Litigation

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Anna Nicole Smith's Legal Troubles
Court cases and legal issues related to Anna Nicole Smith

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Katrina Victims See Justice, Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions
Katrina Victims See Justice Ruling Paves the Way for Class Actions

Employee Theft
Mother and daughter ordered to pay $1 million settlement for writing false paychecks.

Convicted Caretakers
Senior care center agrees to $175,000 settlement in false advertising lawsuit.

City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland
$1.2 million wrongful death settlement awarded after a husband and father was killed by a convicted drunk driver.

Fire Chief Whistleblower
City of DuPont agrees to $72,000 resignation and severance settlement.

Suspended and Fired
Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement.