Recent Updates
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'Born in Jerusalem' passport case returns to court
Class Action News 11/04/2014The Supreme Court is taking its second look at a dispute over the wording of U.S. passports for Americans born in Jerusalem, a case with potential foreign policy implications in the volatile Middle East. The justices are hearing arguments Monday in a...
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Appeals court questions proof-of-citizenship rules
Class Action News 08/27/2014A federal appeals panel in Denver on Monday suggested that a partisan stalemate in Congress may mean that Republicans in Kansas and Arizona will be unable to force federal election officials to impose proof-of-citizenship requirements on voter regist...
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Court schedules night deer hunting arguments
Class Action News 08/05/2014Wisconsin's Chippewa tribes will get a chance next month to tell a federal appeals court why members should be allowed to hunt deer at night.State officials have long banned night hunts out of safety concerns. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled ...
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2 ag-gag laws facing federal court challenges
Class Action News 07/21/2014The years-long fight between farm organizations and animal rights activists over laws prohibiting secretly filmed documentation of animal abuse is moving from state legislatures to federal courts as laws in Utah and Idaho face constitutional challeng...
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High court rejects appeal on sex-offender rules
Class Action News 04/25/2014The California Supreme Court declined to review a lower court's ruling striking down sex-offender restrictions in Orange County that were among the strictest in the state. Wednesday's move means that local bans in dozens of California communities are...
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GM to ask bankruptcy court for lawsuit protection
Class Action News 04/17/2014General Motors revealed in court filings late Tuesday that it will soon ask a federal bankruptcy judge to shield the company from legal claims for conduct that occurred before its 2009 bankruptcy. The automaker's strategy is in a motion filed in a Co...
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U.S. Supreme Court voids overall contribution limits
Class Action News 04/03/2014The Supreme Court struck down limits today in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees. The justices said in a 5-4 vote that Americans ha...
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Chris Brown returns to court after rehab dismissal
Class Action News 03/17/2014After a weekend in jail, Chris Brown is facing a court hearing over his dismissal from rehab and whether he should be given additional penalties, which could include more time behind bars. The Grammy-winning R&B singer spent the weekend in a down...
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Court ruling could delay California water project
Class Action News 03/17/2014A state appellate court has ruled that California water officials cannot go onto private property for soil testing and other studies related to construction of two massive tunnels that would siphon water from the Sacramento River. Nancy Vogel of the ...
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Driver pleads guilty in deadly bus stop crash
Class Action News 03/10/2014A driver who plowed into a Riverside bus stop, killing a woman and a 7-year-old girl, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. The Press-Enterprise reports 46-year-old Joe Williams was ordered Thursday to serve six months in custody of the She...
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Fla. high court: Immigrant can't get law license
Class Action News 03/07/2014The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that immigrants in the country illegally can't be given a license to practice law. The question was raised when a man who moved here from Mexico when he was 9 years old sought a license in Florida. The court said T...
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Supreme Court allows Stanford Ponzi scheme suits
Class Action News 02/28/2014The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that victims of former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme can go forward with class-action lawsuits against the law firms, accountants and investment companies that allegedly aided the $7.2 billion...