Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)

Send us Fan Mail In this specific maritime context, manufacturers have a duty to warn when they know a dangerous part will, or must be incorporated into their product, and have reason to believe that users will be unaware of the danger.  (Here asbestos). Support the show

Send us Fan Mail For purposes of the fair debt collection practices act, enforcers of security interests are NOT debt collectors. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Basically a remand to determine standing. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail An 1855 treaty pre-empts Washington state’s ability to Tax the Yakama nation’s importation of fuel.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Section 1226’s order to detain without release certain classes of aliens, does not hinge upon immedate arest upon release from criminal detention. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Copyright is regestered when the regester regesters it, not when the paperwork is filed. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Railroad retirment act - “compensation” includes payment for lost wages. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The word “full” can not modify an already defined “costs”, in this statute. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail imunities of foreign corporations are the SAME as foreign government immunity TODAY. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Counsel may not refuse to file a notice to appeal, even if the defendant waived the right to appeal. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Errors were made in a determination of competence for death. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Lambert’s 23b filing was untimley. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Dead judges votes can not be counted if the opinion is filed after their death. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail 8th Amendment prohibition on excessive fines IS incorporated against states via the 14th amendment. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail States can not have tax breaks that discriminate against federal employees who otherwise meet the qualifications for said tax break. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Rulling that Mr. Moore is intelectually disabled enough to be ineligible for the death penalty. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail “On sale” exception to patents. Also, i had no idea how to pronounce “palonosetron”, close ‘nuff i reckon. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Court holds an independent contractor truck driver can not be forced into arbitration because the 1925 arbitration act excludes transportation workers who are engaged in interstate commerce.  Also holds that “independent contractors” are considered to have signed “contracts of employment” even though they are not in an explicit employer employee relationship. Full disclosure: as a...

Send us Fan Mail Robbery is a violent offense for purposes of the ACCAs sentence enhancments.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The 25% cap on social security attorney fees only covers in court representation, not representation before the agency. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Arbitration agreements that contractually deligate questions of arbitrarily to an arbitrator do exactly that — no matter if the request seeking to compell arbitration is “wholy groundless”. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Court rules that “right to be free of excessive force” is a bit to highly generalized to be considered “clearly established law” in regards to stripping qualified immunity. Court also holds you can’t reinstate an excessive force claim, without any proof or even discussion, as to if the defendant even touched the plaintiff — especially after it has already been decided by another c...

Send us Fan Mail Mostly a decision that 2254 (d) (1) apeals can not use court cases that didn’t exist at the time of the origin of the appeal. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Burglary can include mobile residences and or vehicles adapted for sleeping. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail The Dusky Gopher Frog case. Regarding designation of critical habitat. Support the show