HowAppealing
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
“Louisiana State Bar violated lawyers’ free speech rights, appeals court rules”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report. Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Louisiana Lawyer’s Rights Violated by Wellness, LGBTQ+ Posts.”
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 29, 2022
Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a capital defendant’s request for habeas relief on the ground that his lawyer conceded guilt over his objection, as in 2018’s McCoy v. After McCoy , Tyler unsuccessfully sought relief in Louisiana state courts.
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The Crime Report
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Simmons was declared innocent and released in July after prosecutors agreed that key evidence in his case was not turned over to his defense lawyers. Simmons has maintained his innocence, saying he was in Louisiana at the time of the 1974 slaying of Carolyn Sue Rogers inside an Edmond liquor store.
The Crime Report
MAY 18, 2021
That not only amounts to a reversal of a precedent set earlier by the Court, but is an “alarming” step back in protecting juveniles, say Arthur Ago and Rochelle Swartz of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. In Miller v. Four years later, in Montgomery v.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 30, 2020
The court now allows live-audio streaming of its arguments — a step forward in transparency and access. Unlike when the court is open, he could not observe and draw the lawyers arguing cases in real time. 10, the court ruled unanimously in favor his clients. “I But still, no one could see what was happening.
Day on Torts
MAY 31, 2022
Before filing suit, plaintiff consulted with a friend who was an attorney in Louisiana. When that friend could not find a Tennessee lawyer to take her case before the statute of limitations ran out, he sent her a sample pre-suit notice form. Plaintiff thereafter filed this HCLA suit.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 10, 2023
The conflict of interest contravenes a number of provisions in the Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct , including Canon 1 requiring judges to uphold the independence and integrity of the court system. It also contravened Canon 2 in failing to “avoid Impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all activities.”
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