The Supreme Court has put an end to a jurisdictional contrivance used by the plaintiffs’ bar to shop for a friendly state forum, even if neither the plaintiff, nor the defendant, nor the actionable conduct took place in those...more
What happens in the jury room, stays in the jury room. Except when it doesn’t. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of a Colorado man whose counsel learned, after the guilty verdict was rendered,...more
4/21/2016
/ Admissibility ,
Bias ,
Certiorari ,
Credibility ,
Federal Rules of Evidence ,
Impartiality ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Pena-Rodriguez v Colorado ,
Racial Bias ,
Right to a Jury ,
SCOTUS ,
Sixth Amendment