The Latest Breaking News from Westlaw

A commenter on the Claim That Public School Employee Was Unconstitutionally Fired for Sharp Pro-COVID-Vaccine Post Can Go Forward thread wrote: Eugene Volokh likes to post about cases that can go forward because they survive some kind of summary judgement. Mostly it just seems to rile up the usual commenters…

From an order by Judge John Kralik of the L.A. Superior Court in McGee v. Universal City Studios, LLC, decided April 30 but just posted on Westlaw: Plaintiffs … allege that they were at Defendant Universal City Studios, LLC's theme park Universal Studios Hollywood. They allege that on July 18,…

From State v. Price, decided Sept. 6 by the South Carolina Supreme Court but posted on Westlaw in just the last two weeks: Price was convicted of murder in 2003 and sentenced to thirty-five years in prison…. The parties inform us Price began serving his sentence on December 23, 2003,…

From Tyree B. v. Raimondo, decided by the EEOC on Oct. 18 but just posted to Westlaw last week: The Agency framed Complainant's claims [of, among other things, race discrimination based on his being white] as follows: Agency officials have ignored, dismissed, disregarded, suppressed, mischaracterized, and mislabeled Complainant's communications and…

In Connecticut Superior Court Judge Eddie Rodriguez's opinion in Breiner v. Breiner (handed down Sept. 15 but just posted on Westlaw), the dispute was about whether plaintiff mother had breached an agreed-to provision in a 2017 parenting plan, "The parties agree the children shall be raised in the Orthodox Jewish…

From a Justice Department press release dated Oct. 24, but just posted on Westlaw a few days ago: An Ohio man pleaded guilty yesterday to violating the Church Arson Prevention Act and to using fire and explosives to commit a felony, all in connection with his attempt to burn down…

From D.C. v. Casa Ruby, Inc., decided May 1 by D.C. trial judge Danya A. Dayson, but just posted on Westlaw: Therefore, specifically, as to each Third-Party board member Defendant, there must be factual allegations sufficient to support an inference or conclusion that the board member either intentionally, rather than…

From Smiley v. Jenner, decided by Judge James Patrick Hanlon (S.D. Ind.) on July 28, but just posted on Westlaw: A new Indiana law prohibits public schools and their employees from providing instruction to students in prekindergarten through grade 3 on human sexuality. Kayla Smiley—a teacher who works for the…

The first opinion on Westlaw in response to a motion to suppress based on my model motion.

From today's opinion in Mata v. Avianca, Inc., by Judge Kevin Castel (S.D.N.Y.), which stems from an incident blogged about here last month (and see this follow-up): In researching and drafting court submissions, good lawyers appropriately obtain assistance from junior lawyers, law students, contract lawyers, legal encyclopedias and databases such…

From Basulto v. Netflix, Inc., decided May 25 by Magistrate Judge John Goodman, but just posted on Westlaw: In this defamation lawsuit against Defendant Netflix, Inc. and other Defendants, certain Defendants known as "the Foreign Defendants" filed a Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction…. As explained below, the Undersigned…