Blog: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to review city of Reno lawsuit against...
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View ArticleGlacier airport files lawsuit to keep tower open
Glacier Park International Airport's owner is attempting to block the closure of its air-traffic control tower scheduled for next month.
View ArticleNinth Circuit Court Of Appeals Upholds City's Invocation Policy For Council...
In Rubin v. City of Lancaster , the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's determination that the city council's invocation policy and practice did not amount to an unconstitutional...
View ArticleRoy Altman: Judges For Lax Border Security
The Ninth Circuit ignores 127 years of precedent allowing U.S. agents to search those trying to enter the country.
View ArticleGoogle Takes on Rare Fight Against National Security Letter
Google has filed a rare petition to challenge an ultra-secret national security letter issued by the government to obtain private data about one or more of its users.
View ArticleAntitrust and Competition Newsletter - April 2013
A Modern Look at The Nine Patent Licensing 'No-Nos' : The Last Five 'No-Nos' In the 1970s, Bruce Wilson, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the Department of Justice, developed a well known...
View ArticleCourt allows opponents of BISD election delay to have a say
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday granted a motion that allows a group of four candidates to intervene against a lawsuit that seeks to delay the Beaumont Independent School District's May...
View ArticlePort of Portland taking public comment on proposed 'parallel runway' at...
A proposal to construct another runway at the Hillsboro Airport is back after being initially stymied by Washington County residents two years ago.
View ArticleRe: Richard Cebull Retires: Judge Who Forwarded Racist Obama Email...
HELENA, Mont.- Montana's chief federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama.
View ArticleCourt of Appeals Sides with ARTBA in Clean Water Act Case
The Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the American Road & Transportation Builders Association over the scope of the federal Clean Water Act.
View ArticleASG court battles with Marisco, BoH put to rest
The parties in American Samoa Government's two separate appeals in its legal battle with the Bank of Hawai'i have reached a Settlement Agreement and have stipulated to dismiss with prejudice the...
View ArticleGovernment states its case in ongoing Inverness oyster farm saga
In the ongoing fight surrounding the Drakes Bay Oyster Co., the U.S. Department of the Interior filed a legal brief this week saying the closure of the business is in the public's best interest.
View ArticleGlacier Airport Tower Closure Delayed Following Lawsuits
Glacier Park International Airport's air traffic control tower will remain open until June 15.
View ArticleStop the Presses: Utility Poles in Place Are Not Point Sources; Neither Are...
As we noted last month, the Supreme Court has determined that logging roads are not point sources subject to stormwater regulation under the Clean Water Act.
View ArticleAmid Calls for Reform, a Rare Computer Crime Case Goes to Trial
He won his case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and made new law in the process.
View ArticleUnder the U.S. Supreme Court: FBI handcuffed in war on terror?
A ruling last month by a federal judge in San Francisco for the moment has removed one of the FBI's most effective tools against terrorism, or upheld the Constitution's protections against unchecked...
View ArticleFederal court upholds ruling against Clark County teachers union
A federal court of appeals upheld a 2010 civil judgment against John Vellardita, now executive director of the Clark County teachers union, and other leaders of his former union in Oakland, Calif.,...
View ArticleLegislating Allegation of Genocide
Santa Barbara Independent, CA April 6 2013 Legislating Allegation of Genocide Friday, April 5, 2013 By Omer Komili, Goleta As a member of the Pax Turcica Institute, I share the pain of innocent...
View ArticleWill another Obama judicial nominee face GOP roadblocks? Recent history says...
First, though, the Obama administration's appellate court nominee must survive a Senate obstacle course that has toppled others before him.
View ArticleSupreme Court Reverses 9th Circuit on Logging Roads, Deferring to EPA ...
On March 20, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 7-1 decision that Clean Water Act permits are not required for stormwater runoff from logging roads.
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