Judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States of America

Case Summary: Harold R. Berk injured his ankle while visiting Delaware and went to Beebe Medical Center for treatment, where he was seen by Dr. Wilson Choy and other providers for what was diagnosed as a fracture that did not require immediate surgery. Hospital staff placed his leg in a boot and, in the course of doing so, allegedly twisted and aggravated the fracture, after which Berk was dischar...

Case Summary: Ellingburg v. United States involves a federal defendant, Holsey Ellingburg Jr., who robbed a First Union National Bank before the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA) became law, but was sentenced after its enactment and ordered to pay $7,567.25 in restitution under that Act. Ellingburg committed the bank robbery in 1995, was indicted in 1996 on federal bank robbery char...

Case Summary: Vista-Pro Automotive, LLC, entered bankruptcy in 2014 and initiated adversarial proceedings against Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc., to collect $50,000 in allegedly unpaid invoices. Vista-Pro attempted to serve process on Coney Island by mail but purportedly failed to comply with Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 7004(b)(3)’s mail-service requirements. Coney Island did not...

Case Summary: In Clark v. Sweeney, a Maryland jury convicted Jeremiah Sweeney of second-degree murder and related offenses after a shooting that killed a bystander about 75 yards away during an argument over stolen marijuana, and the conviction was later affirmed on direct appeal. After trial, it emerged that one juror had independently visited the crime scene; the court dismissed that juror and c...

Case Summary: A Maryland jury convicted Jeremiah Sweeney of second-degree murder and related offenses after he fired shots during an argument over stolen marijuana, missing his intended targets but killing a bystander about 75 yards away. During trial, one juror independently visited the crime scene, and after this was disclosed, the parties agreed to dismiss that juror and continue deliberations...

Case Summary: In May 2020, Jeffrey Clyde Pitts’s young daughter, A.G.C., spent a weekend visiting him, and after returning home she told her mother that he had sexually abused her, which led to criminal charges. At trial, the prosecution requested that a physical screen be placed between A.G.C. and Pitts while she testified, so that the judge and jury could see her but she could not see her father...

Case Summary: Bost v. Illinois Board of Elections arises from a 2022 lawsuit in which Congressman Michael Bost and two Republican presidential elector nominees challenged Illinois’ mail‑ballot rules, which require election officials to count mail ballots that are postmarked or certified by Election Day but received within 14 days afterward. They sued the Illinois State Board of Elections and its e...

Case Summary: Case v. Montana involves William Trevor Case, whose ex-girlfriend called 911 after he told her on the phone that he was going to kill himself, mentioned writing a note, appeared to cock a gun, and then made a popping sound before the line went dead. Three officers responded for a welfare check, knew about Case’s history of alcohol abuse, mental-health problems, prior suicide threats,...

The Supreme Court Decision in BOWE v. UNITED STATES

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES case in TERENCE CLARK, DIRECTOR, PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL. v. JEREMIAH ANTOINE SWEENEY

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DECISION IN JEFFREY CLYDE PITTS v. MISSISSIPPI