Appellate Law

Iowa Court of Appeals Decisions for January 30, 2008
Selected family law decisions from today's decisions by the Iowa Court of Appeals can be found here. Note that this list does not include Chapter 232 termination of parental rights decisions.

Ind. Decisions - "Court sides with teacher accused of slapping girl"
Yesterday's 2-1 Court of Appeals decisions in the case of State of Indiana v. Paula J. Fettig (see ILB entry here, second case) is featured on the front page of today's Indianapolis Star, in a lengthy story reported by Jon...

Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals reverses murder convictions under Indianas Criminal Rule 4(C)
Today's Court of Appeals 26-page, 2-1 decision in Robert Jeffrey Pelley v. State of Indiana is the subject of this story this evening via South Bend's TV 16. Some quotes:Jeff Pelley was found guilty by a jury in 2006 for...

Iowa Court of Appeals Decisions for January 16, 2008
The first set of 2008 selected family law decisions from the Iowa Court of Appeals is available here. No Chapter 232 termination of parental rights decisions are included.

A Practitioner's Note on Arkansas's No-Citation Rule, Highlighted by Today's Decision in Dodson
Today's per curiam in Dodson v. Norris highlights a textual subtlety of Rule 5-2: the plain text of the rule does not bar citation of unpublished decisions from other jurisdictions...

Iowa Court of Appeals Decisions for February 13, 2008
Selected family law decisions from the Iowa Court of Appeals issued February 13, 2008, are available here. No Chapter 232 termination of parental rights decisions are included.

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

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

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Health Insurers
Dictating Medical Decisions

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

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

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.