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14 Mar 2006, 2:37 am
[JURIST] The Texas Third Court of Appeals [official website] Monday threw out more than 30 subpoenas issued by Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle [official website], who is investigating the political fundraising activities of former US House Majority Leader Rep. [read post]
19 Apr 2006, 6:43 am
[JURIST] The Texas Third Court of Appeals [official website] on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision [JURIST report] dismissing a conspiracy charge [JURIST document] against US Rep. [read post]
19 Aug 2004, 2:41 pm
The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that file-sharing software programs are legal and that peer-to-peer software developers cannot be held contributorily or vicariously liable for their user's copyright infringements, as long as they had no direct ability to block the illegal activity. [read post]
28 Dec 2005, 2:39 pm
[JURIST] The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals [official website] has agreed to hear arguments regarding the request of US Rep. [read post]
25 Feb 2004, 3:45 pm
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled today that a law requiring the registration of sex offenders does not imply those registered are a danger to society. [read post]
20 Sep 2004, 7:14 am
A three-judge panel of Ohio's Franklin County appeals court is expected to decide Monday afternoon on the validity of petitions used to put a proposal for a constitutional ban on gay marriage on the ballot in Ohio. [read post]
8 Nov 2006, 4:16 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] has upheld a lower court order [PDF text] vacating the criminal conviction of the former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay [Houston Chronicle profile; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
6 Jun 2009, 3:16 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] upheld [DOJ press release] on Friday the 2007 conviction of former Ku Klux Klan [ADL backgrounder] member James Ford Seale [JURIST news archive; Clarion Ledger backgrounder] for the kidnapping and deaths of two African American 19-year-olds in 1964. [read post]
20 Apr 2005, 2:29 pm
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said Wednesday that it will not reconsider its earlier decision [PDF opinion; JURIST report] barring the DOJ from seeking a $280 billion penalty in its racketeering lawsuit against tobacco companies. [read post]
7 Jan 2008, 9:58 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [official website] Monday ruled [opinion, PDF] that a 2005 lawsuit challenging the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) [PDF text] should not have been dismissed by a lower federal court. [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 6:14 am
[JURIST] The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals [official website] withdrew [judgment, PDF] class action status Tuesday from Enron shareholders who filed a shareholder derivative lawsuit [class action website] in October 2001. [read post]
7 Apr 2007, 5:06 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [official website] issued an emergency stay of an federal injunction Friday, hours after US District Judge Claude M. [read post]
8 Aug 2006, 7:25 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit [official website] declined Tuesday to review a US Department of Energy (DOE) [official website] proposal to move nuclear waste to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository [DOE materials] by rail, finding that some claims by the State of Nevada lacked merit while others were unripe. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 4:50 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled [PDF text] Tuesday that provisions in the Military Commissions Act [PDF text; JURIST news archive] stripping foreign nationals held as "enemy combatants" of the right to file habeas corpus petitions challenging their detentions do not violate the Suspension Clause [Art. [read post]
10 May 2006, 4:47 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on the controversial renomination of White House aide Brett Kavanaugh [White House backgrounder] to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 2:14 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] on Monday reversed and vacated [PDF opinion] a jury award of $2.5 million in punitive damages awarded to a Mississippi couple who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] and later sued State Farm Insurance for rejecting their homeowner insurance claim. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 1:51 am
[JURIST] Portions of the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) [text] and its 2004 amendment, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act [text] which make it a crime to help groups considered to be terrorist organizations by the US government are too vague, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday. [read post]
29 Sep 2004, 11:39 am
The US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals refused Wednesday to remove the district judge presiding over the trial of former Alabama Gov. [read post]
16 Aug 2006, 3:36 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion text, PDF] Tuesday that a Bible included in a monument in front of a Harris County, Texas [official website] civil courthouse [official website] promotes Christianity and thereby violates the US Constitution. [read post]
14 Oct 2005, 8:59 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] said Friday that it would not reconsider its decision [PDF text; JURIST report] to end a two-year ban on Canadian cattle imports. [read post]
