Litigation

A BIPARTISAN MOMENT: Obama Nominates Palin Pick to Ninth Circuit. Earlier today the White House a
A BIPARTISAN MOMENT: Obama Nominates Palin Pick to Ninth Circuit. “Earlier today the White House announced that President Obama has nominated Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen to the U...

Obama Nominates Palin Pick to Ninth Circuit
(Jonathan H. Adler) Earlier today the White House announced that President Obama has nominated Alaska Supreme Court Justice Morgan Christen to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...

Obama Nominates Kagan for Supreme Court
NY Times: Obama Nominates Kagan as Justice, by Peter Baker & Jeff Zeleny: President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the nation?s 112th justice, choosing his own chief advocate before the Supreme Court to join it in ruling on...

Obama Nominates Abortion Advocate for Federal Appeals Court
LifeNews: "President Barack Obama has nominated a pro-abortion former Kansas state attorney general to serve on the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, setting up another battle over abortion and a top judicial pick...

Obama Nominates Judge Sotomayor for SCOTUS
President Barack Obama just made it official. Obama, speaking at the White House, says he is nominating Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter...

President Obama Nominates Edward C. DuMont for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
White House: "Today, President Obama nominated Edward C. DuMont to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. DuMont is currently a partner in the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr (WilmerHale)...

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

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

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.