Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup April 6, 2018

Each week, the Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup presents a few tidbits of news and Twitter posts from the past week concerning appellate advocacy. As always, if you see something during the week that you think we should be sure to include, feel free to send Dan a quick email at DReal@Creighton.edu or a message on Twitter(@Daniel_L_Real) or you can send Joe a message on Twitter (@Joe_A_Esq).

Supreme Court Opinions and News:

On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke to students at a question-and-answer session at Vanderbilt University Law School. Justice Sotomayor urged students not to limit themselves, telling them that courage can be found in unlikely places. Click HERE for more information. 

On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Justice Stephen Breyer spoke at Tufts University as part of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civil Life’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Justice Breyer spoke about the role of the courts and the need for judges to remain impartial. Click HERE for more information. 

In Kisela v. Hughes, the Court held that a police officer was entitled to qualified immunity because his actions did not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known. In this article, the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board argues that the court’s ruling grants “unhealthy immunity to police accused of wrongdoing.” Click Here for the Court’s opinion. More information about the case can be found at this link. 

 State Court News:

Rebecca Dallet, a Milwaukee County Circuit judge, was elected  to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday. The New York Times has this report. 

Appellate Tidbits:

Through some clever detective work, the person in a painting hanging outside the chief justice’s chambers at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has been identified as Lemuel Shaw, who served as chief justice from 1830 until 1860. Read this report for more information. 

Appellate Job Posting:

The Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth District is looking for an Appellate Court Research Attorney to research and prepare legal memos and draft appellate orders and opinions. Follow this link to apply for the position.