The Michigan Supreme Court will hear oral argument on the appeal we filed in Foster v. Foster. This is a case Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker has been fighting on appeal since 2014. After a unanimous United States Supreme Court decision in favor of the veterans' position at the urging of Mr. Tucker by [...]
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Carson J. Tucker Defends Appeal of Victory for Governmental Entity in Michigan Supreme Court
I have filed a complex answer to an appeal in the Michigan Supreme Court addressing several key governmental immunity issues being litigated and addressed in Michigan. The Court of Appeals ruled in our favor and dismissed the suit against my client, but made several questionable statements in dicta in its opinion that we still may [...]
Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker to Bring Constitutional Challenge to Alabama Department of Human Resources in Veterans’ Benefits Takings Case in United States Supreme Court
Summary We have engaged to file a petition in the United States Supreme Court to challenge the 1987 decision in Rose v. Rose, 481 U.S. 619 (1987), in which the Supreme Court held that all veterans’ disability pay could be diverted and otherwise taken by state courts and state agencies to satisfy the veteran’s child support [...]
Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker Files Appeal Challenging Attorney Fees Award in Michigan Court of Appeals
Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker has filed an appeal challenging an attorney fee award in the Michigan Court of Appeals. Claim of Appeal in Washington v. Oesterling
Kansas Holds State Courts Lack Jurisdiction to Override Federal Law Concerning Veterans’ Disability Benefits
Following state courts across the country that have begun implementing the United States Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Howell v. Howell, the Court of Appeals of Kansas has held that state courts do not have jurisdiction to divert veterans' disability pay to former spouses, even where the parties had previously agreed to divide such benefits [...]