It is the eve of trial. The trial court judge, bent on forcing you into an unsavory settlement with opposing counsel, has granted opposing counsel’s motion in limine to exclude your proposed evidence from the jury’s consideration. This is a key part of your client’s case and without it your client may be facing 100 [...]
Category: United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court Rules Federal Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
This is a bizarre case, not so much for the controversy underlying it, but for the fact that the district court and the Court of Appeals ruled in the plaintiff's favor, and yet, the government sought the Supreme Court's review to essentially solidify the ruling with no real controversy remaining. This is a fundamentally incorrect [...]
Follow-Up to Supreme Court Petitions Regarding Justiciability of Discrimination Complaints Filed by “Dual-Status” Technicians
Hi, it seems that my prior post regarding this subject garnered some attention. For those of you who are following this, the Supreme Court denied both the Zuress and Wetherill petitions. I assisted in the Wetherill case in my capacity as a JAG for the National Guard and I have worked on similar cases here [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Consider Justiciability of Discrimination Complaints Under the National Guard Technician’s Act
Two petitions for certiorari have been filed in the United States Supreme Court from the 8th and 9th Circuits, respectively, Wetherill v. Secretary of the Army et al., Docket No. 10-638 here Search, and Zuress v. Secretary of the Air Force, Docket No. 10-374 here, Search. The "et al." in the Wetherill case happens to be a significant [...]