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Smith v. Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision

By | November 26, 2013
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Majority Adopts Flexible Rule on Hearsay in Civil Confinement Cases

The Court of Appeals said that hearsay proof was improperly admitted in this particular case, but that such proof can be used to explain an expert's opinion if it is deemed reliable and the probative value outweighs the prejudicial impact.
6 minute read

Law.com

Courts Must Warn of Plea Deportation Result

Trial judges must caution non-citizen defendants that they may be deported before allowing them to plead guilty to a felony, the Court of Appeals has ruled, overturning its 1995 precedent.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Let Stand Ruling Against Mandatory Ultrasound Law

The U.S. Supreme Court, in two different cases in little more than a week, has refused to review decisions by the Oklahoma Supreme Court striking down some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Circuit Finds No Reasonable Suspicion for 'Terry' Stop

A conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm has been vacated by a divided Second Circuit, which found that police were unable to assess the credibility of an unknown caller and had no other information to corroborate two anonymous 911 tips that a man was carrying a gun in the Bronx.
6 minute read

Law.com

Ruling Against Contraception Mandate Deepens Circuit Split

A federal appellate ruling barring enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's law's mandate that employer-provided health insurance cover contraception and related services has deepened the appellate split over that issue.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Find No Easy Answers in Official-Prayer Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has struggled for decades in deciding when government support for prayers goes too far. The justices' struggle continued Wednesday in a case involving prayers before meetings of a New York town board.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Warned Against Treading on Treaty Power

U.S. Supreme Court arguments over the constitutional power to make and implement treaties took a dramatic turn Tuesday when Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. warned justices that a ruling interpreting the meaning of a chemical weapons treaty would be "terribly unfortunate" and could disrupt "very sensitive negotiations" underway with Syria and other nations.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Shield for Congress Tested

A case before the D.C. Circuit is one of the last vestiges of the Jack Abramoff scandal, a wide-ranging U.S. Department of Justice corruption probe that ensnared nearly two dozen people, including lobbyists and public officials.
5 minute read

Law.com

Challenge to Pa. Gay-Marriage Ban on Fast Track

The federal judge hearing a challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage said he will decide by mid-November if there's anything left of the case to go to trial.
5 minute read

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