Litigation

Registry law called 'unfair to homeless'
Georgia's sex offender registry law should be struck down because it makes homelessness a crime, a lawyer told the state's highest court on Monday. "The law is fundamentally unfair to homeless sex offenders," public defender Adam Levin argued to the...

Law - Do sex offender laws make homelessness a crime
Bill Rankin of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported yesterday:Georgia's sex-offender registry law should be struck down as unconstitutional because it makes being homeless a crime, a lawyer told the state's highest court on Monday...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court hears arguments on retroactive broadening of sex offender-registry requirements
As noted at that end of this ILB entry from May 15th:The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments at 9:45 am today [Thursday] in two challenges to the registration requirement of the sex offender law...

MA: SJC: Sex offender registration needs to account for homeless
SJC: Sex offender registration needs to account for homeless By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press 02/15/2008 Daily Hampshire Gazette BOSTON - The state's highest court said Thursday that the Sex Offender Registry Board needs to change its registration form so sex...

Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry
Via Sex Crimes a new ruling on Massachusetts's registration requirements.The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that the Sex Offender Registry Board must change its registration form so sex offenders can clearly identify themselves as homeless...

Georgia Supreme Court examines banishment punishment
As detailed in this AP article, headlined "Ga. court upholds partial banishment for offenders," the Georgia Supreme Court in this decision today discusses at some length the constitutionality under state precedents of an offender subject to this sentence: ?The Defendant...

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

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

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

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.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.