The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just handed down a decision relating to the federal government's liability for suspected drug smugglers' vessels, damaged during the law enforcement investigation. The case is Tobar v. United States and the opinion can be found here.The U.S. Coast Guard suspected an Ecuadorian fishing boat of illicit activities. With
Public Trust, Tidelands and the Eleventh Amendment – Oakland v. FMC
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Law in Film Festival – September 2013 – Review of My Cousin Vinny
by Mark M. Murakami
Sometimes it is about the process. In law school, students may learn “the law,” but in order to actually represent clients, they need to know the process, and figure out the rules—written and unwritten—that make courtrooms work. As the old joke goes, “a good lawyer knows the law, a great lawyer
New Abandoned Shipwreck Case from 2nd Circuit
The case is Northeast Research, LLC v. One Shipwrecked Vessel, opinion is here.