NEWS SCAN A federal appeals court on refused to immediately reinstate President Trump’s executive order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States.The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acted after U.S. District Judge James Robart issued a
NEWS SCAN The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a challenge to California’s 10-day waiting period for purchasing a gun. California law requires a 10-day waiting period for gun purchases, even after obtaining a permit and passing a background check. A federal judge struck down the law in
NEWS SCAN The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmeda lower court ruling that upheld Virginia’s voter identification law. The plaintiffs challenged SB 1256 which requires that voters have a valid form of ID either before voting or within three days after voting, alleging that it
NEWS SCAN The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on affirmed a lower court ruling that a class action lawsuit regarding the Flint, Michigan, water crisis should be decided in state court. The lawsuit was filed against Lockwood, Andrews, & Newnam, an engineering company that worked
NEWS SCAN A federal appeals court ruled against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s appeal citing that they waited too long. Reynolds appealed a decision by a federal judge who rules that Reynolds was required to place two sets of corrective warning statements for its cigarette products on behalf of Brown
NEWS SCAN The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that American Express can enforce rules that ban merchants accepting its credit cards from directing customers to its competitors’ cards. The court reversed a lower court’s determination that Amex’s agreements with merchants impermissibly restrained trade in violation
NEWS SCAN The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on ruled that Rowan County Commissioners in North Carolina may open public meetings with prayer. The American Civil Liberties Union andACLU of North Carolina brought the suit in 2013 on behalf of three Rowan County residents who were alleging that
NEWS SCAN A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Friday struck down several provisions of North Carolina’s House Bill 589 (HB 589) [text, PDF], most notably its voter identification requirements. In its decision to annul the voter ID provision of the statute, as well
NEWS SCAN A three-judge panel in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected the appeal [ruling, PDF] of former Connecticut governor John Rowland’s corruption charges on Friday. In its ruling, the court stated that “Rowland was properly convicted … because he created or participated in