Gov. Jan Brewer loses bid to get immigration ruling reconsidered
A court has rejected Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's request to reconsider a ruling that blocked her policy of denying driver's licenses to young immigrants who have avoided deportation under an Obama...
View Article9th Circuit OKs suit claiming police made man pretend to be taller, then...
Size does matter when it comes to executing arrest warrants. However, a federal judge gave short shrift to a civil rights suit claiming that law enforcement officers falsely arrested a California man...
View ArticleAssistant US attorney named to state high court
In his effort to diversify the judicial branch, Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday nominated a deputy assistant U.S. attorney general to fill a vacant seat on the California Supreme Court. The governor...
View ArticleBrewer loses bid to get ruling on immigrant driver's licenses reconsidered
An appeals court has turned down Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's request to reconsider its ruling that blocked her policy of denying driver's licenses to young immigrants who have avoided deportation under...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Dismisses Worker's "'Sweeping...
McClain v. County of Clark , No. 12-16888 : The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently sided with an employer in a case in which the former employee claimed that he was subjected to ageist remarks.
View Article9th Circuit Denies NOM's Bid To Intervene In Case Challenging Oregon's Gay...
The National Organization for Marriage has been rejected a third time in its attempt to intervene in a case challenging Oregon's ban on gay marriage. It is the latest in a string of losses for NOM...
View ArticleJustices to decide rights of disabled during arrests
The Supreme Court will decide whether police need to take a person's mental disability into consideration when making arrests. Justices to decide rights of disabled during arrests The Supreme Court...
View ArticleLaw Firm "Clawback" Suit Goes to Ninth Circuit
Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali in San Francisco said last week that he will allow a direct appeal to the Ninth Circuit from one of his rulings in the bankruptcy of Howrey LLP, skipping an intermediate...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Rejects Use of Preemptive Litigation to Validate Federal Approvals
The Ninth Circuit has rejected a "novel litigation strategy" that Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc., employed in an effort to preempt a possible litigation challenge to federal approvals that Shell received...
View ArticleAppeals Court Must Fix Dangerous 'Innocence of Muslims' Copyright Ruling
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and a coalition of technology and free speech organizations are asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to fix a disastrously wrongheaded...
View ArticleKozinski Successor Tapped for 9th Circuit
Judge Sidney Thomas will take over as chief of the 9th Circuit on Dec. 1, Montana news sources are reporting. Thomas will become the 11th chief judge of the nation's largest appellate court, and the...
View ArticleLos Angeles city council considers requiring gun owners to store, disable...
Gun owners would be required to store unused firearms in locked containers or apply their trigger locks, and ammunition sales would be tracked electronically, under a pair of proposals scheduled to go...
View ArticleArizona Court Upholds Giving Drivers' Licenses to Illegals
A federal court of appeals in Arizona has told Republican Gov. Jan Brewer that it will not reconsider a ruling that resulted in an injunction blocking the state from denying illegal immigrants a...
View ArticlePhysician-Assisted Suicide Fast Facts
Physician-assisted suicide is legal in four U.S. states and in one county of a fifth state. It is an option given to individuals by state law in Oregon, Vermont, and Washington.
View ArticleGun control group still trying to intervene in concealed-carry case
California Attorney General Kamala Harris and a national gun-control group are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider their effort to intervene in a case that could dramatically loosen...
View Article"Buying Your Peace" in a Class Action Settlement
For defense attorneys negotiating class action settlements, a major consideration is ensuring that their client has indeed "bought its peace" - and won't be facing follow-on litigation from plaintiffs...
View ArticleNetflix, Facebook, Twitter Voice Support for Google in 'Innocence of Muslims'...
Netflix, Facebook and Twitter are among the companies siding with Google as it defends itself against an actress' effort to force YouTube to remove the inflammatory "Innocence of Muslims" video that...
View Articlewww.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/26/concealed-carry-privilege-right-californi...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, that San Diego County's concealed carry permit regime was a violation of the 2nd Amendment. Gun store owners are seeing big sales, now...
View ArticleAlleged Internet threats key in case before high court
As his marriage began to crumble in 2010, and his job at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown hung in the balance, Anthony Elonis took to the Internet to vent his frustrations. He posted...
View ArticleMining group appeals ban on new Grand Canyon mines
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX - Two mining industry groups are appealing a federal judge's ruling upholding an Obama administration ban on new hard-rock mining claims near the Grand Canyon....
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