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12 Oct 2016, 9:19 am
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) [official website] is unconstitutional, holding that too much power is vested in its director, Richard Cordray. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 6:11 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that a federal law prohibiting payment for vital organs does not apply to all types of bone marrow transplants, opening the door for compensation to be paid to a specific type of bone marrow donors. [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 3:03 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled [opinion, PDF] Wednesday that victims of forced abortions are "statutorily entitled" to prevent their removal from the United States by requesting asylum under Sec. 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act [text]. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 7:00 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] indecency policy [text] is unconstitutional. [read post]
6 Dec 2005, 8:32 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion text, PDF] Tuesday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [official website] lacks the statutory authority to compel lawyers to provide periodic notice of privacy to clients under the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act [text], regulating "financial institutions. [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 11:41 am
[JURIST] Two federal appeals courts in the US issued conflicting rulings within hours of one another on Tuesday, as the federal court system continues to grapple with the legal ramifications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [tex, PDF]. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 8:11 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday that victims of the $7 million Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Allen Stanford [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] may pursue a class action lawsuit. [read post]
4 Jun 2016, 1:26 pm
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] on Friday asked [petition, PDF] a federal appeals court to vacate sanctions imposedd by a district judge. [read post]
12 Jun 2017, 12:45 pm
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Monday ruled against [opinion, PDF; case materials] the majority of President Donald Trump's revised executive order limiting travel from six Muslim-majority countries. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 8:04 am
[JURIST] A unanimous three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Tuesday held [opinion, PDF] that, pursuant to the equal protection clause, sexual orientation is not a permissible basis upon which to exclude jurors during the federal "void dire," or jury selection, process. [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 8:37 am
[JURIST] Judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] on Friday upheld [opinion, PDF] a verdict in favor of Royal Dutch Shell PLC [corporate website] in a case brought by families of Nigerian protesters who were executed [UNHCR backgrounder] by the previous Nigerian government in 1995 for speaking out against the oil company. [read post]
8 Jan 2018, 8:47 am
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] ruled unanimously [opinion, PDF] Friday that a Baltimore law [text] that requires pro-life pregnancy clinics to post signage in their waiting rooms stating that they do not offer or refer women for abortions, is unconstitutional. [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 9:47 am
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Wednesday against a New Hampshire law banning electronic devices in the ballot booth, making way for individuals to take "selfies" when voting. [read post]
21 Mar 2014, 4:20 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Thursday ruled [opinion, PDF] that California's controversial voter-approved DNA collection law [text, PDF] likely passes constitutional scrutiny. [read post]
3 Nov 2016, 12:26 pm
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [official website] on Wednesday threw out [opinion, PDF] a challenge to Ohio's execution secrecy law. [read post]
20 Apr 2018, 7:09 am
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [official website] on Thursday ruled that Indiana's recent abortion law, House Enrolled Act No. 1337 [text], is unconstitutional [opinion, PDF]. [read post]
10 Oct 2016, 1:45 pm
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] ruled [order, PDF] against Native American tribes on Sunday, allowing construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline to move forward. [read post]
20 May 2017, 8:30 pm
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Friday ruled [Opinion, PDF] that the Arizona Department of Corrections' (ADC) [official website] outgoing mail policy calling for a "page-by-page content review" of inmates' confidential outgoing legal mail violated the First and Sixth Amendments of the US Constitution. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 12:38 pm
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] on Tuesday affirmed [opinion, PDF] the life sentence of Ahmed Abu Ali, a US citizen who joined al Qaeda while studying abroad in Saudi Arabia. [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 9:02 am
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that the government cannot refuse to register trademarks that might be considered disparaging or offensive. [read post]
