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  •  Buffalo Chip takes quest to become town before Supreme Court

    Buffalo Chip takes quest to become town before Supreme Court

    Recent Cases 09/21/2019

    The South Dakota Supreme Court will once again hear oral arguments in Buffalo Chip's quest to become a municipality, after a lower court ruled in February that the popular motorcycle rally campground near Sturgis must be dissolved as a town.The Rapid...

  • Gorsuch says US Supreme Court not split on partisan lines

    Gorsuch says US Supreme Court not split on partisan lines

    Law Firm News 09/19/2019

    The conventional wisdom that the court is split along partisan lines based on the political views of the president that appointed each justice is false, a U.S. Supreme Court justice said.Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke about civility to an audience of abo...

  •  EU court: Dutch tax deal with Starbucks is legal

    EU court: Dutch tax deal with Starbucks is legal

    Ethics 09/15/2019

    A European Union court overturned Tuesday a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between the Dutch government and Starbucks amounted to illegal state support for the coffee giant.Dutch authorities had clawed back 25.7 million euros ($28 ...

  • Court: First Amendment protects “hate group” label

    Court: First Amendment protects “hate group” label

    Legal Issues 09/15/2019

    A federal judge has ruled that a liberal advocacy group has a First Amendment right to call a Christian ministry a hate group for its opposition to homosexuality.U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, in a 141-page decision issued late Thursday, threw o...

  • Activist loses UK court case on police facial recognition

    Activist loses UK court case on police facial recognition

    Featured Articles 09/11/2019

    A British court ruled Wednesday that a police force's use of automated facial recognition technology is lawful, dealing a blow to an activist concerned about its implications for privacy.Existing laws adequately cover the South Wales police force's d...

  • Court rules Rams lawsuit can be heard in St. Louis courtroom

    Court rules Rams lawsuit can be heard in St. Louis courtroom

    Featured Articles 09/07/2019

    The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit filed over the Rams' departure from St. Louis will be heard in a St. Louis courtroom, a defeat for the NFL team's owner who sought to send the case to arbitration.The court issued its ruling Tuesday...

  • Court calls US enhanced interrogation techniques torture

    Court calls US enhanced interrogation techniques torture

    Legal Issues 09/05/2019

    A federal court in San Francisco has taken the unusual step of using the word "torture" to describe the treatment of a Palestinian man while he was in CIA custody following the Sept. 11 attacks.The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used the word in a 2-...

  • California high court eases secrecy limits on police records

    California high court eases secrecy limits on police records

    Recent Cases 08/28/2019

    California's Supreme Court is expanding 40-year-old rules for telling suspects when they've been arrested by a bad cop.The justices ruled unanimously Monday that police agencies' obligation to make sure suspects get a fair trial outweighs the privacy...

  •  India’s top court to examine change in Kashmir’s status

    India’s top court to examine change in Kashmir’s status

    National News 08/28/2019

    India’s top court on Wednesday took up legal challenges to the government’s decision to revoke Indian-controlled Kashmir’s special status and asked it to explain its stance to the court.The Supreme Court ordered the federal governme...

  • ‘Coward’: Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

    ‘Coward’: Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

    Featured Articles 08/28/2019

    One by one, 16 women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein poured out their anger Tuesday, lashing out at him as a coward and a manipulator, after a judge gave them the day in court they were denied when he killed himself behind bars.&...

  • Court lets Purdue Pharma court records be made public

    Court lets Purdue Pharma court records be made public

    Recent Cases 08/22/2019

    The secret testimony from former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler and other records in a Kentucky opioids lawsuit must be made public after the state Supreme Court declined to review an earlier ruling.The court record was sealed in 2015 as par...

  • State Supreme Court offers new learning program for schools

    State Supreme Court offers new learning program for schools

    Notable Attorneys 08/22/2019

    Ohio's Supreme Court is offering a new learning program that allows high school students to see how the court operates without leaving their classrooms.The court's Civic Education Section recently unveiled "Under Advisement: Ohio Supreme Court Cases ...