In a roundtable discussion, lawyers talked about the Justices, some of the cases of the Supreme Court Term, and the Steel Seizure Cases. Abner J. Mikva, Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, said there were certain things that Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton expected very much for the clerks to do. One was to do the so-called cert memos. Charles C. Hileman, the law clerk for Judge Herbert F. Goodrich at the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit during 1950-1951, said they'd write a short memo telling a Justice what the case was about and their recommendation as to whether he should vote in favor of taking the case or not. William H. Rehnquist was a law clerk for Justice Robert H. Jackson at the Supreme Court. He doesn't think most of the court c...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday bolstered law enforcement in national security cases, permitting prosecution of U.S. organizations that provide nonviolent legal training or advice to designated terrorist groups. In the year's most anticipated war-on-terrorism decision, the court by a 6-3 vote ruled that legal and political training proposed to be offered by the Humanitarian Law Project and several California- based groups could amount to "material support" for terrorists.
WASHINGTON - The nation's most potent law against public corruption could be in danger of being scaled back or struck down by the Supreme Court, threatening a series of high-profile cases, including those of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Washington lobbyists who worked for Jack Abramoff and several jailed corporate chiefs. At issue in court arguments this week is a ban on "honest services fraud," often used against public officials who accept money, free tickets or well-paying jobs for their spouses and children in cases where bribery cannot be proved.
Rovner expounds the relation of law and passion in court cases involving people in extreme emotional states. She remarks that many regard people as being answerable for their criminal acts and society does not care about the root of the defendant's obsession. Detailed discussion of its consequences are presented.
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that three families cannot sue a mortgage company for allegedly charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a lower interest rate. The high court's decision tosses out lawsuits filed in 2008 against Quicken Loans, Inc., in Louisiana by three families who claimed they paid the fees without receiving anything in return. The Freeman family paid $980 and the Bennett family $1,100 in loan discount fees but allegedly did not get lower interest rates in return. The Smith family allegations focus partly on a loan origination fee of $5,100, which they claim was a mislabeled loan discount fee.
The Donati Law Firm doesn't specialize in family law, but it is family-oriented."People ask me all the time 'How do you do this?'" said Donald Donati, the 58-year-old partner and co-owner of the firm. "My wife is my law partner; I practice with my three children, and my daughter-in-law. Donati's wife, Wanda, joined the firm in 1983. His step son, Billy Ryan, and Ryan's wife, Alison, followed suit, as did son Robert Donati and daughter Ellen Donati.
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