“It’s for the kids.” Ah, yes. The great justification for just about any government program. Of course, it’s the central justification in most states for the Lottery. Revenues are directed into the education department’s coffers for use in schools. That’s all fine and good, but the agreement the ticket purchaser enters into with the state [...]
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Need a break from outlining? Head on over to PrawfsBlog and vote on the Most Screwed Victim in Caselaw History. I voted for Peevyhouse. Who did you vote for? In a RICO case, Judge Posner opined on the post-Twombly standard on motions to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). (H/T How Appealing) The case involved an allegation that a municipal government had pre-empted their efforts at building a marina on their land by conspiring in a “continuing violation” of the RICO statute. The trial judge [...] Mike Arrington at TechCrunch has several good stories on a proposed “music tax” which the recording industry is seeking to impose on listeners. As per usual the industry is talking out of both sides of its mouth by suggesting that the tax would not be mandatory but would instead be a voluntary scheme that ISPs [...] Even though we’re building a case against the US News Rankings here at Fight The Hypo (stay tuned), we were pretty excited to see this leaked Top 100 of the rankings listing Catholic U at #86 (up 11 spots from last year)!! No matter how much we read about how bogus these rankings are or [...] This is from our Torts reading for tonight. Make sure you test the floor of the Port-O-John next time… The case for the plaintiffs was that they were tenants of the defendant, which controlled the house wherein they lived and also the adjoining house, and provided a detached privy for the use of both houses; [...] The Law of Nuisance (caution: wikipedia link) is on tap for Property class this week – at what point do someone’s actions which disrupt the quiet enjoyment of your own property form the basis for a cause of action? Several notes in our casebook dealt with the issue of light invading someone’s use of their own [...] |
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