Profs. Ilana Redstone and John Villasenor are guest-blogging this week about their new book.
"The statute does not make it unlawful to wear robes and masks; the statute makes it unlawful to wear disguises."
A federal district court rejects the argument that the documentary will violate trade secret rights related to "a long-lost photograph that purportedly depicts Abraham Lincoln lying wounded on the night of his assassination."
The opinion answered questions certified from a federal district court.
As usual, at this point in the litigation the key questions focus on procedure.
The injunction, the court held, is an unconstitutional prior restraint.
And that's true even if state graffiti law provided probable cause for the arrest, so long as there's evidence that chalking with other messages almost never leads to arrests.
The law professors are Jane Bambauer (Arizona), Mark Lemley (Stanford), and me, and moderator Ted Parson (UCLA).
An interesting decision, on a motion for default judgment.
(at least unless she gets case-by-case permission to enter that property). But a federal district judge has correctly held that this likely violated the First Amendment.
"The university's Office for Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX (EEO-TIX) ... concluded that ... Professor Patton's actions did not violate the university's policy."
"The Croziers allege that the teacher 'lied to intentionally defame and label A.C. as a 'racist who said the N-word.'"
This would include group membership, information about where a spouse works, and more.
So concludes the Louisiana Supreme Court, in allowing a prisoner access to the jury vote breakdown in his case—quite important given the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling rejecting Louisiana nonunanimous convictions.
A trial court said this pouring (without the target's consent) was indeed constitutionally protected; it took a 2-1 Texas Court of Appeals decision to reverse that.
"Scathing comments" from an anonymous faculty survey (reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education), plus an article in the Atlantic. You can't buy publicity like that, as they say, or faculty morale like that.
She had a remarkable career as a lawyer, professor, circuit court judge, and Supreme Court Justice.
The students are at Florida International University, "Miami's first and only public research university."
So the Third Circuit held yesterday.
will be talking about Internet economics and micropayments on Zoom today (Sept. 18, 2020), 2 to 3 pm. [Bumped.]
Newspapers often argue against the sealing of court records; here the newspaper argued in favor.
Before, tattoos could apparently be done only by M.D.s.
So holds Judge Virginia A. Phillips (C.D. Cal.) in Tracy Chapman's lawsuit against Nicki Minaj.
The question remains pending before the Ohio Court of Appeals.
A very interesting article, with many comments from Prof. Patton himself.
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