New Twist In Disney Vs DeSantis: Mouse House Wants To Scale Down Lawsuit The dispute between Disney and DeSantis began more than a year ago when the former rejected the "don't say gay" statute in Florida Zenger · Sep 7, 2023
Federal court panel overturns Alabama’s revised congressional redistricting plan A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on Sept. 5 that the revised congressional district boundaries that the Alabama legislature enacted on July 21, 2023, were not in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The state adopted the revised congressional map… Ballotpedia · Sep 6, 2023
District Court in Florida Concludes Voters Lack Standing to Challenge Trump's Eligibility A lawsuit to keep Donald Trump off the Florida primary ballot fails. Reason · Sep 2, 2023
Court rules in favour of transgender woman at Wyoming sorority A sorority being sued because its University of Wyoming chapter admitted a transgender woman seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, saying sorority rules allow the woman's membership and a court can't interfere with that The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023
Mark Meadows grilled on witness stand over Trump’s Georgia call to ‘find’ votes and false election claims Former White House chief of staff and others want to transfer the RICO case out of the state’s hands The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2023
U.S. court stays extradition of Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Rana pending his appeal U.S. Court orders stay on extradition of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana to India for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. District Judge Fischer overrides Biden administration’s appeal, grants Rana's application for stay pending appeal to Ninth Circuit Court. Rana has raised serious legal questions and public interest favours him. NIA ready… The Hindu · Aug 22, 2023
Legal fight over Texas law banning transgender health care for youth centers on whether treatments help or hurt Texas families and health care providers sued the state over Senate Bill 14, which restricts transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care. The groups are requesting an injunction from a state district court judge before the law goes into effect on Sept. 1. The Texas Tribune · Aug 15, 2023
Supreme Court Lets Biden's 'Ghost Gun' Regulations Stand Pending Ongoing Lawsuit The plaintiffs in VanDerStok think that BATF's 2022 regulations defining certain gun-making kits as legally the same as guns overreached its constitutional authority. Reason · Aug 9, 2023
Southwest Airlines Falsely Accuses Mom of Trafficking Biracial Daughter Plus: Backpage trial pushed back, Bidenomics doens't resonate, and more... Reason · Aug 7, 2023
Risk of Physical Harm to Woman Involved in Ghislaine Maxwell Litigation May Justify Sealing Her Identity, holds the Second Circuit, though it leaves it to the trial court to consider the facts further. Reason · Aug 7, 2023
Texas AG appeals judge’s order that allows women with complicated pregnancies to get abortions State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum on Friday issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban. Hours later, the attorney general’s office filed an appeal, which blocked the order. The Texas Tribune · Aug 5, 2023
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions Moot beaches, sparking the French Revolution, and cash-bail advocacy. Reason · Aug 4, 2023
Ninth Circuit Rejects Claim that University Libeled Students and Coaches by Falsely Accusing Them of Blackface Skit From Day v. California Lutheran Univ., decided yesterday by Ninth Circuit Judges Gabriel Sanchez and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., and District Court Judge Brian Jackson (M.D. La.) (reversing a decision I blogged about last Fall): In January 2020, a group of students from the California Lutheran University ("CLU") women's softball team… Reason · Aug 2, 2023
Alabama redistricting plaintiffs formally object to state’s newly enacted congressional map The plaintiffs in Allen v. Milligan filed a formal objection on July 28 with United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama regarding the state’s revised congressional district boundaries. The plaintiffs requested that the court prohibit the state from using the new boundaries and appoint a special master to draw… Ballotpedia · Aug 2, 2023
Reason · Jul 25, 2023 Against One-Sided Pseudonymity in Sexual Assault Cases I thought I'd pass along amicus brief that I submitted earlier this month in Doe v. Sidar, an appeal of a case where the District Court reconsidered its earlier position in favor of pseudonymity. Here's the Summary of Argument: In deciding this case, this Court ought to be attentive to…
Reason · Jul 20, 2023 Grandmother Has Right to Publish Government Documents About Investigation into Grandson's Death The Third Circuit holds that, once the government released the documents, it couldn't then forbid the grandmother (or others) from publishing them.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 20, 2023 Rapper G Herbo pleads guilty to using stolen credit cards to pay for private jets, luxury cars, stay at Jamaican villa G Herbo, whose real name is Herbert Wright III, signed a plea deal Wednesday in federal court in Boston, admitting wire fraud and lying to federal agents.
Pedestrian.tv · Jul 20, 2023 A 29 Y.O. Sydney High School Teacher Was Jailed For Secretly Filming Up Female Students’ Skirts The teacher was sentenced to jail on Wednesday, only to be released on bail hours later.
Reason · Jul 19, 2023 District Court Strikes Down Race Preference in USDA's and SBA's Contracting Schemes From Judge Clifton Corker's opinion today in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. (E.D. Tenn.) [UPDATE: link fixed]: This case concerns whether, under the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection, Defendants the United States' Department of Agriculture ("USDA") and the Small Business Administration ("SBA") may use a "rebuttable…
Reason · Jul 10, 2023 District Court Injunction Sets off Fireworks Episode 467 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
Ballotpedia · Jul 7, 2023 Biden’s 100th U.S. District Court judge confirmed Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:
The Hindu · Jul 6, 2023 Biden administration urges court to deny Tahawwur Rana's petition against extradition to India The Biden administration has urged a court in California to deny the writ of habeas corpus filed by Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana and reiterated that he be extradited to India where he is sought for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Reason · Jul 5, 2023 Plaintiff's Being a Possibly Vexatious Litigant May Be Basis for Denying Pseudonymity, even when plaintiff's lawsuit was connected to her having been allegedly sexually assaulted, which has often (but not always) been seen as a basis for allowing pseudonymity.
Reason · Jul 5, 2023 10th Cir. Narrowly Reads "Injury Litigated Against Would Be Incurred" Basis for Pseudonymous Litigation The court concludes that this justification doesn't generally let plaintiffs sue pseudonymously in libel or disclosure of private facts that seek damages.
Reason · Jul 4, 2023 Just The Facts, Ma'am The importance of the trial records in Students for Fair Admissions and 303 Creative