Appellate Law

AR: Defective arrest warrant not a bar to prosecution
On a state's appeal from dismissal of charges against City Council members because of a defective arrest warrant, a defective warrant does not deprive the court of jurisdiction to try the defendant...

Brief-Writing Tips for the Illinois Appellate Court
The August 2008 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal contains a great article called "Brief-Writing Tips for the Illinois Appellate Court." It is by Maria Pellegrino, a law clerk to a justice on the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District...

Dont Give Up On Appellate Jurisdiction
The appellate courts are zealous about protecting their jurisdiction. When in doubt, it is not unusual for a court to ask for briefing on the issue even where both sides have assumed jurisdiction...

Jurisdiction in Probate
I remember very little about my law school jurisdiction class (other than the fact that my professor, who looked like a Teutonic version of Queen lead singer Freddy Mercury, wore the world's tightest jeans)...

Court of Civil Appeals Considers Whether Failure to Serve Brief Warrants Dismissal of an Appeal
M.B. v. R.P and P.P considered the appropriate consequences for the failure to serve an appellate brief as indicated on the certificate of service and concluded that, under the circumstances of that case, dismissal of the appeal was not called for...

Court of Chancery Upholds Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Attorney
Sample v. Morgan, C.A. No. 1214-VCS (November 27, 2007). In this major decision, the Court of Chancery has upheld its jurisdiction over a non-Delaware attorney who is alleged to have aided and abetted a breach of fiduciary duty by directors...

DC Madame Phone List
Telephone Records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey's Escort Service (Pamela Martin and Associates)

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Illinois Ground Beef Recalled
due to Possible E. coli Contamination

Illinois Residents
Exposed to Potentially Carcinogenic Drinking Water

University of Illinois Medical Center
Potential $14 Million in Malpractice Settlements

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.