Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor has filed additional petitions with the US Supreme Court urging judges to overturn last year’s ruling that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation still remains. A petition was filed in the case of former Tulsa police officer Shannon Kepler, whose conviction of manslaughter was overturned for being a member of the … Read more
FARGO, ND (Valley News Live) – Cass County prosecutors are not filing charges against North Dakota State University for botched cow killing. The slaughter was viewed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a violation of slaughter standards. According to an Inforum article, an April 13th letter from the prosecutor revealed that prosecutors had refused … Read more
PROVIDENCE – The state district court system is seeking volunteer attorneys to help expand its hugely successful volunteer attorney program, which began last summer, to assist the court in resolving rental and eviction cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. In anticipation of certain pandemic-related services and assistance expiring, the program provides court tenants with legal advice … Read more
The lawsuit challenged Proposition 22, a controversial referendum that allows riders to refuse to offer more benefits to off-the-road contractors. The California Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of a referendum that allowed riders and delivery drivers to remain independent contractors. The judges, according to The Associated Press, declined to hear … Read more
Als der Oberste Gerichtshof im vergangenen Monat die Klage von Texas zurückwies, mit der versucht wurde, die Wahlergebnisse in Pennsylvania und anderen Swing-Staaten aufzuheben, dachten viele wahrscheinlich, wir hätten die letzte “ursprüngliche Zuständigkeit” des Obersten Gerichtshofs für Fälle gehört, die von einem Staat gegen einen anderen eingereicht wurden, z eine lange Zeit zu kommen. Aber … Read more
Kevin Glogower, one of the lawyers representing the petitioners, said three former grand jurors are among “Kentucky Citizens concerned” who are petitioning Kentucky lawmakers against Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Citizens filed a petition Friday seeking the impeachment of Cameron for “violating public confidence and failing to perform due to misrepresenting the grand jury’s findings to … Read more
The Supreme Court heard a hearing on Tuesday in the case of a Georgia student who was prevented from distributing religious literature and speaking about his beliefs on his public college campus. The student, Chike Uzuegbunam, argued that the college’s guidelines violated the first change, but shortly after the lawsuit was filed, the college changed … Read more
Four attorneys – Stephanie Hupp, Ryan Post, and Bradley Sipp of Lincoln, and Daniel Zieg of Bennet – have filed motions to replace a Lancaster County judge who retired in October. Two are private lawyers in Lincoln, Hupp works at McHenry Haszard Roth Hupp Burkholder Blomenberg & Camplin; and Sipp at Bradley A. Sipp. Post … Read more
KARACHI: A labor court has asked an attorney for a union representing workers at Pakistani Steel Mills (PSM) to argue over the maintainability of a management motion seeking court permission to kill more than 50 percent of workers over a financial crisis . Last month, PSM management filed the motion through its deputy general manager … Read more
Der Oberste Gerichtshof wird am Dienstag eine mündliche Verhandlung in einem Fall führen, in dem in Frage gestellt wird, ob eine Klage, die nur symbolischen Schadenersatz fordert, fortgesetzt werden kann, nachdem die Regierung die angefochtene verfassungswidrige Politik geändert hat, oder ob der Fall stattdessen strittig ist – das heißt, keine lebende Kontroverse mehr. Das Problem … Read more