J Dobbins
@j-dobbins.bsky.social
Dean & Professor of Law at Willamette Law in Salem, Oregon. Civ Pro, Appellate Process, fan of white boards, and a sucker for science news of all sorts.
You did a great job learning non- mutual offensive collateral estoppel! 😉
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
You did a great job learning non- mutual offensive collateral estoppel! 😉
Though as I recall the rule used to be that settlements came out of agency funds - maybe that has changed.
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Though as I recall the rule used to be that settlements came out of agency funds - maybe that has changed.
Not to mention the liability being stacked up through other actions.
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Not to mention the liability being stacked up through other actions.
Agreed. Spent all day in the heart of downtown at a great symposium by the Oregon Historical Society. Nary a war, invasion, or predatory incursion to be seen. Lovely evening.
September 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Agreed. Spent all day in the heart of downtown at a great symposium by the Oregon Historical Society. Nary a war, invasion, or predatory incursion to be seen. Lovely evening.
Is that SG concession effectively rooted in the precedential authority of the Court? If so, does it mean that the first CA9 decision upholding a D.Ct injunction have circuit-level injunctive effect? (Sure, US could do intracircuit non-acquiescence, but the circuits tend to not like that.)
June 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Is that SG concession effectively rooted in the precedential authority of the Court? If so, does it mean that the first CA9 decision upholding a D.Ct injunction have circuit-level injunctive effect? (Sure, US could do intracircuit non-acquiescence, but the circuits tend to not like that.)