Coalition to defend affirmative action v. Granholm, US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Southern Division, December 20, 2006 [ruling that the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University can delay until July 1, 2007...

Evans v. State of Maryland, Maryland Court of Appeals, December 19, 2006 [ruling that the state's lethal injection procedures are subject to the state's Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and therefore must be developed under the guidance of the Maryland attorney...

Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report, Federal Bureau of Investigation, December 18, 2006 . Read the...

Morales v. Tilton, US District Court for the Northen District of California San Jose District, December 15, 2006 [memorandum of intended decision concluding that California's lethal injection procedure creates an "an undue and unnecessary risk" of cruel and unusual punishment...

Investigation of Allegations Related to Improper Conduct Involving Members and Current or Former House Pages, US House Committee on Standard of Official Conduct, December 8, 2006 [concluding that although Republican leaders did not break any ethics rules in addressing the...

Hadix v. Caruso, US District Court for the Western District of Michigan, December 8, 2006 . Read the full...

California v. Hewlett-Packard, Superior Court of California, December 7, 2006 [$14.5 million settlement agreement with California Attorney General Bill Lockyer in an unfair business practices suit stemming from HP's allegedly fraudulent attempts to obtain certain phone records, a practice known...

Iraq Study Group Report, Iraq Study Group, December 7, 2006 [recommending that the Bush Administration provide "strong" support and funding for US Justice Department efforts in Iraq "to establish courts; to train judges, prosecutors and investigators; and to create institutions...

US v. Belfast, US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, December 6, 2006 [indictment against the son of former Liberia president Charles Taylor on charges of committing torture in the first prosecution brought under a federal anti-torture statute...

Doe v. Rabago, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, December 5, 2006 [ruling that the Kamehameha Schools, a private school that accepts no federal funding, can utilize as admissions policy that gives priority to Native Hawaiian students before...