Supreme Court affirms ruling allowing anti-apartheid claims to proceed after recusals

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] Monday affirmed [PDF text] a judgment by the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on an anti-apartheid claims lawsuit on the rare grounds that it lacked a quorum due to four recusals. Am. Isuzu Motors, Inc., et al. v. Ntsebeza, Lungisile, et al involved a huge class of plaintiffs suing several dozen companies which did
2008-05-12T14:39:00-04:00

Supreme Court takes death row habeas claim

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] granted limited certiorari Monday in Bell v. Kelly (07-1223) [docket; cert. petition, PDF], where it will consider whether the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when, in conflict with decisions of the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, it applied the deferential standard of 28 U.S.C. � 2254(d), reserved for claims "adjudicated on
2008-05-12T14:39:00-04:00

Jingle Mail And California Law - Giving The Mortgage Back To The Bank

If you owe $800,000 on a $550,000 house, and give the bank the $550,000 house, can the bank then try to collect the $250,000 difference? Or to use the legal terminology, can the bank seek a deficiency judgment? The answer, in California, is probably not...
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:25:46 -0500