Professor Cain presented a paper he has about governmental use of automated license plate readers and its implications under the Fourth Amendment search doctrine.

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Professor Cain served as one of three co-panelists on a Prisoner Civil Rights Panel at the 2021 Power Act Continuing Legal Education Program sponsored by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Professor Cain discussed jury instructions and qualified immunity in civil rights litigation.

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Discussed Ford Motor Co. v. Mont. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 141 S. Ct. 1017, 1017-1039 (2021); Jones v. Mississippi, 141 S. Ct. 1307, 1307-1341 (2021); Edwards v. Vannoy, 141 S. Ct. 1547, 1547-1582 (2021); and Caniglia v. Strom, 141 S. Ct. 1596, 1596-1605 (2021).

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Bostock articulated a theory of “but for” causation that allows plaintiffs with mixed motive Title VII claims to receive the full panoply of Title VII remedies rather than the limited relief that was available in mixed motive cases prior to Bostock.

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the trial court’s denial of a police officer’s assertion of qualified immunity in a Fourth Amendment excessive force case. The Court also held that the officer violated clearly established law when he shot an unarmed, non-aggressive man who posed no immediate threat to anyone.

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Professor Cain served as one of four panelists discussing Arkansas’s “stand your ground” law at the Pulaski County Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education Webinar.

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The Arkansas Court of Appeals reversed a trial court order entering a default judgment against two churches. The appellate court ruled that the default judgment was void because the trial court entered it sua sponte and in the absence of the plaintiff filing a motion requesting it.

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Continuing legal education presentation on Dist. of Columbia v. Wesby, 138 S. Ct. 577 (2018); Comcast Corp. v. Nat’l Ass鈥檔 of Afr. Am.-Owned Media, 140 S. Ct. 1009 (2020); and Bostock v. Clayton Cnty., 140 S. Ct. 1731 (2020).

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Professor Cain discussed the proliferation of law enforcement鈥檚 use of license plate reading technology and what impact, if any, Riley v. California, 573 U.S. 373 (2014) and Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018) may have on the constitutionality of the use of that technology in the absence of a search warrant.

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Continuing legal education presentation on Supreme Court cases N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass鈥檔, Inc. v. City of New York; Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.; Ramos v. Louisiana; Kansas v. Glover; and Comcast Corp. v. Nat鈥檒 Assoc. of African Am.鈥揙wned Media.

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