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Appeals

DC Circuit upholds Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s contempt conviction

Navarro spent four months in prison in 2024 after a federal jury deemed him guilty of contempt of Congress and rejected his defense that executive privilege provided blanket protection.

Second Circuit overturns order releasing pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi

A panel on the federal appeals court found that Mahdawi should have never been released on First Amendment grounds.

Georgia daycare head asks 11th Circuit to scrap conviction over not reporting child abuse

The incidents caught on video included spraying toddlers in the face with cleaning fluid and encouraging them to fight one another.

Arizona Supreme Court favors transparency in Phoenix police records fight

The high court ordered a trial judge to review in-camera bargaining proposals the city of Phoenix claims could sully future police union negotiations if released.

Fourth Circuit severs class of Boeing investors

The ruling splits up thousands of investors who sought damages for Boeing's supposed misrepresentation about the effectiveness of its safety protocols. 

No self-defense claim for Texan convicted of murder

TEXARKANA, Texas — An appeals court in Texas upheld the murder conviction of a man who shot and killed a woman who was out on bond for her alleged involvement in the murder of the man’s cousin, her former boyfriend. The evidence sufficed for the jury to decide his self-defense claim was not credible and there was no valid grounds for the court to give a sudden-passion instruction to the jury.

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