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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 28, 2026.
Continue ReadingIn Caruso v. Law Society of Ontario, the Court confirmed that By-Law 4 confines Ontario paralegals’…
State v. Wiggins, Scheduled for oral argument on October 2 at 1:30 PM.
Question: Is it inherently prejudicial to have a uniformed sheriff’s deputy stand next to the witness box while the defendant testifies?
James Wiggins was found guilty of second-degree murder in connection with an incident where he shot at Tyrone Hutchins outside…
The Court held oral argument in Andrew Perry v. Dordt University in a special session on September 15 at 7:00 PM in Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Question: Under what circumstances may a court reviewing a religious university’s decision to deny a religious exemption under the Iowa Civil Rights Act determine whether a student’s religious beliefs are…
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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 21, 2026.
Continue ReadingIn Lozovski v. Equityline Mortgage Investment Corporation, the Court of Appeal found that a receivership order…
“It ain’t over ‘till it’s over,” depending on your point of view, may be a Yogi-ism (as to baseball and life) or a Lenny Kravitz refrain (as to relationships). But it can also be an admonition from an appellate court that things in the trial court are not yet final, and the parties have jumped…
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Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of September 14, 2026.
Continue ReadingIn Knauff v. Ontario (Human Rights Tribunal), the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the moving party’s…
The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments in seven cases on September 9th and 10th. Five other cases were submitted to the Court without oral argument. The following are summaries of those cases.
State v. Patterson
Argued September 9th at 9:00 AM.
Question: Did the district court apply the correct standard when determining competency…
Normally, an appellate court will “limit appellate review to issues raised by the parties because those legal issues are joined after full adversarial briefing.” The Supreme Court of North Carolina has cautioned that “[a]ddressing issues that the parties never raised, preserved, and asserted on appeal is harmful for several reasons.” One of those reasons is…
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Good afternoon.Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 31, 2026.
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In Caroti v. Vuletic, the Court allowed an appeal seeking to set aside a distribution order regarding the…
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Good afternoon.Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of August 24, 2026. It was a light week.
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In Minotar Holdings Inc. v. Ontario (Municipal Affairs and Housing) the majority of…