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Ninth Circuit rejects qualified immunity bid for San Francisco cops accused of fabricating evidence
The appeals court said it was “beyond debate” the tactics the defendants used to identify a suspect violated the accused suspect’s rights.
First Circuit revives investor suit against Roomba maker after Amazon buyout flop
The lower court found the investors failed to show iRobot knowingly made misleading statements about its failed Amazon merger.
Seventh Circuit keeps journalists barred from Indiana executions
The appellate panel found that freedom of press does not guarantee rights to the press over those allowed to the general public.
Meta won’t have to turn over user messages in Oregon murder case
The information request, made by a murder defendant's legal team, asserted that defense attorneys have the same powers as government authorities to demand social media messages.
DC Circuit appears unconvinced national security claims justify White House ballroom
An appellate judge likened the government’s position — that no court could block the project or the hypothetical demolition of the Statue of Liberty — to “move fast and break things” to avoid review.
Sentence for horrific murder vacated
NEW ORLEANS — An appeals court in Louisiana affirmed the murder conviction of a man whose minor children testified that their father fatally shot a neighbor during an argument, then asked them to shoot him so he would not face consequences. When they refused, he asked his daughter and son to stab the victim; the son did so before later putting the knife in the victim’s hand. Because the man was not represented by counsel at his resentencing hearing, his sentence of life imprisonment is vacated.
Unemployment benefits wrongly denied
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Supreme Court found that a part-time airport guide was wrongly denied unemployment benefits after she was fired for refusing to sign a revised handbook and had two customer service complaints against her. These circumstances do not amount to misconduct that would disqualify her from benefits.
Texas college students fight to reinstate in-state tuition for immigrants
College students without lawful immigration status are asking the Fifth Circuit to overturn a consent judgment between the Texas attorney general and Trump's DOJ blocking the Texas Dream Act.
Sixth Circuit cuts down trademark challenge to Procter & Gamble weed killer products
A panel of the appeals court found the Scotts Company was unlikely to succeed on trademark claims filed in defense of its Miracle-Gro line of products.
Ninth Circuit says fed rules trump California bus driver rest break regulations
The Golden State had sought a review of a 2020 decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that preempted state rules.
Arizona Supreme Court denies prosecutor appeal against sending fake elector case back to grand jury
It was filed nearly three and a half years after the 2020 election and levels complicated conspiracy charges against 18 defendants.