Punch and Jurists

Arkansas v. Sullivan, No. 00-262 (U.S. Supreme Court) (532 U.S. 769; 121 S.Ct. 1876) (May 29, 2001) (Per Curiam) by This brief per curiam order, which received surprisingly little coverage in the press, is both important and noteworthy because of its strong affirmation of the Supreme Court’s obvious lack of …

U.S. v. Castro, No. 96-40687 (5th Cir.) (166 F.3d 728) (January 26, 1999) (Per Curiam) by We first noted this case in the December 29, 1997 issue of Punch and Jurists. In a decision reported at 129 F.3d 752 (5th Cir. 1997), a panel of the Fifth Circuit vacated a …

U.S. v. Hudson, No. 95-50359 (9th Cir.) (100 F.3d 1409) (November 20, 1996) (Judge Michael Daly Hawkins) by Here the Court used the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Whren to justify the pretextual search of a home, a decision that Judge Reinhardt characterized as an infringement on our "most …