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The SDFLA Blog is dedicated to providing news and notes regarding federal practice in the Southern District of Florida. The New Times calls the blog "the definitive source on South Florida's federal court system." All tips on court happenings are welcome and will remain anonymous. Please email David Markus at dmarkus@markuslaw.com

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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