Ruling on constitutionality of marijuana ad refusal [1st Circuit]
Ridley, et al. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, et al., US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Judge Sandra L. Lynch, November 29, 2004 [ruling that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority violated the free speech rights of a group...
Federal prosecutors filed a 220-page brief on Wednesday evening with the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals asking the court to uphold the conviction of Martha Stewart. Earlier this month, Stewart's attorneys argued that federal prosecutors improperly suggested that...
American Express announced Monday that it is suing fellow credit card giants Visa and MasterCard, along with eight banks, alleging anticompetitive practices which prevented American Express from issuing credit cards through US banks. American Express said that it would...
Iguarta de la Rosa v. US, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, October 14, 2004 . Read the full text of...
Judge M. Langhorne Keith, Fairfax County Circuit Court, Virginia, October 1, 2004 . Read the ruling here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
JURIST Guest Columnist LTC John M. Bickers, a law professor at the US Military Academy at West Point, says that two recent decisions regarding the death penalty show that the Supreme Court seems to accept capital sentencing as a punishment,...
Sheppard v. Beerman, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 28, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...
