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  • 28 Jan 2019 2:14 PM | Landon Magnusson (Administrator)

    On Tuesday, February 12, 2019, The Honorable Jane L. Kelly, Eighth Circuit Judge, will host a lunch and present on the topic: "A Conversation on Federal Appellate Advocacy," from 1 - 2 p.m. CST.

    The event will be held at the St. Paul Federal Courthouse, Jury Assembly Room. The address is 316 North Robert Street, 1st Floor, St. Paul MN 55101.

    This event is put on and hosted by the New Lawyers Committee of the Federal Bar Association's Minnesota Chapter.


  • 18 Dec 2018 2:30 PM | Benjamin Wilson

    The Eighth Circuit Bar Association is pleased to release our Winter 2018 Newsletter (available here). Feature articles include:

    A Clerk’s Tribute to Eighth Circuit Judge Diana E. Murphy
    - Beth Forsythe

    A Limerick for Judge Diana Murphy
    - Jeffrey Justman

    Judicial Conference Notes: Competing Approaches to Constitutional Interpretation
    - Heidi Doerhoff Vollet

    Portrait Unveiling for Judge Roger L. Wollman
    - Neal F. Perryman and Michael L. Jente

    Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America to Justice 
    - Reviewed by Lacy Rakestraw

    The Richard S. Arnold Awards for Distinguished Service
    - Eighth Circuit Bar Association

    Review of the Eighth Circuit During the Supreme Court’s 2017 Term 
    - Timothy J. Droske

    We hope you enjoy the issue! 


  • 08 Apr 2018 9:54 AM | Benjamin Wilson

    The Eighth Circuit Bar Association's Spring 2018 Newsletter is now available! Members can download it from our website here (see March 2018). 

    Feature articles in this issue include:

    • President’s Note – John M. Baker
    • Judge Ralph Erickson Encourages Lawyers to Be Brief, Clear in Their Advocacy – Ryan W. Marth
    • Judge Robert Van Pelt Is Remembered as His Grandson Is Married in the Courtroom Where the Judge Once Presided – Judge Richard Kopf
    • On the (Cleaned up) Wave – Kelvin D. Collado
    • The Honorable Roger L. Wollman Announces He Will Take Senior Status – Melissa C. Hinton
    • Update on the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference
    • Announcements

    We hope you enjoy these great articles. 

    Comments and suggestions for future articles are always welcome. Please send them to Benjamin Wilson at bjw@heplerbroom.com

     

     


  • 23 Mar 2018 11:34 AM | Benjamin Wilson

    From March 29th – 30th, 2018, the Pulaski County Bar Foundation is presenting the first annual Justice Donald L. Corbin Appellate Symposium.

    The organizers have assembled an outstanding group of speakers, including Eighth Circuit Chief Judge Lavenski Smith, Judge Morris S. “Buzz” Arnold, and Judge Bobby E. Shepherd. The symposium will also feature judges from the Sixth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits.

    The Eighth Circuit Bar Association is sponsoring a reception on Thursday, March 29, at the President Clinton Center.

    For program and registration details, please visit www.pulaskibar.com/2018-symposium. The program has been approved for 12 CLE hours, including 3.0 ethics hours. The symposium will be held at UA Little Rock Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Arkansas.

    If you have any questions, email Board member Kevin Crass at crass[at]fridayfirm[dot]com.


  • 28 Dec 2017 5:01 PM | Benjamin Wilson

    We are pleased to announce the Eighth Circuit Bar Association's latest Newsletter is now available. Members may download the Newsletter in the Information for Members section of this website.

  • 04 Sep 2017 4:44 PM | Benjamin Wilson

    We are pleased to announce the Eighth Circuit Bar Association's latest Newsletter is now available. Click here to download.

    Feature articles include:

    • The Hon. William Jay Riley Retires From the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, by Kari Scheer
    • Trump Administration Has Three Vacancies to Fill on the Eighth Circuit, by Rox Laird
    • Appeals Courts: Reports of the Comma’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated, by Ryan Marth and Steve Safranski
    • News & Announcements
    • Tips of the Month

    We hope you enjoy the latest issue! 

    Have an idea for an article that may interest our members? Please send it to Ben Wilson at bjw@heplerbroom.com


  • 17 May 2017 9:26 AM | Benjamin Wilson

    The Eighth Circuit Bar Association's latest Newsletter is now available online. Members may download the Newsletter in the Information for Members section of this website.

    Feature articles in this issue include:

    President’s Note
    – Brian C. Walsh

    The Honorable Myron H. Bright, “Champion of Equality,” Dies at Age 97
    – Stacey Tjon Bossart and Jesse D. Mondry

    Tips of the Month

    Northern District of Iowa Honors Judge Linda R. Reade
    – Kate Jones

    The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Social Media
    – Benjamin Wilson

    News & Announcements

    Your comments and suggestions for future issues of the Newsletter are always welcome. Please send them to benjamin.wilson@heplerbroom.com. Enjoy!

    BJW

     

     
  • 26 Oct 2016 3:06 PM | Benjamin Wilson

    The Fall Issue of the Eighth Circuit Bar Association Newsletter is now available.

    Feature articles include---

    • Fiftieth Anniversary of Judge Lay’s Appointment to the Eighth Circuit
      – Thomas H. Boyd
    • The Judicial Learning Center: Award Winning, Innovative Outreach
      – Glenn E. Davis
    • Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl Appointed to Eighth Circuit by President Obama
      – Stacey E. Tjon Bossart
    • Proportionality and Rule 26(b)(1): An Impactful Change, or a Mere Shifting of Words?
      – Michael E. Harriss
    • Pierce v. Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems
      – John M. Baker
    • Review of the Eighth Circuit During the Supreme Court’s 2015 Term
      – Timothy J. Droske
    • 125th Anniversary of the U.S. Court of Appeals
      – Joan Voelker

    We thank all our authors for their outstanding submissions. Readers are welcome to contact me with comments and suggestions. Enjoy!

    Benjamin Wilson
    Editor, Eighth Circuit Bar Association Newsletter
    benjamin.wilson@heplerbroom.com 

  • 30 Jun 2016 10:16 AM | Deleted user

    Check out what's going on around the Circuit in the Eighth Circuit Bar Association Newsletter! Feature articles in this issue include---

    Trial on the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
      - Kari Scheer
    A Conversation with Chief Justice Roberts
      - Heidi Doerhoff Vollet
    Eighth Circuit Historical Society Board Meeting and Workshop
      - Thomas H. Boyd
    Richard S. Arnold Distinguished Service Award Presented to Ten Deserving Recipients at Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference
      - Dana L. Oxley
    On Judge Richard S. Arnold
      - James D. Leach

    We hope you enjoy! Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Please send to Benjamin.Wilson@heplerbroom.com


  • 10 Jun 2016 12:50 PM | Deleted user

    Eighth Circuit Update

    A Member Benefit of the Association of the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

    Issue No. 9

    June, 2016

    En Banc Watch 

    • There were no en banc cases of note this month.

    Eighth Circuit Cases in Washington 

    Decided

    • CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC, No. 14-1375: vacated and remanded May 19, 2016; defendant may be prevailing party entitled to recover attorneys’ fees from EEOC even if case is not decided on the merits; alternative arguments in opposition to fee award may be addressed on remand
    • United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., No. 15-290: affirmed May 31, 2016; approved jurisdictional determination that property includes “waters of the United States” is final agency action subject to judicial review under Administrative Procedure Act

    Pending

    • Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Pauley, No. 15-577 (permissibility under First Amendment and Equal Protection Clause of exclusion of church from secular grant program): in briefing stage
    • Mathis v. United States, No. 15-6092 (qualification of predicate conviction under Armed Career Criminal Act): argued Apr. 26, 2016

    Selected Cases Set for Argument

    • Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Gerhart, No. 15-3292 (ERISA and Commerce Clause challenges to Iowa statute regulating payments by pharmacy benefit managers to pharmacies): set for argument June 14, 2016 in St. Paul before Judges Murphy, Shepherd, and Perry
    • Pierce v. Moore, No. 15-1964 (standard for determining waiver of constitutional rights in context of involuntary commitment): set for argument June 15, 2016 in St. Louis before Judges Smith, Gruender, and Ketchmark
    • Mays v. Board of Education of Hamburg School District, No. 15-2915 (modification of 1991 consent decree in case alleging race discrimination in school district): set for argument June 16, 2016 in St. Louis before Judges Smith, Gruender, and Benton
    • Thomas v. Board of Trustees of Nebraska State Colleges, No. 15-2972 (Title IX case arising from apparent abduction and murder of decedent by fellow student): set for argument June 16, 2016 in St. Paul before Judges Murphy, Bright, and Shepherd

    Recent Oral Arguments of Interest

    • Millennium Operations Inc. v. SuperValu, Inc , No. 15-1786, argued May 17, 2016, in St. Paul

    Two wholesalers in the grocery business have been sued by retailers for alleged violations of antitrust laws through conspiratorial agreements. (This suit has generated multiple appeals to the Eighth Circuit.) In this appeal the two wholesaler-defendants appeal from a district court’s refusal to enforce arbitration agreements signed by two plaintiffs because those arbitration agreements were later assigned by those defendants. The central question, as framed by Chief Judge Riley, is whether these defendants possess rights under the arbitration agreement after the agreement was assigned away. Appellants argue that the presumption in favor of arbitration should govern, and entitles them to enforce rights to compel arbitration notwithstanding the assignment, particularly where the case involves alleged antitrust violations that predate the assignment. There are three relevant arbitration agreements involved, some more broadly-written than others.

    The case was argued before Judges Riley, Colloton, and Kelly.

    Here is a link to the streaming audio version of the argument: http://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2016/5/151786.mp3

    It may also be downloaded from this link: ftp://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2016/5/151786.mp3

    Eighth Circuit Bar Association Information

    • The Association’s membership year runs from July 1 through June 30. Online renewal is available at www.eighthcircuitbar.com.

    Editors: Vince Chadick, Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull, PLLC, Springdale, Ark.

    Katie Walsh, Office of the Missouri Attorney General, St. Louis, Mo.

    Contributors: John Baker, Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, Minn.

    Landon Magnusson, Lathrop & Gage LLP, Kansas City, Mo.

    Brian Walsh, Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, Mo.

    Cases discussed in this Update may involve officers or directors of the Eighth Circuit Bar Association, editors or contributors to this Update, or their colleagues.


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