Nunes Asks Panel to Revive Libel Case Against Magazine
The California congressman wants the Eighth Circuit to reverse an Iowa federal judge’s dismissal of his suit over an Esquire article about his family’s dairy farm.
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Iowa, Nebraska Urge Appeals Court to Reverse Approval of Tribe’s Casino
Property obtained by the Ponca Tribe in an Iowa city is too far from its Nebraska land to qualify for a casino, the states argue, but the federal government says the law allows it.
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Tofurky Maker Loses Bid to Block Missouri Law on Food Labels
A federal appeals court sided against a producer of vegan meat alternatives that is challenging Missouri’s rules for labeling meat substitutes.
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Iowa College Officials Denied Immunity in Religious Freedom Case
The district court shouldn’t have granted administrators qualified immunity for an Iowa university’s violation of a religious student group’s constitutional rights, an appeals panel found.
Read moreStreet Preaching
A street preacher who was moved away from a festival in Davenport, Iowa, because he was bothering vendors and attendees, is not entitled to a preliminary injunction in his free speech suit against the city, the Eighth Circuit ruled.
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Feds Urge Eighth Circuit to End Sioux Tribe’s Suit Over Health Care
The Justice Department says the government is meeting its obligations at Rosebud Sioux hospital.
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Arkansas Defends Ballot-Access Rules at Eighth Circuit
An attorney for the state argued it was an independent Senate candidate’s own fault he did not meet a signature collection requirement and the case should be dismissed as moot since the 2020 election is over.
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Eighth Circuit Hears Challenge to Minnesota College Union’s Powers
A professor at a Minnesota university argues that its union violates her free-speech rights by barring her from powerful committees because she is a vocal opponent of the union.
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Eighth Circuit Tosses Challenge to Missouri Opt-Out Rules for Vaccines
While the federal appeals court dismissed the case, a challenge on the state level continues and proposed legislation could remove immunization requirements for students in private schools.
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Native American Landowners Push Eighth Circuit to Order Dismantling of Oil Pipeline
The pipeline, which runs in part across Native American land, has been operating for years on an expired easement permit.
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Abduction Witness Seeks Reinstatement of Retaliation Claims
Attorneys for a man who says he was subjected to retaliatory law enforcement scrutiny for speaking publicly about the infamous Jacob Wetterling abduction told an Eighth Circuit panel Tuesday that his claims should be heard.
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Florida Wine Retailer Loses Challenge to Missouri Liquor Licensing Rules
The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday rejected a Florida wine distributor’s challenge to Missouri’s liquor license residency laws, affirming a federal judge’s dismissal based on Supreme Court precedent.
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Eighth Circuit Revives Suit Challenging Arkansas’ Pro-Israel Law
In a split decision, the appeals court found the law requiring state contractors to sign a pledge vowing to not boycott Israel violated free speech rights.
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The Eighth Circuit ruled that Missouri state Representative Cheri Toalson Reisch did not violate a constituent’s rights when she blocked on him Twitter, because she used the account “overwhelmingly for campaign purposes,” and the First Amendment prohibits “only governmental abridgment of speech.”
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Panel Urged to Grant Iowa University Officials Immunity in Religious Freedom Case
The University of Iowa asked an Eighth Circuit panel Wednesday to rule that university officials are not individually liable for violating a Christian student group’s First Amendment rights.
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Anti-Vaxxers Challenge Missouri’s Religious Exemption Process in the Eighth Circuit
A group of Missouri parents told an Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday that the state requires them to go through a forced indoctrination session to religiously opt out of vaccines required for their children to attend school.
Read moreAbusive Coach
Gregory Stephen, a former youth basketball coach who sexually exploited more than 400 children over two decades was properly sentenced to 180 years in prison, the Eighth Circuit ruled.
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Arkansas Loses Bid to Reinstate Anti-Abortion Laws at Eighth Circuit
The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday blocked Arkansas’ persistent efforts to usher in some of the nation’s most restrictive abortion measures, striking down a pair of laws barring the procedure after 18 weeks of pregnancy and on the basis of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
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Street Preacher Kicked Out of Festival Takes Free Speech Case to 8th Circuit
The First Amendment rights of an Iowa street preacher were violated when police hustled him away from a Davenport street festival, his lawyer told an Eighth Circuit panel Tuesday.
Read moreDeath of a Candidate
The death of Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate Adam Weeks, who was vying for a Minnesota congressional seat when he died, is “not the sort of exigent circumstance” that allows the state to refrain from holding the election for that seat, the Eighth Circuit ruled.
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