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  • Anti-sodomy law judgment [India HC]
  • Pre-nuptial agreement judgment [UK CA]
  • California emissions standards ruling [EPA]
  • Franken senate race ruling [Minnesota SC]
  • Lisbon Treaty ruling [Germany CC]


  • Thursday, July 02, 2009

    Anti-sodomy law judgment [India HC]
    3:21 AM ET

    Naz Foundation v. Government of NCT of Delhi, et al., High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, July 2, 2009 [decriminalizing homosexual conduct by declaring India's anti-sodomy law unconstitutional].



    Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the legality of homosexual activity in various countries around the world.



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    Pre-nuptial agreement judgment [UK CA]
    3:11 AM ET

    Radmacher v. Granatin, Court of Appeal of England and Wales, July 2, 2009 [recognizing a pre-nuptial agreement for the first time in the UK, where they have been generally disregarded by courts hearing divorce proceedings].



    Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on pre-nuptial agreements.



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    Tuesday, June 30, 2009

    California emissions standards ruling [EPA]
    4:49 PM ET

    California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California’s 2009 and Subsequent Model Year Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles, Environmental Protection Agency, June 30, 2009 [granting permission to California to enforce its own greenhouse gas emissions standards].



    Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency.



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    Franken senate race ruling [Minnesota SC]
    4:37 PM ET

    Sheehan, et al. v. Franken, Minnesota Supreme Court, June 30, 2009 [declaring Democrat Al Franken the winner of Minnesota's 2008 US Senate race over incumbent opponent Norm Coleman].



    Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on controversial senate races.



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    Lisbon Treaty ruling [Germany CC]
    4:04 PM ET

    Lisbon Treaty ruling, German Constitutional Court, June 30, 2009 [holding that the European Union reform treaty, also known as the Lisbon Treaty, is compatible with the German Basic Law, but requires parliamentary reforms before it can be ratified].



    Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on issues surrounding the Lisbon Treaty.



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