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Feds face tort claim over CBP car collision

Read the ruling here. Source: Courthouse News Service

Hunter v. United States – the most important criminal case of the term

The term is not quite over, but I have no doubt that Hunter v. United States, decided on June 18, is its most important criminal case. In Hunter, the court ruled that there is a “m...

Supreme Court Rules CBP Does Not Need Clear and Convincing Evidence to Find Alien Inadmissible

Today, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Blanche v. Lau that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can decline to admit a lawful permanent resident (LPR) into the U.S. based on an...

SCOTUS Clarifies How CBP Can Decide to Parole Green Card Holders for Prosecution

The Supreme Court’s opinion is dispositive on one crucial issue: The INA doesn’t impose a burden on CBP officers at the ports, “entrusted with making quick judgments on the spot”,...

US Supreme Court eases burden on border officers in green card holder removal cases

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigration officers are not required to have clear and convincing evidence that a returning lawful permanent resident committed a crime inv...

Analyzing Procedural Timeliness in Tax Litigation: The Karps’ Automatic Extension Ruling

Selwyn Karp and Barbara Adams-Karp v. The United States, Case No. 1:23-cv-00926-MRS, filed May 21, 2026 The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a significant opinion in Selwyn Karp...

Case Was Properly Dismissed Where Appeal Not Served on City

In Crane v. City of Rockford, an Illinois Appellate Court upheld the dismissal of an appeal of an administrative hearing officer’s issuance of fines for building code violations wh...

Supreme Court backs border officials in green-card dispute

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday that border officials do not need “clear and convincing evidence” that a lawful permanent resident committed a disqualifying crime before treati...

Criminal – Meth defendant wasn’t entitled to sentencing safety valve

Where a man convicted of possessing 200 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine with intent to distribute argued the trial court erred by finding that he did not […]...

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Expanded Expedited Removal Policy

SCOTUS News: Retro application of anti-stacking sentencing amendment rejected

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Step Act's anti-stacking amendment to 18 U.S.C. §924(c) does not justify retroactive sentence reductions. The post SCOTUS News: Retro ap...

Standard of Proof and Judicial Discretion in Early Termination of Supervised Release: A Case Analysis of United States v...

United States v. Royce, No. 3:17-CR-158, Memorandum Opinion (M.D. Pa. June 16, 2026) For tax practitioners, representing clients in federal tax controversies involves naviga...

Supreme Court Addresses Rights of Green Card Holders in Blanche v. Lau

The Supreme Court of the United States’ opinion in Blanche v. Lau, No. 25-429 (June 23, 2026), reshapes how border officers may treat returning green card holders suspected of havi...

Court determines federal defendants’ appellate waivers unenforceable if a miscarriage of justice would result

In Hunter v. United States the Supreme Court held that a federal defendant’s waiver of appellate review is unenforceable if it would result in a miscarriage of justice. Although th...

Court rejects broad interpretation of compassionate release statute

A federal defendant may obtain compassionate release if a district court finds, among other things, that “extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduction” to his or h...

Court Upholds Conviction for Possessing Gun as Unlawful Drug User (Who Is Presenting a Credible Threat to Safety)

U.S. v. Baxter, decided today by the Eighth Circuit, upheld a conviction for "possessing a firearm as an unlawful drug… The post Court Upholds Conviction for Possessing Gun as Unla...