The interpretation of statutes is so often decisive in cases of national importance, which touch all our lives. Specifically, I want to talk with you about how courts are relinquishing the power to ...
Clear Statements is a recurring series by Abbe R. Gluck on civil litigation and the modern regulatory and statutory state.
On Friday, June 20th, the Supreme Court in McLaughlin Chiropractic Assoc., Inc. v. McKesson Corp., No. 23-1226 (U.S. June 2025), ruled in a 6-3 decision that the Hobbs Act does not bind federal ...
Dahda v. United States arguably poses a clash between two of the Supreme Court’s recent passions: strict adherence to statutory texts and cutting back on the exclusionary rule. This tension is unusual ...
On Friday, May 19, 2017, a federal appellate court struck down an integral part of the FAA’s attempt to safely monitor and integrate small unmanned aerial systems (“sUAS”) into the national airspace.
"Appellate judges spend virtually every working hour speaking, listening to, reading, or writing English prose. Statutes are written in English prose, and interpretation is not a technical exercise to ...
The Connecticut Supreme Court clarified the meaning of the word "submit" in a statute regarding the annual submission of income and expense information of property used for producing rental income.
Two recent experiences have caused me to reflect on how public agencies go about achieving their purposes. Both involved the rigidity with which government's rules are typically applied, and both ...
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