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Farm Is Fined for Refusal to Hold Same-Sex Wedding

An Albany area farm which rebuffed efforts by a same-sex couple to hold their wedding at the site has been fined $10,000 and ordered to pay the women $1,500 each for their mental anguish.
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National Law Journal

Sixth Circuit Revives Michigan Lifer's Hope for Parole

A Michigan man serving a life sentence for a 1987 drug offense will get a chance at parole after an appeals court revived his claim that the state parole board violated the Eighth Amendment in choosing not to review his case.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Hobby Lobby Ruling Set Dangerous Precedent

By | August 15, 2014
When accommodations for religious beliefs that adversely affect persons of other faiths or no faith are enshrined in law, the establishment clause is trampled as a result.
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New York Law Journal

Jury Awards $150,000 in False Arrest Lawsuit

An Eastern District federal court jury has awarded $150,000 to a man who alleged he was falsely arrested by New York City police in 2007. However, the jurors rejected claims of police brutality.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

U.S. Reps Ask Holder to Probe Chokehold Death

By | August 15, 2014
Members of New York's congressional delegation are asking the Justice Department to formally investigate the police custody death of Eric Garner and the law enforcement strategy known as broken windows.
1 minute read

Law.com

Chief Justice Asked to Block Same-Sex Weddings in Virginia

As expected, lawyers for a Virginia county court clerk defending the state's bans on same-sex marriages have asked Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. to put on hold a federal appellate panel's decision striking down those bans.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court Sides with Sheriff in Assault Rifle Killing of Fleeing Kidnapper

"Indeed, parts of the police camera footage might be mistaken for a video game reel, with Keith disregarding every traffic law, passing other motorists on the left, on the right, on the shoulder and on the median," wrote Senior Judge Fortunato "Pete" Benavides in the opinion.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Harvard's Tribe Joins Campaign Against Teacher Tenure

Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe on Thursday signed on as an adviser to Students Matter, the group that won a lawsuit in June striking down California's teacher tenure law.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Colwell v. Bannister

By | August 14, 2014
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Fair Housing Decision Tests Previous Notion of Standing

Robert L. Schonfeld writes that while contrary to traditional notions of standing, persons and entities not within a protected class have standing to challenge discriminatory housing practices under the Fair Housing Act. A recent Second Circuit decision demonstrates the strength of that statute.
10 minute read

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