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Equal Protection: Library Closures Found to be Unlawful (U.K.)
This is a decision from a U.K. High Court . “Court rules library closures unlawful: Campaigners hail victory as councils ordered to revisit plans for library closures…
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Oregon Warrantless Cell Phone Searches (with a side of fried (cellular) chips)
It’s not often you hear (read) the Oregon Court of Appeals split the infinitive and use the phrase “fry the chip” in the same sentence. (See below *)…
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Judges and Self-represented Litigants: Implications of Turner v. Rogers
When and how should a judge intervene when parties represent themselves in court? Richard Zorza has published an article on the subject in the ABA Judges Journal, which you…
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Eyewitness Identification in Oregon: A Quiz for Lawyers
You can find at the Library of Defense a “ 2012 Oregon Criminal Law Quiz,” December 19, 2011, by Ryan Scott: “The Oregon Supreme Court has under advisement State…
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Defamation in Church: Tubra v. Cook (Oregon)
In a January 27th, 2010, opinion, the Oregon Court of Appeals decided: Tim Tubra v. John Michael Cooke and Ron Swor and the International Church Of The Foursquare Gospel,…
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The American Way: Speaking Out, Advocacy, Whining, Snipping, and Ranting
U.S. Presidents have been speaking out to members of Congress for a long time, and vice versa. Supreme Court Justices speak out every week, at the very least, and…
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Pro Se Litigants Who Win: “favorable facts, obsessive organization, and fearlessness”
…Nurse Outduels IRS Over M.B.A. Tuition: How One Woman Went to Tax Court and Won Deduction, by Laura Saunders, Wall Street Journal, Monday, January 11, 2010: Excerpt: “A Maryland nurse…
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Access to Justice: Lawyer Referral, Self-Represented Litigants, Courthouse Self-Help, and more
…Working Paper from SRLN,” 10/30/12 4) “What Happens When a Federal Court Pays Attention to the Self-Represented — the Central District of California Bankruptcy Court Is A Model for Us…