Appellate Law

More Sovereign Immunity Fun
Most readers of this blog are all-too-aware of the havoc that the Supreme Court's state sovereign immunity jurisprudence has wreaked upon labor and employment law...

Kotler on Sovereign Immunity & Preemption
Martin A. Kotler (Widener University - School of Law) has posted Shared Sovereign Immunity as an Alternative to Federal Preemption: An Essay on the Attribution of Responsibility for Harm to Others (Hofstra Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN...

Another attention getter on the campus infringement front
Bill Patry draws our attention to a copyright case in the 9th Circuit's Southern District of California that addresses the liability of individuals in their individual capacity for infringement of copyright: The Patry Copyright Blog: State Sovereign Immunity and State Employees...

Can States Have Their (Patent) Cake and Eat It, Too?
In Biomedical Patent Management v. State Of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a state?s initial waiver of Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity ? when it intervened in an earlier, related action that was dismissed for improper venue — doesn?t mean that it waived sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment [...

Sovereign Immunity for School Districts 403(b) Fiduciary Choices?
Sovereign Immunity for School Districts 403(b) Fiduciary Choices?   Written by: Bob Toth   Many professionals have been advising certain governmental employers for a while that just because ERISA doesn't apply to their 403(b) plans, state trust and fiduciary laws...

Appeals court rules state soverign immunity doesn't apply to DA contractors
Private companies that run diversion programs administered by dozens of California district attorneys are now open to legal attack, The Recorder reported...

How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...

How do I sue a lawyer who is now a district attorney that most lawyers fear upsetting?
I would first recommend reporting the involved attorney to your State Bar Associ...

What are the differences in the jurisdictions of State and Federal Courts?
U.S. Supreme Court cases must be followed by all courts nationwide. State Suprem...

Is it wrong to represent that someone lives in your house so that can qualify to participate in a public school program?
Yes, this is wrong. However, you can petition the school district to allow him t...

Victim forced to pay criminal $5,000.00 Why will no Attorney challange AAA?
Money, Power And Greed over Truth and Justice...

Ellsworth School District
4.4% increase in salaries as part of contract settlement.

The Plainfield School District
$10,500 settlement resolves eminent domain dispute.

Locker Room Hazing
School district to pay $567,500 settlement in harassment lawsuit.

Teachers Paid
LA School District pays 8% interest to teachers for payroll problems.

Maintenance Worker
Knox County School District pays employee $24,000 harassment settlement.

False Abuse Accusations
Boothbay Harbor Central School District pays shop teacher $320,000 defamation settlement.