Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, August 27, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:26 David Chen
3. 0:28 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:00 David Chen
5. 3:03 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 5:15 David Chen
7. 5:20 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 6:23 David Chen
9. 6:27 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:13 David Chen
11. 8:17 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 10:48 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, August twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today we are covering sixty-seven federal appellate decisions across five reporter beats. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss federal appellate opinions. Nothing in this broadcast constitutes legal…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twenty-four cases in this criminal justice block: twenty-two affirmances, one dismissal, and one dismissal as moot. We begin with the Tenth Circuit, where two appeals were dismissed. In United States versus Irving, the court granted counsel’s motion to withdraw under Anders v. California, finding no nonfrivolous grounds to appeal the denial of a sentence reduction request. The court held that while…

Thanks, James. Now Aisha has the civil rights cases.

Thanks, David. We have fifteen cases in this block. The disposition mix includes ten affirmances, two reversals with remands, and three dismissals. Starting with the Sixth Circuit, the court reversed and remanded a Section nineteen eighty-three complaint alleging substantive due process violations following a student’s suicide. The panel held that the Constitution imposes no affirmative duty on the state to protect…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael covering constitutional law and habeas petitions.

Thanks, David. We have two cases from the Tenth Circuit today. The court affirmed one ruling and denied a request for further review in the other. First, in United States versus Valdez, the Tenth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence including methamphetamine and a firearm. The court held that an initial investigatory stop was lawful based on reasonable suspicion derived from the totality of…

Thanks, Michael. Let’s turn to Maria for business and civil law.

Thanks, David. In this block of fifteen cases across five circuits, the courts affirmed ten, dismissed two, denied one, vacated one, and remanded three with a split outcome in another. We begin in the Federal Circuit where Apple faced a mixed result on patent claims while Astellas Pharma secured a remand following settlement. The panel affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s determination that Apple failed to…

Thanks, Maria. Let’s turn to Raj for immigration and government news.

Thanks, David. Eleven cases in this block. The disposition rollup is seven denials, three dismissals, one affirmation, and one split outcome of affirmed in part and reversed in part. Leading with the only reversal and remand, Romantix-Fargo versus the City of Fargo was affirmed in part and reversed in part. The Eighth Circuit held that the First Amendment did not protect the company’s proposed business because it…

That brings us to the end of Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, August twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-six. Today we heard from James Taylor covering twenty-four cases in criminal justice, Aisha Johnson with fifteen on civil rights, Michael Reeves breaking down two significant constitutional opinions, Maria Santos handling fifteen matters in business and labor, and Raj Patel reviewing eleven immigration and…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Friday, August 28, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:22 David Chen
3. 0:24 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 4:27 David Chen
5. 4:31 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 6:02 David Chen
7. 6:06 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 7:00 David Chen
9. 7:03 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:49 David Chen
11. 8:52 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 10:58 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Friday, August twenty-eighth, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today we are covering seventy-three federal appellate decisions across five reporter beats. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss federal appellate opinions. Nothing in this broadcast constitutes legal…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Today I have twenty-one cases covering criminal justice across six circuits. The disposition rollup shows fifteen affirmances, two dismissals, one denial, one vacatur with remand, and one remand for correction. We begin with the Tenth Circuit’s significant vacatur in United States versus Moon Seals. The court held that when a district court revokes probation, it must follow a single-step process…

Thanks, James. Let’s turn to Aisha for civil rights and employment discrimination.

Thanks, David. Nine cases from the Tenth, Eleventh, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits. The mix includes one reversal, one split outcome with a remand, two vacaturs with remands, and five affirmances. Leading with the movement cases: the Tenth Circuit vacated and remanded for a new trial in Cronick versus City of Colorado Springs after finding the district judge abused discretion by admitting over twenty video clips from…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael for the constitutional and habeas coverage.

Thanks, David. We have two cases in this block. Both were affirmed. First, over in the First Circuit, Matthew McDonald’s Section twenty-two fifty-five motion was denied and his request for a certificate of appealability was rejected. The court held that any error regarding jury instructions on an invalid predicate offense was harmless under the Brecht standard because the record showed no grave doubt that the jury…

Thanks, Michael. Let’s turn to Maria for business and civil law.

Thanks, David. Thirty-one cases in this block: twenty-four affirmed, three dismissed, one denied, one remanded, and two other dispositions including immigration grants. We begin with the Federal Circuit, where T-Mobile versus Kaifi was remanded for transfer to the Fifth Circuit on venue grounds. In the Ninth Circuit, we see significant movement in immigration law. The court granted review in He versus Blanche,…

Thanks, Maria. Let’s turn to Raj covering immigration and government.

Thanks, David. Ten cases assigned to this block: three affirmed, two denied, one dismissed as moot, and four denied petitions for review. Moving to the Tenth Circuit, the court dismissed in part and denied in part Lillian Jhoan Lazo-Villalta’s petition for review of an immigration judge’s denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture protection. The court held that her challenge to the…

That brings us to the end of Do It For The Case Law for Friday, August twenty-eighth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for their comprehensive coverage today. Across all five beats, we saw fifty-three total dispositions. The most significant development was a single reversal or remand that reshapes the legal landscape in its…

Do It For The Case Law is a legal news and research publication. This episode is not legal advice.

Federal appellate daily recap for Monday, August 31, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:48 David Chen
3. 0:50 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 3:30 David Chen
5. 3:33 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 6:02 David Chen
7. 6:06 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 8:28 David Chen
9. 8:32 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 10:35 David Chen
11. 10:39 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 12:56 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Monday, August thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today’s docket features one hundred thirteen federal appellate opinions across nine circuits. Our team will cover criminal justice matters including firearms, fraud, and compassionate release, alongside civil rights cases involving Section…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twenty-seven criminal justice cases across six circuits today. The disposition rollup shows nineteen affirmances, five dismissals, one split outcome, and one vacatur with a remand. Starting with the Tenth Circuit, Terry Dutton’s eighty-four-month sentence for possessing a firearm while under a protective order was affirmed. The court found no clear error in applying a four-level sentencing enhancement…

Thanks, James. Let’s turn to Aisha covering civil rights.

Thanks, David. I have nineteen cases from the Tenth, Eleventh, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. The docket features nine affirmances, four dismissals, one remand, two reversals, and three split outcomes. Starting with the reversals and split dispositions: In the Fourth Circuit, the court reversed a summary judgment in Delsonya Wilkins-Bailey versus Essity Professional Hygiene North America, holding that…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael covering constitutional law and prisoner litigation.

Thanks, David. I have twenty substantive cases from six circuits today. The disposition rollup is one vacatur and remand, six dismissals, and thirteen affirmances. Leading the docket is a significant Fourth Circuit ruling that vacated a lower court order denying in forma pauperis status to James Raynor under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. The court found he sufficiently alleged imminent danger of serious physical…

Thanks, Michael. Let’s turn to Maria covering business and civil law.

Thanks, David. Twenty-nine cases from the Eleventh, Third, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits. The disposition rollup: twenty-two affirmed, four reversed or split, two vacated and remanded, one denied petition for writ of mandamus, and one moot dismissal. We begin with the movements. In the Eleventh Circuit, the court vacated a district court’s insurance coverage dismissal and remanded because the lower…

Thanks, Maria. Let’s turn to Raj covering immigration and government law.

Thanks, David. Eighteen cases today on the docket for immigration, administrative agency review, environmental, tax, and social security. The disposition mix: three reversals, one vacatur-remand, two split outcomes with partial affirmance and remand, one outright remand, seven denials of petitions for review, four dismissals, and one affirmation. We begin with the movements that changed agency or lower court…

That wraps our broadcast for Monday, August thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor for covering twenty-seven cases, Aisha Johnson for nineteen cases, Michael Reeves for twenty cases, Maria Santos for twenty-nine cases, and Raj Patel for eighteen cases. Today’s docket saw seventy-eight affirmances, twelve other dispositions, and twenty-one dismissals. The most significant outcomes were two…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Tuesday, September 1, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:24 David Chen
3. 0:26 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 4:13 David Chen
5. 4:17 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 6:07 David Chen
7. 6:11 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 8:54 David Chen
9. 8:57 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 11:19 David Chen
11. 11:22 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 13:45 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Tuesday, September first, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today we are covering one hundred fourteen federal appellate decisions across five reporter beats. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss federal appellate opinions. Nothing in this broadcast constitutes…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Thirty-four cases on the docket today. Twenty-one affirmed, one dismissed, seven denied, three reversed, and two vacated with remands. We start with the split outcomes and movements. In the Tenth Circuit, the court reversed summary judgment in a Title IX case involving Eastern New Mexico University, holding that a genuine dispute exists over whether the school exercised substantial control over a…

Thanks, James. Now for civil rights and employment law, let’s turn to Aisha.

Thanks, David. Aisha Johnson here with sixteen civil rights and employment cases from the First, Tenth, Eleventh, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits. The disposition rollup is one vacated and remanded, two reversed and remanded, one dismissed, and twelve affirmed. We start in the First Circuit where a three-judge panel vacated summary judgment for the government in a challenge to Puerto Rico’s birth certificate policy,…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael covering constitutional law and habeas corpus.

Thanks, David. Today in constitutional and habeas law, we have twenty-four substantive opinions across six circuits. The disposition mix includes eight affirmances, ten dismissals, five denials of certificates of appealability or appeals, and one vacatur with remand that resulted in a dismissal on remand. Leading the docket is a significant procedural ruling from the Ninth Circuit in Dinkins versus California. The…

Thanks, Michael. Now for business and civil law, let’s turn to Maria.

Thanks, David. Today’s business and civil docket covers twenty-two cases across six circuits with nineteen substantive opinions and three grouped affirmances. The disposition rollup shows fourteen affirmed, four reversed, one vacated, one remanded in part on reversal, and one split outcome. Moving to the Tenth Circuit, the court reversed and remanded a denial of arbitration in Joyner versus Frontier Airlines,…

Thanks, Maria. Now for immigration and government news with Raj.

Thanks, David. Today we have eighteen cases from across the federal appellate courts. The disposition rollup includes one vacatur and remand, one affirmation, and sixteen denials or dismissals. First, in a significant development in the Fifth Circuit, the court vacated and remanded an environmental dispute involving Plaquemines Parish against Exxon Mobil and Chevron to align with the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in…

That wraps our broadcast for Tuesday, September first, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor for thirty-four cases on criminal justice, Aisha Johnson for sixteen on civil rights, Michael Reeves for twenty-four covering SCOTUS and constitutional law, Maria Santos for twenty-two in business and labor, and Raj Patel for eighteen on immigration and government matters. Today’s docket saw seventy affirmances,…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Wednesday, September 2, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:23 David Chen
3. 0:25 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:30 David Chen
5. 2:33 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:04 David Chen
7. 4:08 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 5:23 David Chen
9. 5:26 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 7:11 David Chen
11. 7:15 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 8:49 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Wednesday, September second, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today we are covering fifty-seven federal appellate decisions across five reporter beats. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss federal appellate opinions. Nothing in this broadcast constitutes legal…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Eighteen cases in this block: nine affirmed, four dismissed, one reversed and remanded, two vacated and remanded, and two split outcomes. We begin with the reversals and splits. In the Tenth Circuit, United States versus Childers was reversed and remanded for resentencing to comply with United States versus Arnett. Over in the Fourth Circuit, United States versus Yasinov was affirmed on his assault…

Thanks, James. Let’s turn to Aisha for the civil rights roundup.

Thanks, David. Eight cases in this block: four affirmed, one reversed, and three split outcomes involving a partial affirmation and two vacaturs with remands. Over in the Tenth Circuit, the court affirmed summary judgment for Brinker International against Futrell-Smith on claims of racial discrimination under Section nineteen eighty-one, holding that the plaintiff failed to identify a valid comparator because other…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael covering constitutional law and prisoner litigation.

Thanks, David. Five cases on the docket today. One was vacated and remanded, two were affirmed in part and reversed in part, and two were affirmed. In the Eleventh Circuit, the court affirmed the dismissal of Aymara Sorhegui’s federal civil rights lawsuit against a homeowners association and state judges. The court held that Younger abstention barred claims seeking prospective relief against the judges because they…

Thanks, Michael. Now Maria joins us with business and civil rulings.

Thanks, David. Nineteen substantive cases across seven circuits today. Disposition mix: eight affirmances, three dismissals, one affirmed in part and remanded, one affirmed in part and reversed, one affirmed in part and vacated, and five split outcomes involving reversals or remands. Let’s start with the First Circuit. The court vacated and remanded a bankruptcy dispute between Instituto Medico Del Norte and…

Thanks, Maria. Let’s turn to Raj for immigration and government news.

Thanks, David. Seven cases today across five circuits. The disposition mix includes one vacatur, two remands, one denial, and three dismissals. Starting in the Eleventh Circuit, the court vacated and remanded a removal case involving threeM Company and Daikin America. The court held that threeM acted under a federal officer by manufacturing aqueous film-forming foam pursuant to detailed military specifications,…

That brings us to the end of our broadcast for Wednesday, September second, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor for covering eighteen cases, Aisha Johnson for eight, Michael Reeves for five, Maria Santos for nineteen, and Raj Patel for seven. Today’s docket saw a single reversal or remand, thirty-seven affirmances, twelve other dispositions, and seven dismissals. The lone reversal stands out as the…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Thursday, September 3, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:23 David Chen
3. 0:25 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:11 David Chen
5. 2:15 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:31 David Chen
7. 4:35 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 5:34 David Chen
9. 5:37 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 7:06 David Chen
11. 7:09 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 9:23 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, September third, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today we are covering forty-seven federal appellate decisions across five reporter beats. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss federal appellate opinions. Nothing in this broadcast constitutes legal…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. In this block of sixteen substantive cases, the courts affirmed eight decisions, dismissed four appeals, denied two motions, and reversed or vacated three judgments with remands or new trials required, including one split outcome where convictions were affirmed for some defendants but a third was sent back for retrial. Starting in the Tenth Circuit, the court affirmed an eighty-four-month sentence for…

Thanks, James. Now for civil rights and employment matters, Aisha has the details.

Thanks, David. I have nine cases from today’s docket covering civil rights, employment discrimination, and housing issues. The disposition rollup shows seven affirmed, one vacated and remanded, and one split outcome where a lower court judgment was overturned on procedural grounds. Leading the coverage is a Fifth Circuit decision that vacated and remanded for a new trial in a public nuisance case against the City of…

Thanks, Aisha. Now for constitutional law and habeas corpus with Michael.

Thanks, David. Four cases on the docket today: one vacatur and remand, two affirmances, and one denial of a certificate of appealability. Moving to the Eleventh Circuit, the court vacated the dismissal with prejudice in Daker versus Dozier and remanded for dismissal without prejudice because the defendants had not been served when the lower court dismissed the case with prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil…

Thanks, Michael. Now let’s turn to Maria covering business and civil law.

Thanks, David. Today we have eight cases in this block: three affirmed, one reversed, one vacated and remanded, one split disposition, and two decisions with mixed outcomes. In the Eleventh Circuit, the court affirmed the dismissal of the Lambou case for failure to preserve a RICO claim on appeal. However, it vacated and remanded the dispute involving sea food companies against the Commerce Department, instructing…

Thanks, Maria. Let’s turn to Raj covering immigration and government.

Thanks, David. Nine cases on the docket today across immigration, benefits, and administrative law. Four were affirmed, one denied, one split with partial affirmation and remand, and three vacated or reversed with remand. Starting with movements that changed the lower court or agency outcome: in the Eighth Circuit, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s retaliation order against BNSF Railway Company was…

That wraps up today’s broadcast of Do It For The Case Law for Thursday, September third, two thousand twenty-six. We want to thank our reporters who covered the day’s docket: James Taylor with sixteen cases, Aisha Johnson with ten, Michael Reeves with four, Maria Santos with eight, and Raj Patel with nine. The biggest headline from today is that single reversal or remand among a docket of thirty affirmances, seven…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Friday, September 4, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:42 David Chen
3. 0:44 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:25 David Chen
5. 2:28 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 5:50 David Chen
7. 5:54 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 7:14 David Chen
9. 7:17 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 9:07 David Chen
11. 9:11 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 11:54 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Friday, September fourth, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today’s docket features sixty-two federal appellate opinions across twelve circuits. Our coverage includes criminal justice cases involving drug trafficking and firearms, civil rights disputes on voting and employment, Section nineteen…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Today in criminal justice, we have nineteen cases across six circuits: seventeen affirmed, one reversed in part and vacated in part with a remand, and one split outcome where the court found no reversible error despite alleged government breach. Starting in the First Circuit, the court affirmed a captain sentencing enhancement but vacated the denial of a minor participant role adjustment for José…

Thanks, James. Now for the civil rights coverage with Aisha.

Thanks, David. I have seventeen cases to cover from the First, Tenth, Eleventh, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and D.C. Circuits. The disposition mix includes eight affirmances, one dismissal, two denials, one vacatur-remand, one affirmation-vacatur split, one remand, one reversal-remand, and four other dispositions involving stays or procedural dismissals. Let’s start with the First Circuit where the court denied a motion…

Thanks, Aisha. Next up, Michael with the constitutional law and Supreme Court beat.

Thanks, David. Michael Reeves here with five substantive opinions from across the federal appellate courts. In this block, two cases were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction or mootness, one was affirmed in part and reversed in part regarding standing and anti-SLAPP motions, and two others involved affirmances in immigration and prisoner litigation matters. Starting with the Eleventh Circuit, the court dismissed an…

Thanks, Michael. Now Maria has the business and civil docket.

Thanks, David. Today we have thirteen cases across four circuits. The disposition rollup shows five affirmances, six dismissals, one vacatur and remand, and one reversal and remand. Starting with the Eleventh Circuit, the court affirmed the denial of a motion for compassionate release in the case involving Brady Lavick Adams, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion because the defendant failed…

Thanks, Maria. Raj has the latest on immigration appeals and government agency reviews.

Thanks, David. We have eight cases today. The disposition mix includes three denials, two affirmances, one affirmed in part and reversed in part, one vacated and remanded, and another vacated and remanded. Starting with the reversals and splits, the Ninth Circuit granted Angel Trigueros Quizar’s petition for review and remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals because the agency applied an incorrect evidentiary…

This has been Do It For The Case Law for Friday, September the fourth, two thousand twenty-six. Today we heard from James Taylor covering nineteen cases, Aisha Johnson with seventeen, Michael Reeves on five, Maria Santos reporting on thirteen, and Raj Patel with eight. The docket produced forty-two affirmances, eleven dismissals, and nine other dispositions. Among the most significant outcomes were several…

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Federal appellate daily recap for Tuesday, September 8, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:24 David Chen
3. 0:26 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:48 David Chen
5. 2:51 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:46 David Chen
7. 4:50 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 6:32 David Chen
9. 6:36 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 8:46 David Chen
11. 8:49 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 10:37 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law for Tuesday, September eighth, two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. Today we are covering fifty-two federal appellate decisions across five reporter beats. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. We summarize and discuss federal appellate opinions. Nothing in this broadcast constitutes legal advice.

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Fourteen criminal justice cases today across six circuits. Thirteen were affirmed, one was dismissed twice for lack of nonfrivolous issues, and one case was vacated and remanded for a clerical fix to the written judgment. Starting in the Tenth Circuit, George Ostertag’s conviction for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon under Section eighteen U.S.C. nine hundred twenty-four section A one four…

Thanks, James. Let’s turn to Aisha for civil rights coverage.

Thanks, David. Ten cases in today’s civil rights roundup: four affirmances, one dismissal, two reversals, and one vacatur and remand. Leading with the movements, the Third Circuit reversed a dismissal in National Shooting Sports Foundation versus Attorney General New Jersey, holding that recent enforcement actions against gun manufacturers created an imminent threat of prosecution sufficient for standing under…

Thanks, Aisha. Now for constitutional law and habeas developments, here is Michael.

Thanks, David. We have six substantive opinions today. The disposition rollup includes two reversals or remands, one vacatur with a remand, and three affirmances. Let’s start with the movement cases. In the Tenth Circuit, the court vacated and remanded in United States versus Martin, finding that Nancy Martin adequately alleged ineffective assistance of counsel regarding her bank fraud conviction because her lawyer…

Thanks, Michael. Let’s turn to Maria covering business and civil cases.

Thanks, David. We have ten substantive business and civil rulings today across four circuits. The disposition rollup shows three reversals or vacaturs with remands, two denials of petitions for review, and five affirmances. Starting in the First Circuit, the court vacated and remanded a summary judgment in favor of The Children’s Hospital Corporation in a dispute involving a royalty-sharing policy under…

Thanks, Maria. Let’s turn to Raj covering immigration and government.

Thanks, David. Twelve cases across six circuits today: one vacatur-remand, one split remand-and-affirmance, nine denials, and one affirmance. The most significant movement comes from the Third Circuit, which vacated a water quality certification for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company’s Northeast Supply Enhancement Project, ruling that New Jersey acted arbitrarily by deferring critical monitoring terms to future…

That brings us to the end of today’s broadcast on Tuesday, September eighth, two thousand twenty-six. A huge thank you to James Taylor for covering fourteen cases in criminal justice. Thank you to Aisha Johnson for ten cases on civil rights. Michael Reeves brought us six stories on Supreme Court and constitutional law. Maria Santos handled ten cases in business, labor, and civil matters. And Raj Patel wrapped up…

Do It For The Case Law is a legal news and research publication. This episode is not legal advice.