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Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of June 12, 2023.
Continue ReadingIn Friendly v. 1671379 Ontario Inc., a dispute arose among various judgment creditors of 1671379 Ontario Inc. (“167”) asserting priority claims
In a 3-3 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a district court ruling refusing to dissolve a 2019 injunction against enforcement of a law known as the “fetal heartbeat law,” which would prohibit most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Though the lack of a majority means that no written opinion carries the force
With little notice or fanfare, the latest North Carolina Senate budget bill stands poised to make a significant change in North Carolina appellate practice. Currently there are several routes to the Supreme Court of North Carolina, including direct appeal from the trial division in some relatively rare instances, appeal from the North Carolina Court of
On January 5, 2021, Jim Nahas was fired by the Polk County Board of Supervisors from his position as the Polk County Human Resources Director. In response, Nahas filed suit against the Board and four of its members, “claiming libel per se, wrongful termination in violation of public policy, extortion, civil conspiracy, intentional infliction of
City ordinances in Des Moines and Windsor Heights providing for collection of traffic fines generated by automated traffic enforcement cameras are not unconstitutional government takings, they do not violate due process of law, and they do not amount to illegal property taxes, the Iowa Supreme Court held in two cases handed down June 9.
Cities
Here’s the last paragraph from Grant Gilmore’s The Ages of American Law:
Law reflects but in no sense determines the moral worth of a society. The values of a reasonably just society will reflect themselves in a reasonably just law. The better the society, the less law there will be. In Heaven there will be
Maine law regarding cross-appeals has long been murky, and as a result that subject has often been the subject of commentary both at this blog (here and here, for instance) and elsewhere. The Law Court brought additional clarity in this area of the law in its recent decision in Tominsky v. Town of
Jump To: Table of Contents | Civil Decisions | Short Civil Decisions
Good afternoon.
Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of June 5, 2023.
Continue ReadingIn Bhatnagar v. Cresco Labs Inc., the Court interpreted the Supreme Court’s decision in C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger. There is
In a 5-2 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court held that police officers’ collection and testing of DNA on a drinking straw abandoned by a suspect in a restaurant did not constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution or article I, section 8 of the Iowa Constitution. Two dissenting Justices expressed
Because Iowa’s Consumer Fraud Act is enforced through civil proceedings aimed at making victims whole and preventing future fraudulent actions rather than punishment, defendants accused of violating the Act are not entitled to a trial by jury, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a decision handed down May 26.
The State brought a civil action