The Ninth Circuit Tuesday denied Los Angeles’ petition for a rehearing of a decision that allowed the Justice Department to withhold law enforcement funding from sanctuary cities that do not comply with its immigration policies.
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The en banc 11th Circuit on Friday struck down two workers’ challenge to an Alabama law that forbids cities and counties from raising the minimum wage.
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A divided full Fourth Circuit bench reheard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of unconstitutionally profiting from his presidency through his D.C. hotel.
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Two of four lawsuits claiming President Donald Trump has violated anti-corruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution return to the Fourth Circuit for a full en banc hearing Thursday.
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The en banc Seventh Circuit appeared divided at oral arguments Thursday over whether a Wisconsin county can be held liable for failing to supervise a male guard in charge of female inmates, leading him to commit hundreds of sexual assaults over three years.
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The Montana Supreme Court met en banc Thursday morning to decide once and for all whether or not dinosaur fossils are minerals.
Read moreThe Third Circuit allowed an airline passenger to sue the Transportation Security Administration for “torment” and “abuse” she suffered from TSA screeners at Philadelphia International Airport, including “forcing her to crawl under a table” to reach the belongings they had taken from her, and damaged, and allegedly causing her to be falsely charged with 10 crimes.
Read moreAdvancing a lawsuit against the TSA, the en banc Third Circuit sided Friday with a woman who says airport security racked up bogus criminal charges against her after a gratuitous ordeal at baggage screening.
Read moreSiding with four homeless men whom Virginia has repeatedly jailed for alcohol consumption, the en banc Fourth Circuit struck down Virginia’s “habitual drunkard” law Tuesday as unconstitutional.
Read moreDavid Daleiden and his anti-abortion group are not entitled to an en banc rehearing on their $195,000 contempt fine for releasing secretly recorded videos in violation of a preliminary injunction, the Ninth Circuit ruled.
Read moreThe Trump administration’s controversial “gag rule” that bans federally funded clinics from discussing abortion with patients will stay in effect pending an en banc rehearing, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreThe en banc D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that it will keep in place an installment plan for nearly $250,000 bequeathed to the Libertarian Party.
Read moreFlint city officials still face liability over the city’s contaminated-water crisis after the full Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday not to vacate a panel decision denying immunity from claims brought by a family who drank lead-laced water, but five conservative judges wrote separately to voice their disagreement.
Read moreSixteen Fifth Circuit judges heard arguments Tuesday on whether Texas can sever Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program, in a case stemming from a 2015 sting video made by anti-abortion activists that supposedly shows clinic representatives bartering the sale of fetal tissue.
Read moreThe en banc Sixth Circuit ruled 11-6 Tuesday that Ohio can withhold funding for public health programs from abortion providers, most notably Planned Parenthood.
Read moreLandowners impacted by the construction of a natural gas pipeline through the Appalachian Mountains filed an appeal late Tuesday asking the en banc Fourth Circuit to reconsider a three-judge panel’s approval of a “take first, pay later” approach to eminent domain.
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