Vol. 42 No. 2, March 2009
Index
- Administrative law.
- Civil procedure.
- Civil rights.
- Constitutional law - First Circuit rules constructive amendment of indictment not a structural error - United States v. Brandao.
- Constitutional law - "don't ask, don't tell": acceptable in an accepting society? Cook v. Gates.
- Constitutional law - school's use of books depicting same-sex couples does not violate parents' constitutional rights - Parker v. Hurley.
- Constitutional law - First Circuit conducts independent, not clear-error, review in free speech case involving city ordinances - Sullivan v. City of Augusta.
- Criminal law - expert testimony not required to distinguish pornographic images of real children from virtual children - United States v. Wilder.
- Criminal law - First Circuit denies double-intent requirement for Internet enticement of minors - United States v. Dwinells.
- Criminal procedure.
- Immigration law - First Circuit's deferential standard for reviewing adverse credibility determinations in asylum cases remains unchanged - Cuko v. Mukasey.
- Immigration law - enforcing administrative exhaustion requirements for pattern-and-practice claims concerning due process violations during immigration raids - Aguilar v. United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Intellectual property law.
- Employment law.
- Labor and employment law.
- Military law.