a theoretical possibility, that the State would apply its statute to conduct that falls outsidethe generic definition of a crime.' 549 U. [read post]

California Appellate Report - http://calapp.blogspot.com/

Central and Southern District Courts Conclude “Pioneer Notice” Unnecessary for Federal Wage & Hour Class Actions:

27 Sep 2010, 6:48 am by Matt C. Bailey

Both orders collectively provide a solid basis for dispensing with an employer’s resistance to producing the contact information of the putative class, precertification.In Alvarez v. [read post]

Bailey Class Action Daily - http://www.baileydaily.com/

Malmgren v Malmgren, --- Fed.Appx. ----, 2019 WL 211324 (Mem) (4th Cir., 2019)[Sweden] [Well settled defense] [Petition granted]

17 Jan 2019, 7:12 am by Joel R. Brandes

Bader v. [read post]

A Child is Missing - http://joelbrandes.blogspot.com/

Eighth Circuit Holds That Even Lies Are Constitutionally Protected, Unless They’re Fraudulent or Defamatory, or Unless the Restriction is “Narrowly Tailored to a Compelling State Interest”

29 Apr 2011, 4:55 pm by Eugene Volokh

Disclosure Comm’n v. 119 Vote No! [read post]

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