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Georgia Supreme Court Says State Can't Be Sued Over Abortion Law

The justices ruled Monday that the state cannot be sued over a controversial law that bans most abortions after 20 weeks and gives prosecutors access to women's medical records—but they leave the door open to other challenges.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

In First-of-Its-Kind Ruling, SCOTUS Strikes Down Law Barring Social Media Use by Sex Offenders

In a unanimous decision written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court made numerous references to the importance of social media as a source of news and a forum for the exchange of views.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Reacts to Va. Gun Attack as SCOTUS Confers Over Restrictions

As FBI investigators sought to clarify the motive behind Wednesday's brazen shooting attack on congressional Republicans during practice for a charity baseball game in Virginia, key voices in Connecticut's gun-control debate sounded off Thursday, while the U.S. Supreme Court was scheduled to confer over a challenge to concealed-carry restrictions in California.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Approved Opinions for the Week of June 19, 2017

14-1-3422 State v. Montalvo, N.J. Sup. Ct. (Fernandez-Vina, J.) (31 pp.) The right to possess a weapon in one's own home for self-defense would be of…
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Unpublished Opinions for the Week of June 19, 2017

06-2-3444 Triffin v. United States Fire Ins. Co., N.J. Super. App. Div. (per curiam) (10 pp.) Appellant, purchaser of the rights to defendant's alleged…
141 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Toth v. Bethel Twp., PICS Case No. 17-0895 (E.D. Pa. May 24, 2017) McHugh, U.S.D.J. (20 pages).

Supervisor's promise that employee's position would be available following employee's maternity leave was sufficient to create property interest supporting a claim for violation of procedural due process rights. Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Gause, PICS Case No. 17-0881 (Pa. Super. May 24, 2017) Lazarus, J. (18 pages).

Trial court erred in allowing police officer to testify to conclusion that driver was impaired by marijuana because he had eyelid tremors because acts and circumstances of the case clearly fell into the category that required expert testimony to show marijuana use and the commonwealth provided no evidence that driver had recently ingested marijuana. Judgment vacated.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Stuski v. Philadelphia Auth. for Indus. Dev., PICS Case No. 17-0893 (Pa. Commw. May 25, 2017) Covey, J. (13 pages).

Tenant and not landlord had duty to remove snow and ice where tenant had exclusive control over premises where slip-and-fall occurred, and tenant was obligated under lease to perform snow and ice removal and had taken actual responsibility for removal. Summary judgment affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Hutchison, PICS Case No. 17-0883 (Pa. Super. May 22, 2017) Olson, J. (15 pages).

Trial court did not err in overruling appellant's objection to the prosecution's opening statement, in appellant's trial for abuse of a corpse, because the statement did not invite the jury to step into the shoes of the deceased's family, the trial court properly admitted color photographs of the body since they were relevant, not inflammatory and critical and appellant waived his discretionary aspects of sentencing claim. Affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Morrison v. Dep't of Corrections, PICS Case No. 17-0890 (Pa. Commw. May 23, 2107) Covey, J. (6 pages).

OOR properly denied petitioner's RTKL request to the DOC for the "written judgment of sentence order" containing the judge's signature because the DOC did not have the document and petitioner's appeal of the OOR final determination explicitly stated that it was not challenging the OOR's denial but instead sought relief outside the RTKL by trying to challenge the legality of his detention. Affirmed.
3 minute read

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