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The Rhode Island Supreme Court today issued an opinion in Quality Concrete v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. (R.I. Apr. 16, 2012). In an opinion by Justice Robinson, the Court affirmed Superior Court Justice Brian Stern's grant of summary judgment for Travelers. The Court held that Travelers was not required to provide pre-suit independent counsel for the insured on the circumstances presented.

D.C. Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown has written what I think will come to be seen as a very important concurring opinion in Hettinga v. United States (D.C. Cir. Apr. 13, 2012), dealing with judicial scrutiny of economic legislation. Judge Brown advocates greater protection of economic freedom and, therefore, stricter judicial scrutiny of economic legislation favoring one faction over another.

The Providence Journal reports this afternoon the indictment of two RI defense attorneys (and the client of one).

In the "Trayvon Martin" case . . .second degree murder in Florida law is defined as "the unlawful killing of a human being, when perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual . . " Here's the affidavit that purports to show probable cause for the charge against George Zimmerman. Kinda thin, I'd say.

The Supreme Court today released the opinion in State v. Wesley Spratt (April 13, 2012), affirming the denial of post-conviction relief.

Superior Court Justice Taft-Carter has issued a decision with a comprehensive discussion of easements, prescriptive and implied. Caluori v. Dexter Credit Union (April 11, 2012)

Congratulations to former Sen. John McBurney on the Senate's vote confirming his nomination to serve as Superior Court Magistrate.

The Supreme Court of Rhode Island today issued an opinion in Hernandez v. J.S. Pallet Co., Inc

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