Legal Research

Not-So-Blind Justice: Muslim Woman Appeals Ruling Over Wearing of the Veil in Court
Ginnah Muhammad is a Muslim woman in Michigan who was forced to decide whether to violate her religious principles (in removing a veil before testifying) or to lose her small-claims lawsuit...

Religious Freedom and Head Scarves
The European human rights court yesterday uanimously rejected the complaint of two French Muslim girls who were expelled from school for refusing to remove their head scarves. Although I haven't read the opinion, Reuters reports that the court determined that...

French Appellate Court Reverses Controversial Annulment
An appellate court in Douai in northern France yesterday reversed a decision by a lower court that had granted a Muslim husband an annulment when he discovered that his wife was not the virgin she had claimed to be...

Lille Lie: French Court Annuls Marriage After Muslim Bride Found to Not Be Virgin
A French court in Lille, France has annulled the marriage of a young Muslim after the husband discovered on his wedding night that his bribe was not a virgin. The French court agreed that the lack of virginity was sufficient for an annulment in a decision drawing considerable criticism in France...

Sacrebleu! The French Win Before European Court in Ban on Red Bull
It appears that the French believe that caffeine should only be delivered to tourists in small espresso cups in large numbers on the Champs-Elysées. The French government has banned Red Bull as dangerous to public health and the European Court of Justice said that it could do so...

"Judge dismisses case of woman who says veil cost her claim"
"Judge dismisses case of woman who says veil cost her claim": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "A federal judge in Detroit has dismissed the case of a Muslim woman who sued a judge for demanding she remove her veil in court...

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

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

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

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

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

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

European Style Smoked Salmon
Recalled due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Windows Software
Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order.

Religious Discrimination
NMSU to pay $165,000 in Muslim discrimination settlement.

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

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