Religion & Law

U.S. Supreme Court to decide if federal laws may be used to challenge gender discrimination in education Title IX vs. Section 1983
    The U.S. Supreme Court is seeking to use a lawsuit over peer sexual harassment on a Massachusetts school bus to resolve an important legal issue about which federal laws are available to combat gender discrimination in education...

The Supreme Court and Docket Control
Perfect timing! I was going to write a post this morning about the Supreme Court's docket, and then Linda Greenhouse writes a story in today's New York Times about the decreasing frequency of 5-4 decisions in the Supreme Court and possible explanations for this decrease...

Pocket Guide to Electronic Evidence, for Federal Judges
Judges need to keep learning too, and a major source of education for them is the Federal Judicial Center, an organization dedicated to judicial education. In fact, the FJC site is pretty cool...

An Interesting (although admittedly useless) Fact About the Supreme Court
… courtesy of Jeffrey Toobin - The current Supreme Court is the first court in U.S. history where all nine judges are federal appeals court judges. The court that decided Brown v...

"Ted Olson v. Joe Larisa: Will the Supreme Court Decide"
"Ted Olson v. Joe Larisa: Will the Supreme Court Decide?" Tony Mauro has this post at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times."

October term of U.S. Supreme Court term set to begin
Court may hear cases on federal preemption of local zoning laws, employment discrimination, search and seizure and sentencing   KIMBERLY ATKINS  Lawyers USA   September 29, 2008   WASHINGTON ? The U...

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

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

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.