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JURIST is launching a new series of dispatches from major US states written by JURIST correspondents “on the ground” in those jurisdictions. JURIST Operations Director Ram Eachambadi files this report from Los Angeles. Earlier this month, Los Angeles County filed a petition in California Superior Court to hold Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva in [...]

The family of a former-Amazon worker Monday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Amazon in Illinois state court. The lawsuit alleges that Amazon failed to provide workers with proper protection or warning before a tornado struck a company facility, killing six. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Austin McEwen, 26, who was one of [...]

Under the auspices of combating terror, the Bush administration took many steps following 9/11 that according to some have curtailed civil rights. Chief among these was the passage of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, which was signed by Bush...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a lawsuit seeking to declare parts of the Patriot Act unconstitutional must be dismissed for lack of standing. Brandon Mayfield...

Mayfield, et al. v. USA, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, December 10, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest...

The US Department of Justice filed notice Tuesday that it will appeal last month's district court decision that found provisions of the USA Patriot Act to be unconstitutional . The Federal...

A US district judge ruled Wednesday that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act that deal with physical search and electronic eavesdropping are unconstitutional. Brandon Mayfield , the Oregon attorney arrested [JURIST...

Brandon Mayfield, Mona Mayfield, et al., v. United States of America, US District Court for the District of Oregon, September 26, 2007 [ruling that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act that deal with physical search and electronic eavesdropping are...

Brandon Mayfield , the Oregon attorney arrested and detained for two weeks in May 2004 after the FBI mistakenly concluded that his fingerprints matched those found on a bag containing detonators used in...

Mayfield v. United States, US District Court for the District of Oregon, November 29, 2006 [agreement in which the US government agreed to pay $2 million to Brandon Mayfield, an Oregon attorney arrested and detained for two weeks in May...