Religion & Law

Court Says Bible Club Should Be Given Equal Access In California School
Yesterday's Orange County Register reports that a California federal court has issued a temporary injunction requiring the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District to permit five students at Esperanza High School to form a proposed Bible club...

"Appeals court revives lawsuit against Halliburton"
"Appeals court revives lawsuit against Halliburton": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived lawsuits against military contractors over a deadly ambush that killed civilian truck drivers in Iraq...

Ind. Decisions - More on: Court of Appeals revives suit challenging state's school finance system [Updated]
Updating this entry yesterday on the Court of Appeals decision in the case of Joseph Bonner et al v. Mitch Daniels et al, Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the LJC reports today: The Indiana Court of Appeals yesterday reinstated a case...

"ACLU wins Bible lawsuit; Judge: Distribution during school hours unconstitutional."
"ACLU wins Bible lawsuit; Judge: Distribution during school hours unconstitutional." The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana today contains an article that begins, "The Tangipahoa Parish School Board violated the First Amendment by allowing Gideons International to pass out pocket Bibles to Loranger fifth-graders during school hours in May, a federal judge ruled Tuesday...

Lawsuit Filed Over High School "Anti-Abortion Club"
San Jose Mercury News: Suit filed over anti-abortion club on high school campus, by Howard Mintz: A conservative legal organization has filed a lawsuit in San Jose federal court on behalf of a Westmont High School student who accuses school...

High School Ordered to Allow Bible Club
High School Ordered to Allow Bible Club

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

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

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

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

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

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

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

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

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

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.

Station Night Club
More Settlements Reached