Search Results for: petitioners

The campaign of David McCormick Monday asked a Pennsylvania court “to count absentee and mail-in ballots that were returned on time but that lack a handwritten date on the exterior mailing envelope.” McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz are close candidates in the Republican primary contest for Pennsylvania’s open seat in the US Senate. McCormick filed [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled 9-0 Monday in Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. against a fast-food franchise owner who sought arbitration only after beginning to litigate a claim filed by an employee. Petitioner Robyn Morgan worked at a Taco Bell franchise owned by Sundance. Morgan signed an agreement when she applied for the job to arbitrate any [...]

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin Friday unanimously ruled on the issue of individuals allowed to possess a license to carry a concealed weapon (CCW license) in the state, in effect broadening the eligibility. The case traces back to 1993 when petitioner-appellant Daniel Doubek received a misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence after he broke into his estranged wife’s [...]

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 [...]

A lawsuit filed Monday in the New York Supreme Court seeks the immediate invalidation of New York State Assembly voting district lines. The petitioners in the complaint are New York gubernatorial candidate Paul Nichols, former New York State Senate Candidate Gary Greenberg, and the President of New York Young Republican Club Gavin Wax. On April [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday granted both Jones v. Hendrix and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Cochran certiorari based on their petitions. Both of these cases were added to the 2022-2023 docket. Jones v. Hendrix is an Eighth Circuit habeas corpus case about 28 US Code § 2255. Under § 2255, federal inmates can collaterally challenge [...]

A press conference was held Wednesday to announce a constitutional challenge against the redistricting of the New York State Assembly’s electoral districts. Gary Greenberg and his legal counsel, Jim Walden of Walden Macht & Haran, filed a lawsuit against Governor Kathy Hochul and legislative officials alleging that State Assembly maps were gerrymandered “to protect Democratic [...]

The Supreme Court of India Monday held that the right to bodily integrity of a person includes the right to refuse vaccination under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. The present writ petition was filed by Dr. Jacob Puliyel, a former member of the National Technical Advisory Group of Immunization. The petition challenged the constitutional [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari to two cases, Reed v. Goertz and Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company, which focus on statute of limitations and personal jurisdiction issues. In Reed, petitioner Rodney Reed asked the court to decide when “the statute of limitations begins to run for an action under 42 U.S.C. § [...]

The Supreme Court of India Thursday ordered a two-week stay on an anti-encroachment drive undertaken by the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), the local civic body, to remove illegally constructed stalls and buildings in Jahangirpuri area, New Delhi. The court issued this stay order in petitions filed by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a leading Muslim organization, [...]