Constitutional Law – May 23, 2012

by Charles E. Rounds, Jr. on 5/1/2012

In a letter to the editor of The Wall Street Journal (April 26, 2012, at A14), Charles E. Rounds, Jr. refutes the suggestion made by Prof. Alan S. Blinder of Princeton University in an April 20, 2012 op-ed in the same paper...more

by Charles E. Rounds, Jr. on 3/1/2012

It is coming on a decade since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the IOLTA scheme constitutes a collective taking by the state of the property of clients. Still the scheme continues. Nothing has changed. Why? Charles E....more

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/30/2011

Over five months have passed since the United States Supreme Court entered its landmark decision of Stern v. Marshall, 131 S. Ct. 2594 (2011) [2011 BL 165774] the Court’s first key ruling in decades on bankruptcy court...more

by Charles (Chuck) Rubin on 8/15/2011

Article X, section 4(c), of the Florida Constitution provides that “[t]he homestead shall not be subject to devise if the owner is survived by spouse or minor child.” What happens if a Florida resident acquires property...more

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/7/2011

During her lifetime, Vickie Lynn Marshall, publicly known as Anna Nicole Smith (“Vickie”), was hardly a stranger to the prying eyes of the media. Today, the late Vickie is again the subject of media coverage, this time in the...more

by Charles (Chuck) Rubin on 3/21/2011

The Florida Constitution prohibits a decedent from devising his or her homestead to third parties if the decedent is surviving by a spouse at death. When there are no surviving lineal descendants of the decedent, the...more

by Janet McDonald on 10/5/2009

After three and a half years to file an Appeal, a disabled, pro se litigant, filed the instant Brief. Since the matter had to do with fraud upon the court by officers of the court to obtain rulings in their favors, we really...more

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/29/2008

In Oberhand,[1] the New Jersey Supreme Court infused new vitality into the manifest injustice doctrine. The question remains, however, as to whether manifest injustice is a separate doctrine, as the plurality decision held...more