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Com v. Smyrnes: Capital Appeal
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The facts in this case are a repeat of those in Com v. Knight, and they are horrific enough not to bear repeating. Smyrnes appears to have been the ringleader…
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City of Philadelphia v. Lerner—Ignoring the Government’s Requests for Information Only Works if You’re With the Government
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Remember Lois Lerner? Remember her pleading the Fifth, and refusing to answer questions about alleged IRS wrongdoing? In City of Phila. v. Lerner, we learn that this doesn’t work out…
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Com v. Martinez: Plea Deals are Contracts
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The right to trial by jury is so valuable that giving it up binds the prosecution to whatever was promised the defendant–even in the face of a subsequent statutory change.…
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Com. v. Kindler: Escaping SCOPA Jurisdiction…For Now
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This case is short and simple, but the backstory is fascinating. Arrested for burglary in 1982, Joseph Kindler managed to escape from jail, although he was recaptured quickly. Shortly thereafter,…
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Rule 1.17 Amended: You may sell a practice area without selling your whole practice
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On Friday, the Court released an amendment to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.17 (Relating to Sale of Law Practice), allowing for the purchase of a practice area, rather than of…
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D.P. v. G.J.P.: Mere separation of parents is insufficient grounds to give grandparents standing to force custody dispute
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The fourteenth amendment’s due process clause requires “that the custody, care and nurture of the child reside first in the parents,” (quoting Prince v. Mass, 321 U.S. 158, 166 (1944)),…
