Background: Wagonhound sought a statutory private road across neighboring Little Medicine Creek Ranch to reach a remote 640-acre tract in Albany County. Although the tract touched federal and state land, existing two-track routes ended at or crossed Little Medicine Creek’s private property. Court-appointed viewers recommended Wagonhound’s proposed route, which followed an existing ranch road and two-track,…
Held: The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed the creation, location, and valuation of the private road. Justice John G. Jarosh wrote that Wagonhound acted in good faith by attempting to purchase access; the statute did not require a sum-certain offer. Access to isolated Bureau of Land Management acreage did not defeat necessity because a public road must be generally available to the…
Background: The consolidated petitions arose after vacancies left the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation Council without the statutory quorum needed to exercise its powers. In a partial judgment issued on May 12, 2026, the Court held that Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi had unlawfully and without authority removed retired judge Nechama Munitz as chair of the statutory search…
Held: In a unanimous opinion by Justice Ofer Grosskopf, the Court made the orders nisi absolute. It held that the statutory appointment scheme, under which the minister appoints council members “according to” the search committee’s recommendation, gives the minister only narrow discretion. Because the scheme is designed to preserve professional, politically independent public broadcasting, a departure from the committee’s recommendation requires…
Background: Mme [N], a self-employed speech therapist participating in France’s national health-insurance system, was informed by the regional health agency in November 2021 that she had been prohibited from practicing since September 15, 2021. She had not produced proof of COVID-19 vaccination, recovery, or a recognized medical contraindication as required by the Law of August 5,…
Held: The Court of Cassation dismissed the appeal. It held that the vaccination requirement pursued the legitimate objectives of protecting vulnerable patients, healthcare professionals, and public health. In the context of the epidemic’s rapid progression, emerging variants, and incomplete vaccination coverage among some healthcare professionals, the measure was not manifestly inappropriate. The resulting suspension from practice was temporary and ended upon…
Background: The NSW Department of Education engaged Built Pty Ltd to construct a new high school at Wee Waa under the NSW Government GC21 (Edition 2) General Conditions of Contract. The contract required disputes, defined as “Issues,” to pass through expert determination before litigation. Each expert determination was final and binding unless it did not involve…
Held: Rees J held that the $500,000 threshold applied separately to each Issue, not to the cumulative result of all Issues considered by the same expert. The contract required the expert to determine prescribed questions for “each Issue” and required the parties to treat “each determination” as final and binding. Aggregation would make access to litigation depend arbitrarily on whether multiple…
Background: The claimants are members of an investment group co-founded by Oussama Ammar. They alleged that Ammar exploited his senior management positions to misappropriate investor funds, procure purchases of shares from Fabuleo Limited at inflated prices, and secretly acquire shares in a target company. After the defendants failed to comply with an unless order, the claimants…
Held: HHJ Halliwell, sitting as a High Court judge, found Ammar in contempt on parts of Grounds 1, 5, 6, 7, and 12. The proved conduct included misapplying income from “Travel with Ouss” and “Better Call Ouss,” expenditure on a two-day stay at the Grand Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, failing to give advance notice of withdrawals exceeding £5,000 from Daedalium LLC’s Mercury…
Background: After a police sergeant stopped Christine A. Desrosiers in Presque Isle, she disputed his requests for her license, registration, and proof of insurance. When the sergeant told her that she was being detained and directed her to place her hands behind her back, Desrosiers crossed her arms and tried to pull away as he attempted…
Held: The Maine Supreme Judicial Court held that “uses physical force against” an officer under 17-A M.R.S. § 751-B(1)(B) includes any degree of physical force used in direct opposition to an officer’s own use of force in making an arrest or detention. The force need not be violent or capable of causing injury. Purely passive resistance without muscular effort—such as allowing…
Background: Richard Trueman was convicted after a jury trial of selling fentanyl to a victim who later died from fentanyl toxicity. On the day of the overdose, the victim repeatedly contacted Trueman through Facebook Messenger, arranged to meet near Trueman’s home, and returned to his driver’s car about 20 minutes later. The victim then snorted a…
Held: The New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed and remanded. It held that the trial court misapplied the specific-contradiction form of the opening-the-door doctrine because the defense’s statement and cross-examination accurately established that police had not taken certain investigative steps; they did not create a misleading advantage requiring correction.
Background: Police stopped a vehicle in which Salwan Yousif Al-Mafrachi was a passenger after observing traffic violations. A drug-detection dog alerted to the vehicle, and officers searched a backpack located at Al-Mafrachi’s feet. Although he denied owning the backpack and said it belonged to his girlfriend, officers found numerous controlled substances, a digital scale, and plastic…
Held: The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed the denial of suppression. It held that consent to a search and waiver of constitutional rights are distinct concepts. A probation condition based only on consent permits searches within the scope of that consent, while a complete, express, and valid waiver relinquishes the probationer’s Fourth Amendment rights and eliminates any legitimate expectation of privacy on…
Background: The applicant sought authorization from the Minden-Lübbecke district immigration authority to begin vocational training as a warehouse logistics specialist with a private employer. The authority had not exercised its discretion on the application under Section 4a(4) of the Residence Act, read together with Section 32 of the Employment Ordinance.
Held: The Third Chamber of the Federal Constitutional Court’s Second Senate granted interim relief and ordered the immigration authority to decide the employment-authorization application again without delay. The Court did not direct the authority to issue the permit and did not finally resolve the constitutional complaint.
Background: Fingal County Council made a compulsory purchase order over Angela Heavey’s lands at 17 and 17A North Street, Swords, beside Swords Castle. The order was made to support the protection and enhancement of the castle and its setting, and was confirmed by An Bord Pleanála on 28 May 2024.
Held: Mr Justice Conlon refused the transfer and stay applications. The possession proceedings arose directly from the confirmed CPO and properly remained in the Planning and Environment List. That list is part of the High Court and has the same common-law, equitable and procedural powers as the Chancery List, including powers relating to discovery, particulars, interrogatories and oral evidence where properly…
Background: Bradley L. Bradford was sentenced in three Cuyahoga County criminal cases in 2016. Two one-year sentences were ordered to run concurrently with an 11-year sentence imposed after limited resentencing in a third case. The sentencing entries in the two one-year cases reflected 359 and 401 days of jail-time credit, respectively.
Held: The Supreme Court of Ohio denied the writ. A mandamus relator must establish a clear legal right, a corresponding legal duty, and no adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law.
Background: Michel Jabre and Marilyn Whitehouse were the plaintiffs-appellants in litigation against the Association of Apartment Owners of Kaʻiulani of Princeville. The matter reached the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court from two Intermediate Court of Appeals proceedings, CAAP-24-0000490 and CAAP-25-0000396, arising from Case No. 5CSP-24-0000002.
Held: The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court rejected the association’s application for a writ of certiorari. The court therefore declined to review the Intermediate Court of Appeals proceedings.