• Healthcare Roundup: TN Lawmakers Looking to Shield Doctors from Discipline for COVID-19 Misinformation & More

    TN Lawmakers Move to Block State Medical Boards from Disciplining Doctors for Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation: Ahead of a special session on coronavirus legislation last week, Tennessee lawmakers prefiled a pair of bills ( HB 9020 c and HB 9028 c...
  • Swartley v. Hoffner

    Swartley v. Hoffner Superior Court of Pennsylvania May 20, 1999, Argued ; July 12, 1999, Filed No. 00050 EDA 1999 Opinion  [**916]  OPINION BY OLSZEWSKI, J.: Filed July 12, 1999  [*P1]  Judith Swartley appeals from the order of the lower court granting...
  • Terkel v. CDC

    On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Pub. L. No. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281 (2020) (the CARES Act). Among other things, the Act included a 120-day prohibition on the initiation of eviction...
  • Willingham v. Macon Tel. Pub. Co.

    Appellant Alan Willingham sought employment with appellee Macon Telegraph Publishing Co., Macon, Georgia, and was denied due to the length of his hair. Appellee had a dress and grooming policy which limited the length of hair allowed on males, but had...
  • United States v. Jones

    Dirk Jones was charged in two counts of a three-count indictment arising from the purchase and attempted resale of a firearm. Count One charged him with a conspiracy having two objects: to make a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer...
  • Zedner v. United States

    Zedner v. United States Supreme Court of the United States April 18, 2006, Argued ; June 5, 2006, Decided No. 05-5992 Opinion  [*492]   [**1980]  Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us to consider the application of the...
  • Pruitt v. Cheney

    Reverend Pruitt served in the U.S. Army between January 1971 and July 1975, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain. After leaving active service to seek ordination as a methodist minister, Pruitt remained an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR)....
  • Powers v. City of Richmond

    Plaintiff candidate for city council filed suit against defendant city pursuant to the Public Records Act. Plaintiff wanted the trial court to compel defendant to prepare and release a report. The court denied the petition for writ of mandate and granted...
  • State v. Ivy

    A witness identified defendant as the one who stood across the street from a gas station as it was being robbed at gunpoint. Defendant raised an alibi defense. The trial court convicted him for aiding and abetting armed robbery and for aiding and abetting...
  • In re Polin

    The committee on admissions submitted a favorable recommendation that the applicant be admitted to the bar.