federal court jurisdiction – Binding the Law

18 May 2016

United States Supreme Court remands challenges to Obamacare contraception mandate; holds federal securities law jurisdiction test is the same as that for general federal question jurisdiction; holds fraudulent transfers are actual fraud for bankruptcy purposes; remands fair credit reporting case to analyze complaint for concrete harm; rejects fair debt collection claim against private attorney collecting debt for Ohio; and summarily reversed 9th Circuit grant of habeas relief.

by William Gaskill

10 July 2015

10th Circuit holds charging document which unequivocally proves burglary meets generic definition sufficient to prove the conviction qualifies as a violent felony for career criminal sentencing purposes and that state law claim for attorney conflict of interest cannot be tried in bankruptcy court

by William Gaskill