An e-mail from a friend referred me to a news story on Lawdragon, a web site and quarterly magazine. The web site is billed as an “online searchable database where would-be consumers of legal services can get price and quality-of-service information about attorneys.” Each issue of the magazine, meanwhile, will feature “the Lawdragon 500 — […]
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An order entered by the U.S. Supreme Court today assigned new Justice Samuel Alito to the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. (Via How Appealing). South Dakota is one of the seven states within the 8th Circuit. The assignment basically means Alito will be the justice who acts on applications that arise from the circuit, […] The malaise continues. So, here’s a couple legal items of interest, most stemming from South Dakota as we seem to be stepping up interesting legal affairs here: As most have heard, former Gov. Bill Janklow is getting his law license back. I will simply say I agree with the majority opinion (PDF file) (five circuit […] While I don’t practice criminal law today’s decision by the South Dakota Supreme Court may be of interest. Basically, the Court said the existence of temporary internet files of child porn on a computer are sufficient to justify a search warrant for the PC and the office in which it was located. In the case, […] In case you missed the AP story, the South Dakota Supreme Court will hear arguments next Tuesday in a somewhat different religion case. Here’s the basic tale: The Holy Family Catholic church in Mitchell wants to tear down the Notre Dame Academy, a nearly century old school building that closed a few years ago. Local […] |
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