all - Opinion Summaries

MIDDLEBROOK v. STATE OF DELAWARE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Though trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in disregarding petitioner's instruction to file a direct appeal after sentencing, a new trial...

SOMMER v. DAVIS

Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Expert witnesses in a medical malpractice action were not competent to testify under Tennessee law, where plaintiffs failed to disclose one witness in...

IN RE GRAND JURY SUBPOENAS

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence
Work product claim, unsupported by any in camera identification or submission of responsive documents, was too conclusory to show a real concern that...

PEOPLE EX REL DEP'T OF PROF'L REGULATION v. MANOS

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Professional Malpractice
Information acquired by a dentist in attending any patient in a professional character, necessary to enable dentist to professionally serve the...

U.S. v. BROWNE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sanctions
The district court did not err in not affording defendant an evidentiary hearing on his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, but a contempt judgment is...

US v. STROTHER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The totality of: a cooperating witness's personal knowledge as to the location of drugs and firearms; specificity and detail of the witness's...

GENTRY v. ROE

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Legal Malpractice
Trial counsel's election in closing argument, to ignore evidence in the record that would help his client, and to highlight detrimental record and...

U.S. v. FITZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Evidence was insufficient to support a drug conviction, as the government failed to show that defendant was aware of a conspiracy or that he knowingly...

MICRO-CHEMCAL, INC. v. LEXTRON, INC.

Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
Testimony of a patent infringement plaintiff's damages expert, including reasonable royalty determinations, did not run afoul of Daubert principles or...

BOND v. BLUM

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Evidence, Intellectual Property
Defendant's use of a manuscript as evidence in a state court proceeding fell within the scope of fair use authorized by section 107 of the Copyright...