Month: May 2017

Halsted L Ritter, who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, was impeached and removed from office in 1936. Ritter challenged the impeachment by arguing that he was not convicted on any specific charge but only “gen...

In Water Splash v Menon, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Hague Service Convention does not prohibit service of judicial process by mail. With regard to whether it is permissible, the Court further held that ser...

The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down yet another state law disfavoring arbitration agreements. In Kindred Nursing Centers, LP v Clark, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the Court held that the Kentucky Supreme Court’s “clear-statement” rule violate...

Harold Louderback, a U.S. District judge for the Northern District of California, was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1933, on charges of favoritism in the appointment of bankruptcy receivers. However, he beat the impeachment charge...

In Midland Funding, LLC v Johnson, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a debt collector’s filing of a proof of claim that is obviously time-barred is not a false, deceptive, misleading, unfair, or unconscionable debt collection ...

Manrique v United States In Manrique v United States, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant seeking to appeal an order imposing restitution in a deferred restitution case must file a notice of appeal from that order....

Judge George W English George W English, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois, was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for abusing his power. When he resigned from office, the impeachment proceedings wer...

In Coventry Health v Nevils, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Missouri exceeded its authority in attempting to regulate the subrogation and reimbursement provisions in the contracts of Federal Employees Health Ben...

In Bank of America Corp v City of Miami, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the City of Miami qualifies as an “aggrieved person” under the Fair Housing Act. However, it also held that further proceedings are needed to determi...

Robert W Archbald was the third person to be removed from federal office. The federal judge was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 11, 1912, for engaging in improper business relationship with litigants that appeared in his court....