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Aviation law

Melissa Suzette Arzu v. American Airlines, Inc.

The court excluded part of Dr. Warmink’s causation testimony and granted summary judgment to American Airlines, dismissing the case with prejudice.

  • Montreal convention article 17 causation
  • Expert testimony admissibility under rule 702
  • Summary judgment
  • Loss of consortium
  • Survival claim
  • Aed malfunction
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Sixth amendment Villarreal v. Texas

Villarreal v. Texas

The Supreme Court held that a trial court may bar defense counsel from discussing a defendant’s ongoing testimony during an overnight recess while allowing other consultation.

  • Right to counsel
  • Conferral orders
  • Witness sequestration
  • Midtestimony recess
  • Geders v. united states
  • Perry v. leeke distinction
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Criminal law Klein v. Martin

Klein v. Martin

The Supreme Court reversed a Fourth Circuit habeas ruling, holding that under AEDPA the Maryland court reasonably found undisclosed Brady evidence immaterial in light of strong evidence of guilt.

  • Brady disclosure
  • Aedpa deference
  • Materiality
  • Postconviction relief
  • Due process
  • Brady-disclosure
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Civil Erie Insurance Ex. v. United Services Auto, Aplt.

Erie Insurance Ex. v. United Services Auto, Aplt.

Dougherty, J., dissents, saying Pyeritz does not foreclose Erie’s promissory estoppel claim and reliance damages may be available.

  • Promissory estoppel
  • Negligent spoliation
  • Damages
  • Standing
  • Public policy
  • Restatement (second) of contracts §90
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Criminal law 2025 Ohio 5588

State v. Balmert

The Supreme Court of Ohio held that proximate cause is a separate element of aggravated vehicular assault, and affirmed Balmert’s conviction on sufficient evidence.

  • Aggravated vehicular assault
  • Proximate cause
  • Operating vehicle with controlled-substance metabolite
  • Sufficiency of evidence
  • Predicate offense
  • Aggravated-vehicular-assault
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Criminal law 604 U.S. 226

Glossip v. Oklahoma

This Court had jurisdiction because the OCCA made application of Oklahoma’s PCPA contingent on an antecedent federal-law determination rejecting the attorney general’s Napue confession; on the merits the prosecution violated Napue by knowingly allowing false testimony from the State’s key witness about his lithium prescription/psychiatric treatment and failing to correct it, and the false testimony was material because it could reasonably have affected the jury’s assessment of the sole direct evidence (Sneed); remedy is a new trial, therefore the OCCA judgment is reversed and the case remande…

  • Prosecutorial misconduct
  • Napue doctrine (false testimony)
  • Brady disclosure
  • Sequestration rule
  • Independent and adequate state ground doctrine
  • Oklahoma post-conviction procedures act (pcpa)
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Corporate law Shareholder Representative Services, LLC v. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Shareholder Representative Services, LLC v. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

The Court of Chancery will appoint a D.R.E. 706 expert on cGMP compliance issues after trial, but not on the contract-interpretation question whether materials were for human use.

  • Good manufacturing practices (cgmp)
  • Appointment of court-appointed expert (d.r.e. 706)
  • Materiality of noncompliance
  • Contract interpretation
  • Court-appointed-expert
  • Delaware-chancery
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Criminal law 604 U.S. 86; 220 L. Ed. 2d 340; 145 S. Ct. 75

Andrew v. White

The Supreme Court held that Payne v. Tennessee supplied clearly established due process law for AEDPA review of highly prejudicial evidence, vacating and remanding.

  • Due process clause
  • Prejudicial evidence
  • Victim-impact evidence
  • Harmless error
  • Clearly established federal law
  • Fundamental fairness
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Federal civil procedure

United States of America v. 0.2853 Acres of Land, et al.

The magistrate judge recommended excluding several defense valuation experts and limiting evidence tied to an incorrect larger parcel, while denying as moot defendants’ challenge to plaintiff’s expert.

  • Just compensation
  • Rule 71.1
  • Expert testimony
  • Appraisal admissibility
  • Mootness
  • Post-take evidence
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Civil procedure Erie Insurance Ex. v. United Services Auto

Erie Insurance Ex. v. United Services Auto

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted allocatur in a dispute over promissory estoppel, alleged negligent spoliation, and subrogation limits in a property-loss case.

  • Promissory estoppel
  • Negligent spoliation of evidence
  • Subrogation rights
  • Recovery for property loss
  • Precedential consistency (pyeritz v. commonwealth)
  • Promissory-estoppel
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