The Volokh Conspiracy

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• Lawyers Citing Nonexistent Cases Ordered to Pay Opponents' Attorney Fees, Double Costs, $15K Fine
  March 14, 2026

  From Whiting v. City of Athens, decided yesterday by Sixth Circuit Judge John Bush, joined by Judges Jane Stranch and...

• "If the Defendants Continue the Practice, It Will Not End Well for Them"
  March 14, 2026

  From Judge Robert Hinkle's Injunction Not to File Emails yesterday in Elephant Shoe, LLC v. Cook (N.D. Fla.): Some of...

• Court Allows Submarine Filings
  March 14, 2026

  From Friday's order in Reyes v. Turin (N.D. Ill.). The post Court Allows Submarine Filings appeared first on Reason.com.

• SS Indictment
  March 14, 2026

  A bit of legalese I'd never heard of before, doubtless because I don't practice criminal law: It apparently stands fo...

• Today in Supreme Court History: March 14, 1932
  March 14, 2026

  3/14/1932: Justice Benjamin Cardozo takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: March 14, 1932 appeared firs...

• Open Thread
  March 14, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
  March 13, 2026

  Fiery writs, imperial sovereigns, and cheating escheators.

• The Penis Mightier
  March 13, 2026

  Why is it worse to use problematic language to describe something that to acknowledge that thing is actually problema...

• Litigant Who Cited "Fictional Authority" Ordered to Include All Cited Authorities in Future Filings in Any Court
  March 13, 2026

  The Texas Court of Appeals just upheld the order.

• The First Opinion From Justice Hawkins on the Supreme Court of Texas
  March 13, 2026

  "Is a holiday-themed community footrace 'recreation'?"

• Yet Again with the Heckler's Veto in a Government Employee Speech Case
  March 13, 2026

  From Judge Glen Davidson's opinion Wednesday in Stokes v. Boyce (N.D. Miss.): On September 10, 2025, well-known podca...

• Background Check's Reporting Expunged Conviction Isn't Defamation or Fair Credit Reporting Act Violation
  March 13, 2026

  From Smith v. InformData, LLC, decided Wednesday by Judge Rossie Alston (E.D. Va.): Plaintiff Harry Smith filed suit ...

• Who's Being Pornographic Here? (And Were Pornography Allegations Related to School Library Book Reading Defamatory?)
  March 13, 2026

  From yesterday's opinion in Wilburn v. Guthrie by the Colorado Court of Appeals (Judge Karl Schock, joined by Judges ...

• Firing Government DEI Executive Didn't Violate First Amendment
  March 13, 2026

  From Judge Dabney Friedrich (D.D.C.) Wednesday in Jewell v. Jagadesan, which generally seems correct to me: In Decemb...

• Today in Supreme Court History: March 13, 1963
  March 13, 2026

  3/13/1963: Ernesto Miranda is arrested. The post Today in Supreme Court History: March 13, 1963 appeared first on Rea...

• Open Thread
  March 13, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• Judge VanDyke: "This is a case about swinging dicks."
  March 13, 2026

  30 members of the Ninth Circuit write to disagree.

• Is Judge Pauline Newman Entitled to Her Day in Court?
  March 12, 2026

  Her cert petition to the Supreme Court presents the important jurisdictional question of whether the Judicial Disabil...

• Fourth Circuit Publicly Admonishes Lawyer for "Citations to Nonexistent Judicial Opinions"
  March 12, 2026

  From yesterday's decision in In re Nwaubani, from the Fourth Circuit (Judges Marvin Quattlebaum, Allison Rushing, and...

• Three Students' Libel Lawsuit over Columbia "Doxing Truck" Can Go Forward
  March 12, 2026

  The students allege they weren't involved in the Oct. 11, 2023 Columbia student groups' letter that blamed Israel for...