"Adjunct Law Prof Blog" - 5 new articles
Recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages for purposes of public employee health insurance coverage and other benefits ruled lawfulGodfrey v Spano, 2009 NY Slip Op 08474, Decided on November 19, 2009, Court of Appeals [Decided with Lewis v New York State Department of Civil Service] Plaintiffs in this action are taxpayers challenging directives recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages for... New York Law Student Fails In His Challenge To Reverse His Legal Writing GradeKeefe v. New York Law School, ___Misc. 3d___(N.Y. Co. Nov. 17, 2009), is an interesting case. A transfer student to New York Law School from Hofstra Law School was unhappy with being placed in Legal Writing II. As I understand... 2d Circuit Upholds Attorney Stewart Criminal Conviction For Supporting TerrorismDisbarred defense attorney Lynne Stewart's conviction was affirmed by the 2d Circuit, but the court was very critical of the short prison sentence she was ordered to serve for providing material support to a terror conspiracy. A divided appellate court... 5th Holds Confederate Flag Ban Does Not Violate Student 1st A RightsA.M. v. Cash, ___F.3d___, (5th Cir. Oct. 9, 2009), is an important decision to be aware of. The 5th Circuit held that a school district policy prohibiting the display of the Confederate flag on school property does not violate students’... Law Professor Blog RankingsTaxProf Blog complied its annual list of the top 35 Law Prof Blogs, here. No, we are not on that list-yet, but we are getting close. Congrats to Jim Levy, our contributing editor who also writes at Legal Writing Prof... More Recent Articles
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