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Case of the Day: Smith v. Garland
The case of the day is Smith v. Garland (9th Cir. 2024). Smith was a citizen of Guyana. He had immigrated legally as a child in 1982, but in 2018, he was convicted of possession of methamphetamines with intent to distribute and was sentenced to a long prison term, which he is still serving. The……
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Case to Watch: Kedem v. UNRWA
Israeli victims of the October 7 massacre, and the estates of victims who were killed, have brought a lawsuit against UNRWA and some of its officials in New York, accusing them of aiding and abetting Hamas in committing violations of international law, in violating the Torture Victim Protection Act, and in committing common law torts.……
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Case of the Day: Moriarty v. Jordan
The case of the day is Moriarty v. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (D.D.C. 2024). In 2016, a Jordanian soldier, Ma’arek Al-Tawayha, known as Abu Tayeh, shot and killed three American soldiers stationed at Jordan’s King Faisal Airbase. Abu Tayeh was convicted of manslaughter and military offenses in Jordan and is serving a life sentence there.……
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Case of the Day: Bunce v. Glock, Inc.
The case of the day is Bunce v. Glock, Inc. (D. Vt. 2024). The case arose out of a tragedy: in 2021, the plaintiffs’ three-year-old son accidentally shot himself in the face with a Glock pistol. The claim was that the “product,” the gun, had been defectively designed. The defendants were Glock, Inc., a Georgia……
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Willie Mays, 1931-2024
Letters Blogatory mourns the death of Willie Mays, the Say Hey Kid, who will be remembered with Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Hank Aaron. Mays, who played most of his career with the Giants, was one of the greats in every aspect of the game. He hit .301 over his career, with 660 home runs……