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17 Feb 2004, 2:25 am
In Paris Tuesday, French prosecutors said they have appealed against the conviction of former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe, now Mayor of Bordeaux and the head of President Jacque Chirac's political party, who last month received an 18-month suspended sentence and was subjected to a 10-year ban on political activity - essentially ending his political career - after the court found him guilty [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 8:59 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material at this church website offensive; BBC report], is entitled to a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of a Missouri state statute [text] banning protesters from [read post]
6 Nov 2008, 10:06 pm
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] that a statute [10 U.S.C. [read post]
1 Jun 2022, 11:02 am
View Article The post Introducing New Evidence When Appealing Family Law Decisions appeared first on Jason Howie. [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]
30 Oct 2007, 12:01 pm
[JURIST] Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Tuesday appealed the sentences [JURIST report] imposed on war crimes convicts Mile Mrksic and Veselin Sljivancanin [BBC profiles; ICTY case backgrounder], who were convicted in connection with the killings of over 200 Croatian prisoners of war near Vukovar [BBC backgrounder] in 1991 [read post]
28 Feb 2008, 11:06 am
[JURIST] Afghan Deputy Chief Judge Mohammed Omar Ishaqzai said that Afghan journalism student Sayad Parwaz Kambaksh should be permitted to appeal a death sentence that resulted from a trial where he says he was not represented by a lawyer [JURIST report], the Independent reported Thursday. [read post]
21 Apr 2024, 3:47 pm
In Part 1 of this series, we saw that the number of cases calendared for a hearing at the Court of Appeals in the first 4 months since Rowan Wilson became New York's Chief Judge increased significantly. [read post]
28 Aug 2006, 1:15 pm
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [official website] has refused [opinion text, PDF] to grant an injunction to halt a new Oklahoma law [text, PDF] that requires parental notification at least 48 hours in advance of an abortion for a minor while Nova Health Systems [corporate website], the parent group of Tulsa's Reproductive Services clinic [clinic website], challenges the [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 7:36 am
[JURIST] Human rights groups Tuesday filed an appeal [PDF text; press release] of a March Federal Court of Canada ruling [PDF text; JURIST report] that the protections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms [text] do not extend to Afghan detainees captured by Canadian soldiers. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 6:04 am
[JURIST] An Italian appeals court on Friday upheld the convictions of 15 police officers, prison guards, and medical staff found guilty [JURIST report] of abusing anti-globalization protesters taken into custody during the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
18 Aug 2006, 2:47 am
[JURIST] The Court of Appeal division of the Supreme Court of Victoria [official website] in Australia on Friday quashed the conviction of Joseph Terrence "Jihad Jack" Thomas [advocacy website], the first Australian jailed under the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2002 [text]. [read post]
6 May 2005, 4:33 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Friday that FCC regulations prohibiting the manufacture of video and computer hardware without broadcast flag [MPAA FAQ] anti-piracy technology are invalid. [read post]
2 Aug 2006, 1:00 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] on Tuesday reversed the convictions [opinion text, PDF] of four former Merrill Lynch [corporate website] executives found guilty in connection with an Enron [corporate website; JURIST news archive] Nigerian barge scam. [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 9:27 am
[JURIST] The US Justice Department has withdrawn its notice of appeal of a federal judge's decision to vacate the conviction [PDF text; JURIST report] of former Enron founder Ken Lay [Houston Chronicle profile; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
24 Sep 2004, 1:33 pm
Lee Boyd Malvo, the teenager in the Washington-area "sniper" killings, plans to drop all appeals of his first conviction and will admit guilt in a second killing. [read post]
19 May 2007, 2:56 am
[JURIST] Spanish National Court prosecutors Friday appealed investigating magistrate Santiago Pedraz's indictment of three US soldiers with homicide and "a crime against the international community" in the 2004 death in Iraq of cameraman Jose Couso [advocacy website, in English; JURIST news archive], saying that soldiers did not commit a crime because the death was an "accident of war. [read post]
19 Jun 2007, 5:34 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled [PDF text] unanimously Monday that the warrantless search of e-mails stored on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) violates the Fourth Amendment [text], finding that e-mail users correctly maintain a reasonable expectation of privacy and rejecting the government's contention that an ISP's right to screen e-mails for spam and inappropriate [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]
