The US Supreme Court on Monday held that pretrial detention during a term of supervised release can toll, or pause, that term of release. In Mont v. US the petitioner was serving a five-year term of supervised release when he was arrested on state drug trafficking charges, violating the terms of his release. The district [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Friday revived a case against Colonial Williamsburg brought by an 11-year-old boy with gluten sensitivity. The boy, identified only as JD, had traveled to Colonial Williamsburg as part of a class trip. While at Williamsburg, the class was to enjoy a historic dinner at Shields [...]
The Supreme Court of Iowa ruled Friday that the Dakota Access Pipeline is a valid use of eminent domain in the state of Iowa. The Dakota Access Pipeline is set to be one of the largest oil pipelines in North America, running from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to reach a refinery in [...]
The US Supreme Court issued orders Monday adding three new cases to the docket for next term on subjects including copyright, fraud and post-sentence objections. The Supreme Court granted certiorari in Allen v. Looper, which asks whether Congress can remove a state’s Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity from cases involving federal copyright infringement. The case, rather [...]
A single judge bench of India’s Punjab and Haryana High Court held on Friday that the “entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic” species has a “distinct legal persona with corresponding rights, duties, and liabilities of a living person.” Judge Rajiv Sharma ruled, “all the citizens throughout the State of Haryana are hereby declared persons [...]
Missouri Circuit Court Judge Michael Stelzer on Friday granted Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region a temporary restraining order, keeping its license active and allowing it to continue its services until a future preliminary injunction decision. The ruling was issued hours before the last abortion clinic in Missouri was set to close. Missouri’s health [...]
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Friday ordered new rules requiring additional law school after repeated bar exam failures. In a divided opinion the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled on new proposed rules governing admission to the Mississippi Bar. The enacted rule requires that after three consecutive failures to pass the bar, the applicant will be required [...]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday signed into law a bill that prohibits the use of red light cameras by local authorities. House bill 1631, sponsored by state state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, was approved by the House and Senate in the last weeks of the legislative session and effectively bans the implementation or operation of [...]
