Thomas E. O'Brien
February 12, 2010 | The Recorder
High Court Should Not Use 'Moot' as CrutchThe nation's high court needlessly scratched years of work without getting to the merits in Alvarez v. Smith, a recent case about the confiscation of property as the instrument or proceeds of a crime.
By Thomas O'Brien
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February 08, 2010 | National Law Journal
Hardly a moot pointThe Supreme Court in Alvarez should not have avoided the important issue of the constitutionality of a forfeiture law.
By Thomas O'Brien
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