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Brandon Mayfield
Brandon Mayfield is a Portland, Oregon attorney wrongfully arrested by the FBI in May 2004 over the Madrid train bombings after a faulty fingerprint identification; Spanish police later matched the print to Ouhnane Daoud, triggering a 2006 OIG report and reforms.
Brandon S. Long
Brandon S. Long, also known as Brandon Scott Long, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana since 2023.
Brandy R. McMillion
Brandy Renée McMillion (born 1979) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Michigan since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Brantley D. Starr
Brantley D. Starr, also known as Brantley David Starr, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Texas since 2019.
Brazen bull
Brazen bull (bull of Phalaris): legendary ancient Greek execution device, a hollow bronze bull heated by fire, attributed to Perilaos of Athens and the tyrant Phalaris of Akragas; no archaeological evidence, earliest source Pindar, detail from Diodorus Siculus.
Breach and termination of guaranteed neutrality
Breach and termination of guaranteed neutrality: how treaty-guaranteed neutralized states (Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg) were violated, notably by Germany in 1914 and 1940, and how Belgian neutrality was formally abrogated under Versailles Article 31 and Locarno.
Breach of contract
Breach of contract: failure without lawful excuse to perform contractual obligations, by non-performance, defective or delayed performance, or renunciation. Covers material versus minor breach, anticipatory breach, termination, expectation damages, mitigation, liquidated damages, and CISG remedies.
Breach of the peace
Breach of the peace is a UK common law concept covering actual or threatened violence disturbing public order. Defined by R v Howell [1982]; limited by Laporte's imminence test; in Scotland a common law crime.
Breaking wheel
Breaking wheel (catherine wheel): European torture-execution in which the condemned, tied to a wheel or cross, had limbs broken with an iron bar; first used in Germany, edict of Francis I 1534, abolished in France at the Revolution, used in Germany to 1827.
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, is a British judge and the first woman to hold every senior post in UK law: Law Commissioner (1984), Law Lord (2004), Supreme Court Justice (2009), and Supreme Court President (2017–2020), best known for the 2019 prorogation judgment.
Brenda K. Sannes
Brenda Kay Sannes, born 1958, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of New York since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Brendan A. Hurson
Brendan Abell Hurson is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Maryland since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Brendan Dassey
Brendan Dassey, Wisconsin juvenile whose 2006 confession to the Teresa Halbach murder, featured in Making a Murderer, was ruled involuntary by federal courts but upheld en banc under AEDPA deference.
Brenna Bird
Brenna Bird is an American politician and attorney serving as Attorney General of Iowa, a Republican who took office in January 2023 after serving as a county attorney.
Breskvar v Wall
Breskvar v Wall ([1971] HCA 70, (1971) 126 CLR 376) is the High Court of Australia's leading Torrens-system case establishing immediate indefeasibility: registration vests title despite a void or fraudulent transfer instrument.
Brett H. Ludwig
Brett H. Ludwig (born 1969, Marshfield, WI) is a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, confirmed 91-5 in September 2020 after serving as a bankruptcy judge; dismissed Trump's 2020 Wisconsin election suit.
Brett Kavanaugh
Brett M. Kavanaugh, American Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since October 6, 2018; former D.C. Circuit judge, Bush White House staff secretary, and Kennedy clerk, confirmed 50-48 after a contentious 2018 hearing.
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination: President Trump's July 2018 nomination of D.C. Circuit judge Brett Kavanaugh to succeed Anthony Kennedy; confirmed 50-48 on October 6, 2018 after Ford allegations and a limited FBI investigation.
Brett Peter Cowan
Brett Peter Cowan (born 1969) is the Australian man convicted in 2014 of the 2003 abduction, sexual assault and murder of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe, caught by an undercover police sting, sentenced to life with a 20-year non-parole period.
Brian A. Jackson
Brian A. Jackson, born Brian Anthony Jackson, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Louisiana since 2010.
Brian C. Lea
Brian Charles Lea (born 1983) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Tennessee since 2026, nominated by President Donald J. Trump.
Brian C. Wimes
Brian C. Wimes is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri since 2012, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Brian Driscoll
Brian J. Driscoll, Jr., American former FBI special agent and Hostage Rescue Team commander, was Acting FBI Director January 20 to February 20, 2025 after a White House clerical error, resisted Justice Department demands for January 6 agent names, led the Critical Incident Response Group, was fired August 8, 2025, and sued Kash Patel.
Brian E. Murphy
Brian E. Murphy, also known as Brian Edward Murphy, is an American district judge in Massachusetts, nominated by President Biden and confirmed in December 2024.
Brian J. Davis
Brian J. Davis, born Brian Jordan Davis in 1953, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Brian M. Cogan
Brian M. Cogan is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York, appointed by George W. Bush in 2006.
Brian M. Morris
Brian M. Morris, also known as Brian Matthew Morris, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Montana since 2013.
Brian Mulroney
Brian Mulroney (1939–2024), Canada's 18th prime minister (1984–1993), Progressive Conservative leader who won the largest majority in Canadian history, signed the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement, created the GST, championed the Montreal Protocol, and received a 2024 state funeral.
Brian Nichols
Brian Gene Nichols, Fulton County Courthouse shooter of March 11, 2005, killed four people including Judge Rowland Barnes during his rape trial, was captured after a 26-hour manhunt, and in 2008 received life without parole.
Brian R. Martinotti
Brian R. Martinotti (born 1961) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of New Jersey since 2016, appointed by President Barack Obama.