January 2012
7 posts
9 tags
“4. In an Ivy League sort of way, it makes sense to address the “crack”...”
– Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge, District of Nebraska, from his January 2008 piece The Top Ten Things I Learned From Apprendi, Blakely, Booker, Rita, Kimbrough and Gall Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 
Jan 25th
7 tags
“Whoever commits fornication shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than...”
– Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 272, § 18 
Jan 24th
5 tags
“Does a state have to repeal or invalidate its murder prohibition if the homicide...”
– W. Tradition P’ship, Inc. v. Attorney Gen. of State 2011 MT 328
Jan 23rd
8 tags
“The Court’s refusal to acknowledge any “danger of ‘subtle compulsion’” in...”
– McNeil v. Wisconsin 501 U.S. 171 (1991)
Jan 20th
10 tags
“By reason of said promise and agreement the said plaintiff entered into...”
– Young v. Povich 121 Me. 141
Jan 18th
3 tags
“The Constitution grants Congress and the President the power to acquire, dispose...”
– Boumediene v. Bush 553 U.S. 723 citing Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137 177, 2 L.Ed. 60.
Jan 10th
4 tags
“In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it...”
– Olmstead v. United States 277 U.S. 438 (1928)
Jan 3rd
1 note
December 2011
10 posts
8 tags
“That this sweeping language is not to be taken literally is manifested by the...”
– Shenfield v. Prather 387 F. Supp. 676
Dec 30th
12 tags
“As a symbolic matter, today’s decision is ominous because it reflects a...”
– McNeil v. Wisconsin 501 U.S. 171 (1991)
Dec 28th
2 notes
5 tags
“[A]n arbitrary interference with access to important information is an...”
– Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
Dec 26th
9 tags
“The conflicts of economic interest between the regulated and those who advantage...”
– Wickard v. Filburn 317 U.S. 111
Dec 23rd
6 tags
“The defendant Walter Bagdasarian, an especially unpleasant fellow, was found...”
– U.S. v. Bagdasarian U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, NO. 09-50529
Dec 20th
2 tags
“They carry the keys of their prison in their own pockets. Governments are...”
– In re Nevitt 117 F. 448
Dec 16th
5 notes
9 tags
“There may be instances in the law where text or history or tradition leaves room...”
– Hudson v. Michigan 547 U.S. 586 (2006)
Dec 15th
20 notes
7 tags
“Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.”
– Brown v. U.S. 256 U.S. 335
Dec 13th
4 notes
4 tags
“If we were all free to ignore the language in opinions based on what we believe...”
– United States v. Alba-Flores 577 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir. 2009)
Dec 9th
5 tags
“Bizarre statements or actions, taken in isolation, do not require a court to...”
– People v. Murdoch 194 Cal. App. 4th 230
Dec 1st
12 notes
November 2011
5 posts
4 tags
“[D]elaying an execution does not further public purposes of retribution and...”
– Thompson v. McNeil 129 S. Ct. 1299 
Nov 30th
4 tags
“The acts of Congress give great power … It is a power to be administered,...”
– Kwock Jan Fat v. White 253 U.S. 454, 464, 40 S. Ct. 566, 570, 64 L. Ed. 1010 (1920)
Nov 29th
14 notes
2 tags
“The practice of law is so necessarily broad that no one system of teaching it...”
– In re Brooks 11 S.W.3d 25
Nov 28th
3 tags
“There is something creepy and un-American about such clandestine and underhanded...”
– United States v. Pineda-Moreno 617 F.3d 1120 (9th Cir. 2010)
Nov 18th
6 tags
“In the fashion in style among patent lawyers, counsel have been unable to agree...”
– Netflix, Inc. v. Blockbuster, Inc. 477 F. Supp. 2d 1063, 1066 (N.D. Cal. 2007)
Nov 7th
31 notes
October 2011
1 post
6 tags
“[I]t is not only rational but also realistic and efficient for USCIS to rely on...”
– Gjondrekaj v. Napolitano 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90233 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 2, 2011)
Oct 7th
23 notes
September 2011
15 posts
4 tags
“Further, Affiant sayeth naught.”
– from an affidavit I read today, dated … 2011.
Sep 30th
4 tags
“Torture … does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent...”
– 22 C.F.R. § 95.1
Sep 30th
12 tags
“Respondents also argue that the statute is ambiguous because it is plausible...”
– Sylvain v. Holder CIV. 11-3006 JAP, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69591, 2011 WL 2580506 (D.N.J. June 28, 2011)
Sep 29th
2 notes
3 tags
“As described previously, the fact that the government chooses to address one...”
– Kuromiya v. U.S. 37 F. Supp. 2d 717
Sep 23rd
4 tags
“This court cannot envision other sexual acts beyond those listed in Section...”
– Freelance Entm’t, L.L.C. v. Sanders 280 F. Supp. 2d 533 (N.D. Miss. 2003)
Sep 21st
7 notes
2 tags
“[E]very book in literature, science and art, borrows and must necessarily...”
– Emerson v. Davies 8 F. Cas. 615, 619 (C.C.D. Mass. 1845) (No. 4436)
Sep 19th
3 tags
“These conflicts belie the majority’s claim of doctrinal consistency and...”
– Kasky v. Nike, Inc. 27 Cal. 4th 939
Sep 16th
2 tags
“[O]nly a lunatic or a fanatic sues for $30.”
– Carnegie v. Household Int’l, Inc. 376 F.3d 656, 661 (7th Cir. 2004)
Sep 15th
1 note
7 tags
“Leveling the playing field” can sound like a good thing. But in a democracy,...”
– Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom PAC v. Bennett No. 10–238.  Argued March 28, 2011—Decided June 27, 2011 Roberts for the majority
Sep 12th
37 notes
5 tags
“The needs of law enforcement, to which my colleagues seem inclined to refuse...”
– United States v. Pineda-Moreno 617 F.3d 1120 (9th Cir. 2010)
Sep 9th
9 tags
“Because our General Assembly has legislated so pervasively in the area of...”
– Conley v. Emerald Isle Realty, Inc. 350 N.C. 293
Sep 8th
7 notes
3 tags
“Of course, stare decisis is a less rigid doctrine than res judicata. But it is...”
– Bethesda Lutheran Homes & Servs. v. Born 238 F.3d 853, 858 (7th Cir. Wis. 2001)
Sep 7th
5 tags
“In conclusion, it is not our intention to emasculate landlord responsibility...”
– Presson v. Mountain States Properties, Inc. 18 Ariz. App. 176
Sep 6th
2 tags
“We cannot simply rely on the Government’s determination of what is...”
– Diop v. ICE/Homeland Security, et al. No. 10-1113 (3d Cir. September 1, 2011)
Sep 2nd
31 notes
3 tags
“[T]he form of order proposed by plaintiffs in the present motion is less than a...”
– Comm. for Immigrant Rights v. County of Sonoma No. C 08-4220 RS (N.D. Cal. June 16, 2011)
Sep 1st
July 2011
20 posts
2 tags
“Perhaps no professional shortcoming is more widely resented than...”
– The Florida Bar Re:  Amendment to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, 605 So. 2d 252 (Fla. 1992)
Jul 29th
5 tags
“To us it seems patent on its face that California has the right to allow its...”
– Chaney v. State Bar of Cal. 386 F.2d 962
Jul 28th
2 tags
“Put differently, if practical exclusion from a socially marginal activity such...”
– Sestric v. Clark 765 F.2d 655
Jul 27th
1 note
2 tags
“We turn initially to petitioner’s argument that the denial of his...”
– In re Fischer 425 A.2d 601
Jul 27th
5 tags
“Given the procedural history, it is not only unfair to respondent, but also poor...”
– City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik 485 U.S. 112
Jul 25th
6 tags
“As far as I know, no member of this court is trained as a molecular biologist,...”
– Moore v. Regents of Univ. of California 51 Cal. 3d 120
Jul 22nd
28 notes
6 tags
“Rich or penniless, Duncan’s citizenship under the Constitution pledges his...”
– Edwards v. People of State of California 314 U.S. 160
Jul 21st
39 notes
7 tags
“Justice Scalia, though analyzing a current issue, uncharacteristically...”
– U.S. v. Bagdasarian U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 09-50529
Jul 20th
2 notes
3 tags
“Perhaps not wanting to be associated with maggoty sausages, Salt Creek has not...”
– Sarti v. Salt Creek Ltd. 167 Cal. App. 4th 1187
Jul 19th
10 notes
6 tags
“But if this case deteriorates into litigation Armageddon, let this be a start to...”
– In re Dow Corning Corp. 211 B.R. 545
Jul 18th
8 tags
“If believers are entitled to public financial support, so are nonbelievers. A...”
– Walz v. Tax Comm’n of City of New York 397 U.S. 664
Jul 15th
26 notes
7 tags
“The officials made themselves party to means whereby the machinery with which...”
– Terry v. Adams 345 U.S. 461
Jul 14th