7th Circuit Appears Poised to Reject Physicians' Obamacare Challenge
After a morning spent skewering an anti-Obamacare lawyer, the 7th Circuit appears poised to throw out a politically conservative medical association's challenge to the law to avoid a "breathtaking...
View ArticleWater Rights Dispute Has 9th Circ. Flummoxed
Against the backdrop of a 100-year California-wide drought, 9th Circuit Judge Richard Tallman told attorneys for the government, environmental groups and state water contractors that a quick decision...
View ArticleGoogle Hit With Second Lawsuit Over 'Innocence Of Muslims'
Gaylord Flynn alleges in his complaint, filed last week U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, that Google's search results pages display links to pirated copies of the...
View ArticleNo Violation in DHL's Retirement Plan Change
DHL's decision to refuse certain retirement-plan transfers from former Airborne Express employees does not violate anti-cutback rules, the 9th Circuit ruled Monday. DHL, the world's largest logistics...
View ArticleGuest Blogger Professor Wendy Parmet - The King v. Governor of the...
Guest Blogger Professor Wendy Parmet - The King v. Governor of the State of New Jersey: Applying the First Amendment to Laws Regulating Physician Speech Last week's decision by the U.S. Court of...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Guts Student Free Speech, Upholds 'Heckler's Veto' of the...
This morning the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined a request for an en banc hearing in a case holding that school officials could censor students who peacefully wore American flag clothing...
View ArticleBarry Bonds appeal heads back to court
Nearly 11 years after Barry Bonds testified before a grand jury investigating the illegal distribution of performance-enhancing drugs, a group of judges will hear arguments Thursday on whether...
View ArticleBarry Bonds appeal heads back to court
Barry Bonds gets another attempt to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction when an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments in his case Thursday. Bonds testified...
View ArticleAmerican flag T-shirt case: court refuses to rehear challenge
Rejecting free speech arguments from parents, Republican lawmakers and conservative groups, a federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to reconsider a ruling that found a South Bay high school had...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Holds State Action Immunity Doctrine Bars Claims Against...
The California Legislature specifically authorized San Diego not only to build a convention center but also to create a commission that would "manage the use" of the convention center. This type of...
View ArticleRemembering Dan Markel: FSU Holds Memorial for Slain Law Professor
Yesterday, Florida State University College of Law held a memorial service for the late Professor Dan Markel . In addition to teaching, Markel was a well-known legal blogger who founded the widely read...
View ArticleSmall Native American Tribe andU.S. Duke it out at the 9th Circuit
Judges on the 9th Circuit's en banc panel hearing California's challenge of the Big Lagoon Rancheria's plans to build a casino in Humboldt County lambasted the state Wednesday for resurrecting stale...
View Article9th Circuit OKs one late habeas filing, nixes another, says both inmates...
Updated: For the second time in one week, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling in an inmate's case seeking to have an untimely habeas petition heard. Both...
View ArticleCourt upholds civil verdict against LAPD for withholding evidence
Panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Los Angeles' appeal of a $106,000 jury award to Michael Walker, pictured. Panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously...
View ArticleCourt upholds civil verdict against LAPD for withholding evidence
Panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Los Angeles' appeal of a $106,000 jury award to Michael Walker, pictured. Panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously...
View ArticleLaw Professor Catches Incorrect Law Used in Multiple Court Opinions
Summary: A law professor has noticed that the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has copied and pasted an incorrect passage of law for inclusion in over twelve of its unpublished opinions. A...
View ArticleChild-porn conviction is tossed:Navy surveillance is blamed
Navy criminal investigators repeatedly and routinely peeked into the computers of private citizens in Washington state and elsewhere, a violation of the law so "massive" and egregious that an appeals...
View ArticleAlleged rape victim can sue El Segundo networking website, appeals court rules
An aspiring model who said she was drugged and raped on video by two men who lured her to a fake audition after she posted information about herself on a networking website can sue the El Segundo-based...
View ArticleLawsuit seeks to ban 'tin can' rail cars
A trio of environmental organizations is suing the federal government, seeking to stop the use of a type of rail car that carries highly flammable crude oil through areas that include the Hudson Valley.
View ArticleGOP Candidate Susanne Atanus Asks Courts To Uphold Gay Marriage Bans Because...
Susanne Atanus, a fringe Republican candidate for Congress, has asked two federal courts to uphold state bans on gay marriage, arguing that allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry will anger God. She...
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