By Tom McParland | June 13, 2018
A magistrate judge is considering whether to stay a ruling to strike down a provision of the Delaware Constitution requiring party balance on key state courts until a federal appeals court can decide the issue.
By Jenna Greene | June 12, 2018
More than 30 years ago, 68-year-old Helen Wilson was raped and murdered in the Nebraska town of Beatrice. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit doled out a small measure of justice in a case where it's been almost entirely lacking
By Marcia Coyle | June 12, 2018
"The contracts clause categorically prohibits states from passing 'any ... law impairing the obligation of contracts,'" Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a solo dissent in the case Sveen v. Melin. The framers, Gorsuch said, "were absolute. They took the view that treating existing contracts as 'inviolable' would benefit society by ensuring that all persons could count on the ability to enforce promises lawfully made to them."
By Lloyd Dunkelberger, News Service of Florida | June 12, 2018
The poll, conducted in late May and early June, showed four amendments with the necessary 60 percent of voter support.
By Andrew Denney | June 11, 2018
Finding that qualified immunity has evolved to the point where it can protect police officers who intentionally flout constitutional rights, a federal judge in Brooklyn declined to grant it to four police officers who broke into a man's house without a warrant while responding to a child abuse report that turned out to be false.
By Angela Morris | June 11, 2018
The civil rights lawyer is know nationally for representing families of unarmed black people killed by police, like Michael Brown and Stephon Clark. In his newest role, he's the host of “Evidence of Innocence."
By Colby Hamilton | June 8, 2018
The report was the first by former federal Judge Stephen Robinson, who was installed as civilian oversight following the settlement of two surveillance cases by the NYPD last year.
By Ellis Kim | June 7, 2018
The president's 15th round of judicial nominations also included a slate of Big Law lawyers.
By Ellis Kim | June 7, 2018
The lawmakers claim President Donald Trump, who as president has not divested from his business empire, has denied members of Congress their individual rights to vote on each emolument.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | June 7, 2018
In their monthly Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
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