Indiana

11th Circuit Reversal on Rehearing
Probably the rarest of decisions is a reversal on a rehearing. But this week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals did just that in the case of United States v. Kottwitz. In the original decision (see here), the court had...

Sixth Circuit Smackdown Watch: Vying to Top Reversal Honors with the Ninth Circuit
Jonathan Adler at the Volokh Conspiracy: The reversal of the Sixth Circuit in habeas cases has become rather common. In the 2009-2010 term, when Renico was decided, the Supreme Court reversed Sixth Circuit habeas decisions in five separate cases...

Intriguing procedural sentencing reversal in Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit has a bunch of criminal justice rulings today, and I found especially interesting the quirky procedural issue that lead to a reversal in US v. Harris, No. No. 11-10053 (9th Cir...

SCOTUS does a summary reversal of Seventh Circuit habeas grant
The US Supreme Court today issued a summary reversal of a Seventh Circuit decision granting habeas relief to a state prisoner in Wilson v. Corcoran, No. 10?91 (S. Ct. Nov. 8, 2010) (available here)...

W.D.Ky.: The metaphysics of location for Jones good faith
Defendant was indicted in Kentucky in the Sixth Circuit, but a GPS on his vehicle was monitored across the Ohio River bridge in Indiana in the Seventh Circuit, so for Davis good faith exception purposes, Seventh Circuit case law was settled that GPS tracking was permissible before Jones...

Another notable dissent in Tenth Circuit habeas reversal of mass murderer's death sentences
Providing a notable case for comparing and contrasting to the Eighth Circuit work in Deegan today (basics here), the Tenth Circuit handed down its own fascinating split sentencing opinion in the capital habeas case of Hooks v...

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

Health Insurers
Dictating Medical Decisions

Specialty Lamp International
Recalls Counterfeit Circuit Breakers

Philip Morris
Jury Decides Against Big Tobacco

Gleevec
Possible Case of Kidney Damage Reported

Hampton Inn
Third Case of Legionnaires' Disease Linked to McHenry Hampton Inn Hot Tub

18-Wheeler Accident Case Settled for $600,000
18-Wheeler Accident Case Settled for $600,000