U.S. Supreme Court Dissent Cites Restatements Third and Second of Torts
Andrea Kang WoosterDissenting Associate Justice Samuel Alito cites the Restatement Third of Torts: Liability for Economic Harm § 28 and Restatement Second of Torts § 876.
U.S. Supreme Court Cites Model Penal Code
Andrea Kang WoosterIn Borden v. United States, No. 19-5410 (June 10, 2021), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a criminal offense that requires only a mens rea of recklessness does not constitute a “violent felony” for purposes of an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e).
Actions Taken at the 2021 Annual Meeting (June Session)
Pauline ToboulidisThe second segment of this year’s virtual Annual Meeting adjourned this week. Below is a summary of the actions taken on June 7 and 8.
Mens Rea Throughout the Model Penal Code
Erin E. Murphy and Jennifer MorinigoErin E. Murphy, Associate Reporter for Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses, answers questions related to mental states throughout the Model Penal Code.
MPC: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses – The Grading of Offenses
Erin E. Murphy and Jennifer MorinigoErin E. Murphy, Associate Reporter for Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses, answers questions the grading of offenses.
Understanding the Restatement of Copyright Law
Jennifer MorinigoIn this video, Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit discusses the Restatement of the Law, Copyright.