Election-Campaign Law

California Supreme Court to Decide Prop. 8 Issues
The California Supreme Court has issued an order in which it refused to stay the implementation of Prop. 8, but has directed the parties to brief and argue the following issues relating to Prop...

Supreme Court says no to Prop 8 video broadcast
The U.S. Supreme Court, by a 5-4 vote, continued the stay on transmitting video coverage of the Prop 8 trial. The conservative majority wrote that defenders of the ban on gay marriage would suffer "irreparable" harm should the trial be...

Perry: Injunctions, stays, and appeals
Judge Walker denied a motion (by the proponents of Prop 8) to stay his judgment pending appeal. He ordered entry of the judgment, delayed until August 18, giving either the State or the Prop 8 proponents a chance to get stay from either the Ninth Circuit, Circuit Justice Anthony Kennedy, or the full Supreme Court...

Supreme Court, 5-4, Continues Stay That Blocked Televising Prop 8 Trial
Supreme Court, 5-4, Continues Stay That Blocked Televising Prop 8 Trial :: Hollingsworth v. Perry (pdf)

Stay Denied in Prop 8 Case
The federal judge in California who recently ruled Proposition 8 unconsitutional in Perry v. Schwarzenegger has just denied a motion to stay his judgment pending appeal to the Ninth Circuit, meaning that same-sex couples can begin marrying after August 18...

SC Grants Stay in Prop 8 Lawsuit Camera Question
The Supreme Court has just granted a temporary stay of Judge Vaughn Walker's order that Proposition 8 law suit proceedings (Perry v. Schwarzenegger) should be available outside the courtroom...

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

How to Stop Home Foreclosure
Bankruptcy can Stop Foreclosure

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

Medical Records
To Stay out of Pharma's Hands

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.