Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Alvarez, No. 11-210 (U.S. Supreme Court) (567 U.S. 709; 132 S.Ct. 2537) (June 28, 2012) (Justice Kennedy) by

Kawashima v. Holder, No. 10-577 (U.S. Supreme Court) (565 U.S. 478; 132 S.Ct. 1166) (February 21, 2012) (Justice Thomas) by In what seems to be the trillionth time that the Supreme Court has addressed the meaning of the term “aggravated felony,” as used in our Immigration laws, the Court held …

U.S. v. Alvarez, No. 08-50345 (9th Cir.) (638 F.3d 666) (March 21, 2011) (Per Curiam) by In the 12/13/10 issue of P&J, we noted the decision entitled U.S. v. Alvarez, 617 F.3d 1198 (9th Cir. Aug. 17, 2010) (“Alvarez I”), in which a sharply divided panel vacated a conviction under …

U.S. v. Alvarez, No. 08-50345 (9th Cir.) (617 F.3d 1198) (August 17, 2010) (Judge Milan D. Jr. Smith) by This case involves another one of those quick-fix, meddling and intrusive Federal statutes that seems to be about the only type of legislation that the current Congress can enact - namely, …

U.S. v. Kilbride, No. CR 05-870-PHX-DGC (D.Ariz.) (507 F.Supp.2d 1051) (August 24, 2007) (Judge David G.. Campbell) by This case involved the first reported criminal convictions under the recently enacted CAN-SPAM Act (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketings Act), which is codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 7701-7713 and …

U.S. v. Cullen, No. 06-0607-cr (2nd Cir.) (499 F.3d 157) (August 23, 2007) (Judge Richard J. Cardamone) by For a summary of this decision, see "2nd Circuit Upholds Conviction in Rare Bird Import Case," by Mark Hamblett, New York Law Journal, August 28, 2007, as follows: "Deciding a "rare bird" …

U.S. v. Martignon, No. 04-5649-cr (2nd Cir.) (492 F.3d 140) (June 13, 2007) (Judge Rosemary S. Pooler) by For a summary of the holding in this case, see "2nd Circuit Upholds Congress' Power to Pass Anti-Bootlegging Law," by Mark Hamblett, as published in the New York Law Journal, June 14, …