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Archive for March, 2005

3/31/2005

L&C Law Professor John Kroger on Portland’s FBI Showdown

L&C Law Professor John Kroger on Searching Garbage in Oregon
:: State v. Galloway

Fred Korematsu Dies at Age 86

Can the Supreme Court Still Rule on Johnnie Cochran’s Freedom-of-Speech Case?

NY’s High Court Refuses Early Review of Same-Sex Marriage Cases

3/30/2005

11th Circuit: “Any Further Action By Our Court or the District Court Would Be Improper”
:: Schiavo ex rel Schindler v. Schiavo (pdf)

Do You Blog?

Supreme Court Rules, 5-3, Older Workers Need Not Prove Intentional Discrimination
:: Smith v. City of Jackson
:: Also today
:: Rhines v. Weber (power to stay ‘mixed’ habeas petitions)
:: Exxon Mobil v. Saudi Industries (Rooker-Feldman doctrine)

Johnnie Cochran, Remembered

In Vermont, a Bid to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide

11th Circuit to Consider Schiavo Petition for Rehearing
:: Motion for Leave to File (pdf)
:: Petition for Rehearing En Banc (pdf)

Time to Comment is Now On Washington’s “Forest and Fish” Plan

Nine States Sue EPA Over Mercury Rule

Suit by Detainee on Transfer to Syria Finds Support in Jet’s Log

Killer Nanny Quits Law to Dance

National Firm Names Lawyer Reprimanded for Sexual Harassment Chief Operating Partner

Casting Call: 3L or Young Lawyer to Become the Next Great (Reality TV-Launched) Defense Attorney

3/29/2005

Plight of Guantanamo Detainees Suddenly a Cause Célèbre for Powerful Law Firms

Justices Bothered by FCC’s Separation of Cable, Telecom

Grok Around the Clock (Before the Supreme Court Tries to Stop You)

Judge Dread – The Judiciary May End Up the Big Losers In the Schiavo Mess

Johnnie Cochran Dies at 67

Court has “Lively Argument” About File Sharing, iPods, and Piano Rolls
:: SCOTUSBlog – Court Conflicted
:: Oral Argument Transcript (10-15 days post argument)

Justices, 5-4, Back Whistleblowers, Expand Title IX Protections
:: Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education

Supremes Rule, 8-1, Tribe Cannot Expand Tax-Exempt Holdings Outside Reservation
:: City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation

High Court Gets a (Fairly) Extreme Makeover

Colorado Court Bars Execution Because Jurors Consulted Bible

Epic ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ Focus of Copyright Dispute

Plan to Create ‘State Parks in the Ocean’ Makes Waves

Though Handcuffed Defendant Wins New Trial, CO Felony Murder Statute Survives Review

President Bush Ditches Texas in Front of the Supreme Court

U.S. Judge Bars Yale Law Students as Clerks Over Military Recruiter Ban