The maker of vegetarian meat substitute Tofurky battled Missouri at the Eighth Circuit on Thursday afternoon over a state law restricting the use of the word “meat” and similar phrases on its product packaging.
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The quest of two Nebraska inmates to get married virtually while incarcerated in separate facilities landed before an Eighth Circuit panel Wednesday, which wondered why the issue was being litigated at all.
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An ongoing debate over the First Amendment responsibilities of elected officials on social media made it to the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday afternoon, where attorneys sparred over whether public officials’ social media accounts are public forums.
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In a late Thursday decision, the Eighth Circuit ruled that mailed-in ballots in Minnesota have to be in by Election Day or will go uncounted, striking down state election officials’ plan to accept ballots up to a week after.
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the government’s decision to revoke a Muslim immigrant’s citizenship 18 years after he became a U.S. citizen. The man marked “no” on his application that he had never knowingly committed a crime, even while he funneled money to terrorists as CEO of the Islamic American Relief Agency.
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The Missouri State Solicitor General told an Eighth Circuit panel Thursday that the state’s tightened abortions protect fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome from discrimination.
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Thwarted in his quest to acquire a wine from his birth year, a lawyer fighting Missouri’s ban on out-of-state liquor sales appeared to strike a chord Thursday with the Eighth Circuit.
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At a hearing before an Eighth Circuit panel Wednesday, a St. Louis city attorney pushed back on claims that it is police department custom to use excessive force including tear gas and pepper spray on protesters.
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A Christian student group fought Tuesday before the Eighth Circuit to hold three University of Iowa officials individually liable for punishing the group after it had denied a leadership position to a gay student.
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Almost two years after arguments were heard in the case, the Eighth Circuit reinstated four Arkansas laws banning certain kinds of abortion procedures.
Read moreArkansas prisoners on death row may subpoena the state of Nebraska for information about the existence of known and available alternatives to Arkansas’ method of execution that would significantly reduce the risk of severe pain, the Eighth Circuit ruled.
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit granted Republicans a stay pending appeal of a federal judge’s order awarding Democrats a preliminary injunction to prevent Minnesota from enforcing a law governing the order in which candidates appear on the ballot.
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit ruled that an acid manufacturing plant cannot claim it was unforeseeable that nearby workers would inhale poisonous gas discharged into the air and develop respiratory illness.
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit upheld the conviction of a man who threatened a federal judge in Minnesota who had ruled against him in a life insurance dispute. The man repeatedly described himself as a “walking bomb,” and told two attorney he’d planned to kill the judge in “50 different ways.” That statement was not subject to attorney-client privilege.
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit reversed a decision that enjoined the Arkansas Secretary of State from enforcing the state’s initiative petition rules, which require in-person signatures and notarizations. A group of voters argued the rules violate their First Amendment rights and endanger people due to Covid-19, but the signature requirement does not impose “severe burdens” and the notarization requirement has no effect on the “communication of ideas associated with petition circulation.”
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The Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that a former St. Louis circuit attorney is entitled to absolute immunity over her prosecution of a white former police officer, whose acquittal in the death of a black motorist sparked a wave of often violent protests.
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Arkansas’ stringent election requirements to get on the ballot as a third party are likely unconstitutional, the Eighth Circuit ruled Thursday.
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Missouri’s law requiring physicians to give women a pro-life booklet and perform an ultrasound before an abortion does not infringe on a Satanist’s religious freedom, the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreA police officer’s use of deadly force against a civilian was “objectively unreasonable,” because the civilian did not pose an immediate threat of serious physical harm to others, the Eighth Circuit ruled. The civilian was shot five times without warning after officers responded to the scene of an altercation he had with his uncle.
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The Eighth Circuit ruled against a Minnesota chapter of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in a dispute over a strike against the world’s largest food distributor, finding a show of solidarity with another union branch was a breach of contract.
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