Rights groups urge US appeals court to preserve suit over warrantless surveillance
Lawyers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Wednesday urged the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle to preserve two lawsuits over the warrantless surveillance of US citizens. EFF argued that...
US AG Holder invokes state secrets privilege in mosque surveillance lawsuit
US Attorney General Eric Holder invoked the state secrets privilege Monday to block evidence in a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over its investigation into Muslim mosques. The Department of...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday voted 5-4 to affirm the lower court in Stern v. Marshall , agreeing that the bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction in this instance. The...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reversed the lower court in Smith v. Bayer Corp. , allowing a class action lawsuit against the company to proceed. The Court held that...
Supreme Court rules on breach of contract suit involving state secrets
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in General Dynamics Corp v. United States that when the court dismisses a valid prima facie affirmative defense to the government's breach of...
Supreme Court to rule on claim against private prison contractors
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Minneci v. Pollard to decide whether to allow a cause of action against private contractors running a federal prison. The issue...
Supreme Court hears arguments on state secrets, personal jurisdiction, preclusion
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases of General Dynamics Corp. v. United States and The Boeing Company...
Federal judge awards damages to Islamic charity in NSA wiretapping case
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday ordered the US government to pay more than $2.5 million in damages and attorney's fees to an Islamic charity for...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling dismissing its suit over the CIA's extraordinary rendition program [JURIST...
JURIST Guest Columnists Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen of New England Law Boston say in the wake of the Ninth Circuit's decision in Bynyam v. Jeppesen Dataplan that the time is right for Congress to codify a state secrets privilege...
