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 Monday, June 02, 2008 |
Paralegal fees recovery ruling [US SC]
3:57 PM ET
Richlin Security Service v. Chertoff, US Supreme Court, June 2, 2008 [holding that after prevailing in a lawsuit against the federal government, a plaintiff may be reimbursed for paralegal services in the amount billed, not just at cost]. Read the full text of the opinion [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Saturday, May 31, 2008 |
Voting Rights Act Section 5 ruling [US DC]
3:46 PM ET
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Mukasey, US District Court for the District of Columbia, May 30, 2008 [upholding the validity of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires states or towns with histories of racial discrimination to get approval from either a court or the US Department ofJustice prior to making changes in their electoral procedures]. Read the full text of the opinion [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 |
NY recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages memo [NY Governor]
3:37 PM ET
Memorandum ordering New York state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages legal performed outside of New York, New York Governor's Office May 14, 2008. Read the full text of the memorandum [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
Cluster bombs treaty draft [DDCCM]
3:34 PM ET
Draft treaty to ban the use, manufacture, and stockpiling of cluster munitions as agreed at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions, May 28, 2008. Read the full text of the draft treaty [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Report 2008 [Amnesty International]
3:22 PM ET
Amnesty International Report 2008: the state of the world's human rights, Amnesty International, May 28, 2008 [condemning the US and other Western democratic states for their attempts to roll back some fundamental principles of human rights in their efforts to combat terrorism]. Read the full text of the report [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
Alabama Voter Rights Act violation ruling [US SC]
3:07 PM ET
Riley v. Kennedy, US Supreme Court, May 27, 2008 [holding that returning to a previous election law when a new one was struck down by the Supreme Court of Alabama was not a violation of the Voter Rights Act, which seeks to guard against racial discrimination, because there had been no change to the law in need of clearance by federal authorities]. Read the full text of the opinion [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Age discrimination retaliation ruling [US SC]
3:05 PM ET
Gomez-Perez v. Potter, US Supreme Court, May 27, 2008 [holding that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects government employees who complain of age discrimination from subsequent retaliation]. Read the full text of the opinion [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Sunday, May 25, 2008 |
Jean-Pierre Bemba arrest warrant [ICC]
3:02 PM ET
Arrest warrant for former Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba in connection with war crimes and acts of genocide allegedly committed in the Central African Republic, International Criminal Court, unsealed May 23, 2008. Read the full text of the sealed arrest warrant and the decision to unseal the arrest warrant [texts, PDF; in French]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Friday, May 23, 2008 |
Singapore-Malaysia light beacon island ruling [ICJ]
2:58 PM ET
Case Concerning Soverignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore), International Court of Justice, May 23, 2008 [holding that a small, uninhabited island on which Singapore operates a light beacon does belong to the country, ending a 38-year dispute over ownership of the island between it and neighboring Malaysia]. Read the full text of the opinion [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Omar Khadr access to documents ruling [Canada SC]
2:56 PM ET
Minister of Justice v. Omar Khadr, Supreme Court of Canada, May 23, 2008 [holding that Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen detained by the US at Guantanamo Bay military prison, has a constitutional right to see confidential documents compiled by Canadian officials following interviews with him, but that the government can withhold some information for national security purposes]. Read the full text of the decision [text, HTML]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Monday, April 28, 2008 |
Indiana voter ID ruling [US SC]
3:44 PM ET
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, US Supreme Court, April 28, 2008 [ruling that an Indiana voter ID law does not put an undue burden on the right to vote and therefore does not violate the US Constitution]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008 |
Louisiana school Bible distribution ruling [US DC]
3:39 PM ET
John Roe v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board, et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, April 22, 2008 [ruling that a school district must stop the distribution of Bibles in schools as it constitutes a religious activity without a secular purpose]. Read the full text of the order and reasons [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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UK terror suspects asset freeze ruling [UK HC]
3:34 PM ET
A, K, M, Q & G and H.M. Treasury, UK High Court of Justice Queen's Bench Division Administrative Court, April 24, 2008 [ruling that the British Treasury Department may not freeze the assets of suspected terrorists without obtaining parliamentary approval]. Read the full text of the judgment. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 |
Katrina insurance fraud claim dismissal [US DC]
3:30 PM ET
Thomas C., and Pamela McIntosh, v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, April 21, 2008 [dismissing claims of fraud against State Farm Insurance by a Mississippi couple who claimed that the company denied their insurance claim for damage from Hurricane Katrina]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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EPA chief post-9/11 statement ruling [2nd Circuit]
3:23 PM ET
Benzman, et al. v. Whitman, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, April 22, 2008 [ruling that former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman cannot be sued for making allegedly misleading reassurances about the air quality in New York after the September 11, 2001 attacks]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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