Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Supreme Court Takes First Amendment Case Involving Animal Cruelty Statute.

The Supreme Court of the United States has accepted certiorari without comment on an appeal of a decision by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals invalidating a federal statute prohibiting the distribution of videos and other communications depicting animal cruelty on First Amendment grounds.

Pittsburgh Legal Travelog: Washington County Courthouse Parking.

The danger of time lost finding a parking place has been a particularly acute one for lawyers, since being late for court is courting disaster for self and client. However, the relatively new LandAmerica Centre, with its multi-story parking facility has saved the day. Just go down West Beau Street (on the right of the Courthouse as you face it) and turn right at an alley about halfway down the block. The lot entrance is at the end of the alley. Take a ticket at the gate. You pay at a machine near the entrance before leaving.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Skimmers and other Consumer Scams

Skimmers are devices attached to the exterior of an ATM or other machine that permit direct access to a bank account. It photographs the card number and the user entering a pin. Later, the owner of the skimmer removes it an attempts to drain the bank accounts of the machine users.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Judicial Candidates and Bar Association Ratings.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle List of Statewide candidates and Allegheny County Common Pleas candidates with biographical information. Article about Common Pleas Court races. Pennsylvania Bar Association candidate ratings. Allegheny County Bar Association judicial candidate ratings.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Judge Rules DeAngelis will be Tried as Minor.

Mt Lebanon High School student, Robertino DeAngelis will be tried as a minor. Judge Mariani said that his lack of a criminal record was a factor in the decision.

Pittsburgh Legal Newslog: Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh intervenes in Calvary Case

The Schism last year involving the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has brought attention to an equity case originally filed in 2003 in the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court which involves, inter alia, the ownership of church property. A hearing was held before Judge Joseph James yesterday, April 17, which brought immediate commentary on blogs affiliated with the litigants.

Anonymous Lawyer Holds Forth on Religion; Joins the Blogroll

Posted by Cliff Tuttle The Anonymous Lawyer has posted two more times in the last two days. It looks like he is back to stay so he has been provisionally granted an office in the Blogroll. However, if we see signs of shirking, putting life ahead of blogging, out in the street with him! Yesterday, […]

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Mediation Conferences in Mortgage Foreclosures are Beginning in Allegheny County.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle The first mediation conferences under the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas pre-foreclosure program were scheduled to begin last week, although some were postponed due to court closings for the memorial service for the three slain police officers. Judge McCarthy was scheduled to hold conferences in the morning and Judge James […]

A Fair Trial for Poplawski. Back Talk Requested.

Others may say that the unique circumstances of the crimes, the massive publicity and the outpouring of sympathy for the three officers and their families will make it impossible for a fair trial to happen anywhere at any any time. This assumes that individual jurors cannot overcome exposure to publicity in such an emotionally charged case. This is a question every potential juror must answer for himself or herself. Could you render a verdict in such a case without being influenced by these factors? Would you be afraid of the consequences of voting for acquittal if you thought the evidence for conviction did not sufficient, beyond a reasonable doubt?

Back Talk Requested.

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