Split Circuits

My current responsibilities and projects do not permit me to keep up with circuit splits in support of posting to this blog.  So I will no longer be posting for the foreseeable future.  However, if there is a law professor or practitioner who has an...

Per Goonan v. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2013 WL 69196 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 7, 2013:
The proper interpretation of the FRA's dismiss at pleasure provision is undeniably a difficult question. Some courts have concluded that there is no conflict between the FRA and state anti-discrimination laws because this provision speaks only to contractual...

Per U.S. v. Castro, --- F.3d ----, 2013 WL 69214 (3d Cir. 2013):
Castro also contends that his 60–month sentence under Count Nine is procedurally unreasonable because the District Court erred in refusing to reduce his offense level under § 3E1.1(b). In his view, the additional adjustment is mandatory if the government...

Per U.S. v. Ross, --- F.3d ----, 2012 WL 6734087 (C.A.6 2012):
The issue of a remedy for deprivation of counsel at a competency hearing is a question of first impression in this Circuit. However, “[i]t is settled that a complete absence of counsel at a critical stage of a criminal proceeding is a per se Sixth Amendment...