Sivak's new sentencing hearing set for October
A man sentenced to death for a Boise murder 30 years ago is set to be re-sentenced in an Ada County courtroom this fall.
View ArticleDrakes Bay Oyster Co. Begins Final Appeal To Stay Open
The fight over the government's demand that the Drakes Bay Oyster Company close up shop at the Point Reyes National Seashore heads Tuesday to a final appeal to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
View ArticleCourt: Calif. may have to hire Wiccan chaplain
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned a lower court decision that tossed out a lawsuit filed by two prisoners at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla.
View ArticlePhone books are nearly obsolete
When was the last time you looked up a telephone number by flipping through the white or yellow pages of a big, bulky phone book? A survey done for WhitePages, the online white pages outfit behind the...
View ArticleCourt Says California Prisons May Have To Hire Wiccan Chaplain
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court gave new life to a decades-long battle by Wiccan inmates for access to their own full-time chaplain.
View ArticleCalif. consumers may see rebate from energy crisis
The California Public Utilities Commission praised the judge's interim ruling as a victory for a state that saw energy prices spike to unprecedented heights amid rolling blackouts in the summer of 2000.
View ArticleActivists: Japanese whaling boat collides with 2 anti-whaling ships, tanker
A Japanese whaling boat has collided with two anti-whaling ships and a refuelling boat near Antarctica, an activist group said Wednesday.
View ArticleNinth Circuit addreses UCL extraterritorial reach: AT&T Mobility LLC v. AU...
In AT&T Mobility LLC v. AU Optronics Corp. , ___ F.3d ___ , the Ninth Circuit took up one of the indirect-purchaser opt-out cases in the LCDs price-fixing matter, and held as follows: To the extent...
View ArticleCourt rules against manager in spat with CEO
A store manager's inability to be physically present at work during the busy season was a legitimate business reason for her termination, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
View ArticleJury eyes Homer PD role in shooting
Attorneys are in the U.S. District Court in Anchorage for the third week, arguing Homer police were not responsible for harm when an infant was shot in an airport arrest gone-wrong nearly seven years ago.
View ArticleAppeals court tosses child enticement charges against Akron man
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View ArticleSeattle’s failed yellow-pages fight may cost $500K
The city of Seattle has reached a tentative agreement to pay $500,000 to settle its losing fight against publishers of yellow-pages phone books, according to two sources familiar with the lawsuit.
View ArticleFebruary 2013: Trial Practice Update
In the case of United States v. Gupta , the courtroom deputy had asked the defendant's brother and girlfriend to leave the courtroom because there were insufficient seats for them in the gallery along...
View ArticleInmates' quest for paid Wiccan chaplain is resurrected by 9th Circuit
A federal appeals court has ruled that female inmates may pursue their claim that California prison officials violated the Constitution by refusing to hire a full-time Wiccan chaplain.
View ArticleHorse advocates must wait for 1st Amendment ruling
There may or may not be too many horses on federal lands in the West but there's not enough U.S. district judges in Nevada to deal with an appeal over First Amendment rights at wild horse roundups...
View ArticleProposition 8 challenge: Same-sex marriage advocates urge U.S....
Gay marriage advocates on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down California's ban on same-sex nuptials and declare all such state laws unconstitutional.
View ArticleSea Shepherd sabotages Nisshin Maru refueling
On February 20 around 1100JST until about 1200JST during refueling operations, the Antarctic whale research mother ship Nisshin Maru and her supply tanker were subject to sabotage by the Sea Shepherd...
View ArticleYouTube Opposes Actress' Bid To Remove 'Muslims' Film
The video-sharing service YouTube argues in new court papers that it has a free-speech right to continue to display the controversial "Innocence of Muslims" clip.
View ArticleAppeals court: Indian voting lawsuit can go on
An appellate court has ruled a lawsuit seeking satellite voting offices on three Montana reservations can go on.
View ArticleNinth Circuit ruling favors MERS
The Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems , and its parent company MERSCORP , received a favorable court ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which affirmed a lower court's...
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