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Term Talk: Terry v. United States, Van Buren v. United States

James A. Chance, Evan Lee, Laurie Levenson

October 28, 2021

Federal Criminal Statutes. Experts discuss the Court’s refusal to read statutes broadly and the importance of judges considering the impacts of race and addiction in sentencing.

Term Talk: Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid

Hamid Khan, Erwin Chemerinsky, Michael McConnell

October 28, 2021

Takings. Experts discuss the potential demise of the Penn Central four-part test and the difficulty in determining compensation for temporary and episodic access requirements.

Term Talk: Jones v. Mississippi, Edwards v. Vannoy

James A. Chance, Suzanna Sherry, Laurie Levenson

October 28, 2021

Constitutional Criminal Law. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s elimination of the Watershed Exception for procedural rule changes in Edwards v. Vannoy, and the lack of need for specific findings in life without parole sentencing of juveniles in Jones v. Mississippi.

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure 2022—Transmittal to the Judicial Conference

September 1, 2021

This package of materials was transmitted to the Judicial Conference, and it includes proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure to become effective on December 1, 2022.

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure 2021—Transmittal to the Judicial Conference

September 15, 2020

This package of materials was transmitted to the Judicial Conference, and it includes proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure to become effective on December 1, 2021.

Certification of Questions of State Law in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits (2010–2018)

Jason A. Cantone, Carly E. Giffin

June 3, 2020

This report evaluates the use of certified questions of state law between 2010 and 2018 in three U.S. circuit courts of appeal: the Ninth, Sixth, and Third Circuits. The data shows variation in the rate of certification and timing of certification events between the circuits.

Case Commentary: Berenguela-Alvarado v. Castanos, 950 F.3d 1352 (11th Cir. 2020)

James D. Garbolino

May 4, 2020

Factual Error | Burden of Proof

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure 2020—Transmittal to Congress

April 27, 2020

This package of materials was transmitted to Congress on April 27, 2020, concerning amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure to become effective on December 1, 2020.

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure are as follows:

Permissive Interlocutory Appeals, 2013–2019

Emery G. Lee, Jason A. Cantone, Kristin A. Garri

February 19, 2020

This brief report examines the incidence and resolution of permissive interlocutory appeals (filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b)) terminated in the U.S. courts of appeals from October 1, 2013, through June 30, 2019.

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure 2020—Transmittal to the Supreme Court

October 23, 2019

This package of materials was transmitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on October 23, 2019, concerning amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure to become effective on December 1, 2020.

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Appeals

Term Talk: Terry v. United States, Van Buren v. United States

Term Talk: Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid

Term Talk: Jones v. Mississippi, Edwards v. Vannoy

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure 2022—Transmittal to the Judicial Conference

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure 2021—Transmittal to the Judicial Conference

Certification of Questions of State Law in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits (2010–2018)

Case Commentary: Berenguela-Alvarado v. Castanos, 950 F.3d 1352 (11th Cir. 2020)

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure 2020—Transmittal to Congress

Permissive Interlocutory Appeals, 2013–2019

Amendments to the Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure 2020—Transmittal to the Supreme Court

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