Primary-source legal analysis
Focused analysis of judicial decisions and filed orders, organized by court, publication date, practice area, and legal issue.
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A C.D. Cal. habeas court ordered release after an SIJS and asylum applicant was detained at a check-in without individualized process.
The WCAB rescinded an order to show cause insofar as it treated filing a removal petition as sanctionable trial-level conduct.
The Court of Appeal revived a public employee’s section 1102.5 theory while enforcing separate exhaustion limits.
The Supreme Court held that Maryland’s resident tax-and-credit structure impermissibly burdened interstate commerce.
A C.D. Cal. court ordered temporary relief for a young SIJS recipient whose deferred action was terminated at arrest.
The WCAB rescinded production and notice-of-intention orders where notice, hearing, and record safeguards were missing.
The Court of Appeal upheld DOSH’s power to investigate while reversing unlimited enforcement of its subpoena.
The Tax Court traced real-estate payments across personal and business accounts rather than accepting a net-expense narrative.
The August 21 order granted final habeas relief, continued supervision, and required a neutral hearing before re-detention.
The WCAB required better medical evidence for psoriasis and the depression attributed to it, while distinguishing physical and psychiatric causation thresholds.
Understand the constitutional role inquiry, the termination-based remedy holding, and the questions Hosanna-Tabor reserved.
Understand why British dividend certificates did not establish the shareholders’ U.S. foreign-tax credit.
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