SENTENCING: Religious exemption for marijuana use during supervised release of meth dealer properly denied… Molloy affirmed. [Read more…]
Archives for October 2011
Judicial records, access to search warrant materials
JUDICIAL RECORDS: Public has qualified common law right of access to materials filed in support of search warrant applications [Read more…]
SORNA, knowledge of federal violation
SORNA: US not required to prove that sex offender knew failure to register violates SORNA, only that he knew of registration [Read more…]
Settlements
Plan I
Robert Lindskog, multiple, 10/07, $27,500, Thomas Marra [Read more…]
Contempt, $90,000 fee award stayed on appeal
CONTEMPT: Award by Irigoin of $90,000+ fees/costs for discovery contempt stayed… order. [Read more…]
Bankruptcy, ATV sporting good v. vehicle
BANKRUPTCY: ATV is “motor vehicle,” not “sporting good”… answer to certified question by Kirscher. [Read more…]
Jurisdiction, appeal of consolidated cases
JURISDICTION: Appeal of denial of substitution of McKinnon in consolidated cases deprives District Court of jurisdiction in both [Read more…]
Interest, marital loan calculation
INTEREST properly calculated on loan from wife to husband on remand from ruling that loan which did not specify interest [Read more…]
Incest, ineffective assistance, child witnesses
INCEST: No ineffective assistance based on failure to challenge competency of child witnesses, admission of their hearsay [Read more…]
Sentencing, restitution, profits v. replacement
SENTENCING: Lost profits may be awarded as part of restitution, but amount of lost profits of cartridge casings improperly [Read more…]