Full Seventh Circuit Hears Age-Bias Arguments
The en banc Seventh Circuit heard arguments Thursday to decide whether the protections of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act also apply to job applicants, not just current employees.
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Archdiocese Seeks En Banc Review of Christmas Ad Ruling
The Archdiocese of Washington is seeking an en banc review of a D.C. Circuit ruling that said a metropolitan transit authority was within its rights when it imposed a 2015 ban on religious ads.
Read morePrior Pay Can’t Justify Gender Wage Gap, En Banc 9th Circuit Rules
The en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that employers can’t justify different pay grades for male and female employees by using salary history alone, overturning more than three decades of circuit case law.
Read moreEn Banc 9th Circuit Takes Up Fee War in No-Fly Fumble
An en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit signaled on Tuesday that it will strike down a $419,987 fee award for the pro bono lawyers who won their Malaysian client’s removal from the no-fly list, an amount her lawyers called a “pittance” limiting a person’s ability to challenge placement on government blacklists.
Read moreFull 9th Circuit Revives Feds’ Data-Throttling Action Against AT&T
A gambit to have the Ninth Circuit review en banc the Federal Trade Commission’s authority over telecommunications companies paid off in a major legal victory for the commission’s dispute with AT&T.
Read moreFirst Circuit Calls Up Maine’s LePage for En Banc Face-Off
The First Circuit will hold an en banc rehearing on claims that Maine Governor Paul LePage interfered with a political opponent’s job offer.
Read moreEn Banc Ninth Circuit to Revisit No-Fly Case Fee Flap
The en banc Ninth Circuit will rehear whether the U.S. government owes a Malaysian professor attorney fees and costs in her fight against being unfairly placed on the no-fly list and other terrorist databases.
Read moreVoters Lose Protest of Campaign-Contribution Ceilings
Upholding contribution ceilings in federal election law, the en banc D.C. Circuit rejected claims Tuesday from Florida voters who wanted to forgo campaign donations in the primary season to double up in the general election.
Read moreSeventh Circuit OKs Police Search in ‘Parking While Black’ Case
The full Seventh Circuit on Friday upheld the constitutionality of a police stop said to target a car for “parking while black,” in which Milwaukee officers pulled black passengers out of the car and handcuffed them for parking too close to a crosswalk.
Read more2nd Amendment Doesn’t Include Right to Sell Guns, Full 9th Circuit Rules
A San Francisco Bay Area county did not violate the Second Amendment by prohibiting three businessmen from opening a gun store near a residential area because there is no protected right to sell guns, an en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreDC Circuit Declines En Banc Hearing on Gun Permit Rules
Local officials who want to see tougher restrictions on conceal-carry permits were dealt a loss Thursday when the D.C. Circuit declined to hold an en banc hearing on a prior ruling that made it easier to get those permits.
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Full Seventh Circuit Hears ‘Making a Murderer’ Case
The en banc Seventh Circuit heard arguments Tuesday over whether Brendan Dassey of “Making a Murderer” fame was coerced into confessing to the rape and murder of a Wisconsin woman a decade ago.
Read moreSplit En Banc Sixth Circuit OKs Government-Led Prayer
A divided full Sixth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Michigan county’s practice of opening its board meetings with a commissioner-led prayer as constitutional, finding the prayers fall inside the scope of historically accepted traditions and are not coercive.
Read moreSeventh Circuit Will Rehear ‘Making a Murderer’ Case En Banc
The en banc Seventh Circuit agreed Friday to rehear the overturned homicide conviction of “Making a Murderer” subject Brendan Dassey to determine if the intellectually disabled teen’s confession to rape and murder was voluntary.
Read moreFourth Circuit Rules County’s Pre-Meeting Prayers Were Unconstitutional
An en banc Fourth Circuit on Friday ruled that commissioners in Rowan County, North Carolina, violated the constitution by opening public meetings with participation in prayers that are specific to one religion.
Read moreWisconsin Seeks Rehearing in ‘Making a Murderer’ Case
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel filed a petition Wednesday asking the en banc Seventh Circuit to rehear the overturned homicide conviction of “Making a Murderer” subject Brendan Dassey, who could be released from prison in September.
Read moreDivided Sixth Circuit Lifts Ban Against Executions in Ohio
The en banc Sixth Circuit ruled 8-6 Wednesday to overturn an injunction against Ohio’s lethal-injection protocol, clearing the way for the state to move forward with scheduled executions.
Read moreEn Banc Sixth Circuit to Rule on Government-Led Prayer
The entire Sixth Circuit heard debate Wednesday over the constitutionality of a Michigan county’s practice of opening board meetings with a commissioner-led prayer, after the court vacated a three-judge panel’s ruling against the prayer and agreed to decide the case en banc.
Read moreFull Sixth Circuit to Decide Fate of Ohio’s Execution Protocol
The en banc Sixth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday over Ohio’s three-drug lethal injection procedure, as over two dozen death-row inmates await word on the status of their executions.
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