On June 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Garland v. Ming Dai, overruling the Ninth Circuit’s longstanding “deemed-true-or-credible” rule that required reviewing courts to treat noncitizens’ testimony as credible and...more
6/4/2021
/ Administrative Review ,
Asylum ,
Board of Immigration Appeals ,
Credibility ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Garland v Ming Dai ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Refugees ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review ,
Substantial Evidence Standard
On February 25, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Monasky v. Taglieri, holding that the determination of a child’s “habitual residence” for purposes of the Hague Convention depends on a totality-of-the-circumstances...more
2/27/2020
/ Appeals ,
Child Abduction ,
Child Custody ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Custody Agreements ,
Domestic Violence ,
Expedited Actions Process ,
Habitual Residence ,
Hague Convention ,
Italy ,
Monasky v Taglieri ,
Petition for Return of Child ,
Question of Fact ,
Reaffirmation ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Standard of Review ,
Totality of Circumstances Test ,
United States ,
Wrongful Removal
On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Taggart v. Lorenzen, No. 18-489, holding that a court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for violating a bankruptcy court’s discharge order as long as there is “no fair ground of...more
6/5/2019
/ Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) ,
Bankruptcy Code § 524(a) ,
Bankruptcy Discharge Order ,
Chapter 7 ,
Civil Contempt Orders ,
Concurrent Litigation ,
Creditors ,
Dischargeable Debts ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Money Judgment ,
Reasonable Belief Test ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review ,
Statutory Violations ,
Taggart v Lorenzen ,
Vacated