In re: Candidacy of Independance Party Candidates, James Moore et al. v. Mary Kiffmeyer, Secretary of State for Minnesota, Supreme Court of Minnesota, Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, November 10, 2004 [ruling that a state law requiring candidates to reach a...
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Henning [Wayne State]: Enron/Merrill Lynch Jury Findings for Sentencing
Peter Henning, Wayne State University Law School:"On Tuesday, November 9, the jury in the Enron/Merrill Lynch trial concluded that the loss caused by the defendants' fraudulent misconduct was $13.7 million. A story in the Houston Chronicle (Nov. 10, 2004) reviews...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, November 10.The US Supreme Court hears 10 AM ET arguments in two cases today. In the first, Illinois v. Caballes (case summary from...
O'Kelley et al. v. Cox, Georgia Supreme Court, October 26, 2004 [ruling that the courts could not intervene in the referendum process and that the parties challenging the inclusion of the proposed amendment banning same-sex marriage on the November 2...
Blackenship et al. v. Blackwell, Secy. of State, et al., Ohio Supreme Court, October 22, 2004 [rejecting the Nader campaign's petition to have the state election board review voter registration lists to validate election petitions to put Nader on the...
Why the Supreme Court is Not an Election Issue, and Why It Should Become One
JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross of Cumberland Law School at Samford University says that although the US Supreme Court has not been a significant issue thusfar in the current Presidential campaign, the likelihood of Presidential appointments to the Court...
AFL-CIO v. Hood, Florida Supreme Court, October 18, 2004 . Excerpt:We conclude that the precinct-specific provision in section...
US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, September 14, 2004. Read the opinion here . Excerpt: There are two conceivable bases for concluding that McCorvey does not present a live case or controversy — lack of standing and mootness....
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,...
Ruling on constitutionality of FL Sexual Predators Act [FL DCA]
Espindola v. State, Florida 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal, January 15, 2003 . Read the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
