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21 Jun 2012, 8:32 pm
The following is our summary of the Supreme Court’s actions on petitions for review in civil cases from the Court’s conference on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 7:38 pm
Unlike diversity claims, federal question cases do not have any monetary jurisdictional limits. [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 10:58 am
Unlike diversity claims, federal question cases do not have any monetary jurisdictional limits. [read post]
2 Aug 2010, 7:59 am
Unlike diversity claims, federal question cases do not have any monetary jurisdictional limits. [read post]
11 May 2022, 9:03 am
NEW REPORT: No Eviction Without Representation Tenants’ right to legal representation in eviction cases is a civil liberties issue, a gender justice, racial justice, and economic justice issue. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 1:40 pm
The Supreme Court disagreed and held that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel only applies to criminal proceedings, even if a civil proceeding (like the one Mr. [read post]
25 Oct 2012, 11:27 am
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a hearing to determine whether someone has purged him- or herself of a previous court order of civil contempt is a civil rather than a criminal proceeding, and, therefore, the Due Process Clauses of the U.S. and Ohio constitutions do not guarantee an indigent parent the right to appointed counsel at a civil-contempt purge hearing in a child support case [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 4:33 pm
If a libertarian group successfully sues the government and becomes legally entitled to attorney’s fees, is it consistent with libertarian philosophy to seek those fees from the government — essentially getting the taxpayer to fund your litigation campaign? [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 8:13 am
Union of India that the said Babri Mosque had no special religious significance for the people who followed Islam.Civil Courts have the power to adjudicate on questions of violations of fundamental rights under Article 25 and 26 of the Constitution in a civil suit (Most Rev. [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 10:48 am
They appealed to the ECHR arguing that their trial was unfair because the court should have applied criminal, rather than civil standards of proof. [read post]
21 Jun 2014, 1:39 am
” The outrage over what happened to the three young men sharply increased public support for the Civil Rights Movement, paving the way for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. [read post]
13 Apr 2009, 4:57 pm
Stephen Loffredo (CUNY) and Don Friedman (Empire Justice Center at the William Randolph Hearst Public Advocacy Center at Touro) recently published Gideon Meets Goldberg: The Case for a Qualified Right to Counsel in Welfare Hearings as part of the Touro... [read post]
12 Jun 2024, 5:35 am
Early consultation can help you understand your rights and obligations. [read post]
22 Apr 2019, 4:00 am
Furthermore, in observing that other courts had held there is no jury trial right under the UCL, the Hodge court cited to [three cases] all holding that there is no Sixth Amendment right to jury trial under UCL, a conclusion with which we agree but which is not apposite to the right to jury trial in a civil case. [read post]
28 Sep 2009, 1:40 pm
"The Court ultimately disagreed that the civil contempt order in Harris’ case became a de facto criminal contempt order holding that an "order of civil contempt will only become punitive if a contemnor is unable to comply with the order, or if the circumstances indicate that a court is maintaining the contempt for an impermissible punitive purpose. [read post]
8 Nov 2015, 8:14 am
Many of the routine civil rights cases that I see involve the issue of respect and authority. [read post]
21 Feb 2023, 9:01 am
Supreme Court has added another high-profile case to its docket, agreeing to address the religious rights of employees. [read post]
27 Jul 2021, 4:58 am
In the case of Reed v. [read post]
15 May 2009, 7:49 am
Civil Rights: During her years on the Second Circuit, Sotomayor has decided cases involving race, sex, age and disability discrimination. [read post]
17 Feb 2013, 11:33 am
Boasberg (D.D.C.) in two separate cases in the last four weeks or so rebuffed an argument by the U.S. [read post]
