Sunday, June 20, 2010
BY DIANA FISHLOCK
Message from the Supreme Court: “Privacy? LOL. Use ur phone.”

The court last week unanimously upheld a police department’s search of an officer’s personal, sometimes sexually explicit, messages on a government-owned pager, saying the search did not violate his constitutional rights.

The common-sense message to all employees: If you want privacy, use your own cell phone, pager or computer.
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On April 16, 2010, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted Attorney Andrew Shubin’s petition for allocatur in Commonwealth v. Zortman, a 2006 drug trafficking case prosecuted by the Attorney General’s office. The Supreme Court will hear argument on whether Zortman, the then girlfriend of a Clearfield County drug dealer, should be hit with a five year mandatory minimum state prison sentence based upon the presence of an inoperable firearm in the residence. Shubin, who represented Zortman in the appellate proceedings, expects the case to be briefed and argued before the end of the year.

Jun. 29, 2006 –The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Pennsylvania prison policy yesterday, saying that officials have the legal authority to keep mainstream newspapers and magazines from the most incorrigible inmates. (more…)

State College man to argue case involving inmate rights

State College lawyer Andrew Shubin has an opportunity to do what most lawyers can only dream about: argue a case before the United States Supreme Court. (more…)