Heath's appeal was brought to the Supreme Court in 1985, where courts ruled that because of the doctrine of "dual sovereignty" in respect to federalism, the Fifth Amendment does not bar two separate states from trying the same individual twice for the same act. [Pictured: The Alabama ...
The law allows adult family members and domestic partners to file for orders of protection against abusers in both courts. In addition, the law expands access to victim impact statements and permits more time for survivors to respond to a criminal case before the start of trial. Posted on ...
Instead, the law should explicitly make frivolous claims alone subject to attorney fee penalties, and be careful that such a provision not apply to claims brought as a good faith extension of the law. Courts may be inclined to draw this line anyway because the bill already set "frivolous" ...
where a party claims significant damages for loss of enjoyment of life – and that party maintains a profile on a website devoted to sharing information about social lives – it shouldn’t matter what appears on the publicly viewable portion of an online profile....