Monday, January 31, 2011

John Pacenti knocks it out of the park

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He's got two interesting stories in the DBR this morning: 1) Lew Freeman's emails from prison and 2) the age of our district's ...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Judge Cohn sentences Larry Wilcox to probation

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Whew . Jon Baker made many enemies over the years with all of his arrests, so it wouldn't have been easy in jail. From CNN : Larry Wilc...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

"The judge wants to see you, Mark."

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That's what a deputy U.S. marshal told Mark Steven Phillips when they arrested him today after 30 years on the run. According to the Mia...
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Does the Constitution Cafe at the federal courthouse...

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...serve unpitted or pitted olives? It's an important question. You see, if they serve unpitted olives, people may get hurt : Dennis K...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Does anyone use the Bluebook anymore?

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Judge Posner certainly doesn't. Here's the intro to his review of the 19th edition: Nowadays the word “hypertrophy” is used mainly t...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Tuesday News and Notes

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1. If a criminal defense lawyer did this , we'd be locked up. For Justice Thomas, it's just a mistake. 2. President Barack Obama has...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Monday morning hits

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1. Who wouldn't pick Justice Kagan for jury duty? (via Washington Post ) 2. 9th Circuit judge Stephen Reinhardt was reversed twice last ...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Justice Scalia complains of an “Alfred Hitchcock line of…jurisprudence.”

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A unanimous Supreme Court (per Alito ) in NASA v. Nelson upheld the government's right to conduct background checks on employees. Justic...
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