LATEST SUMMARIES

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, INDIAN LAW, PROPERTY LAW & REAL ESTATE
• US v. Lowry

CIVIL RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CORPORATION & ENTERPRISE LAW, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE
• KRL v. Estate of Moore

LATEST SUMMARIES

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, INDIAN LAW, PROPERTY LAW & REAL ESTATE
US v. Lowry, No. 06-10469
When a defendant is charged with occupation of Forest Service land in violation of 36 C.F.R. sections 261.10(b) and (k), an occupant claiming individual aboriginal title bears the burden of demonstrating such title as an affirmative defense. Read more...

CIVIL RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CORPORATION & ENTERPRISE LAW, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE
KRL v. Estate of Moore, No. 06-16282, 06-16284, 06-16286
In a civil rights case arising from a criminal investigation into the removal and disposal of an underground gasoline storage tank located on plaintiff-partnership's property, denial of summary judgment for defendants based on qualified immunity for their involvement in preparing, reviewing and executing two search warrants is reversed in part where defendants were entitled to qualified immunity to the extent that they relied on one particular warrant, which was not so lacking in indicia of probable cause as to render official belief in its existence unreasonable. Read more...