Search Results for: Seventh Circuit

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Monday reversed a preliminary injunction previously implemented to bar the enforcement of an Indiana law requiring fetal remains to be either buried or cremated by clinics that provide abortion. The ruling reverses a September district court decision which barred enforcement of a series of provisions of [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday vacated three orders issued by lower courts in Arizona, Indiana, and Arkansas that had invalidated state-level abortion on the grounds of Roe v. Wade. This follows the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe last Friday. The now-vacated Arizona ruling had stopped a state law that criminalized abortions performed on fetuses with non-lethal [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Tuesday upheld lifetime GPS monitoring for some convicted sex offenders in Wisconsin. The plaintiffs in Braam v. Carr are repeat sex offenders who are subjected to lifetime GPS monitoring as a result of their convictions. The plaintiffs stated that the requirement for lifetime GPS monitoring violated their [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a case in which Republican-led states were attempting to defend a Trump-era immigration policy known as the “public charge” rule after the Biden administration declined to do so. In a brief order, the court dismissed Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco as “improvidently granted.” Under 8 [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday held that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) in-house adjudication violated the petitioner hedge fund manager’s Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. The court found that Congress unconstitutionally delegated too much power to the SEC and statutory removal of in-house judges used in the [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday granted review to three cases spanning questions of bankruptcy, overtime pay and federal civil rights claims. The three cases will be heard in oral arguments during the Court’s fall 2022 session. In Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, the court will consider whether a bankruptcy debtor may be held liable for someone else’s [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Friday ruled that required bar dues for lawyers in Wisconsin are constitutional. Attorney Schuyler File sued the State Bar of Wisconsin over compulsory association membership and fees, arguing that the payments violate his First Amendment rights to free speech and freedom of association. File based his [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral argument Wednesday in a dispute over whether a group of states, led by Arizona, can intervene to defend an immigration policy known as the “public charge” rule after the Biden administration declined to do so. Under the “public charge” rule, also known as 8 USC § 1182(a)(4)(A), the government [...]

The US Supreme Court decided Monday in an 8-0 judgment, with Justice Barret recused, that the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Court erred in its Hughes v. Northwestern University decision. The court ordered the appellate court’s judgment to be vacated and remanded the case for further proceedings. The case concerns the Employee Retirement [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday granted certiorari to three new cases concerning Congress’s war powers, arbitration, and the Locomotive Inspection Act. These cases are Torres v. Department of Safety, Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, and Ledure v. Union Pacific Railroad. The issue in Torres v. Department of Safety is whether the Congressional war powers under the US constitution [...]