Robert Doggart was improperly convicted of solicitation to commit federal arson for his planned attack on a mosque in New York because the religious building was not used in interstate commerce, as required by the underlying arson statute, the Sixth Circuit ruled. From his home in Tennessee, Doggart plotted to burn down the mosque, plans he shared with an FBI confidential informant.
Read moreRetailers legally selling marijuana for the past month in Michigan say they have drawn customers from surrounding Midwestern states where the drug remains illegal and, as Illinois prepares to joins the recreational market on Wednesday, officials are renewing warnings to consumers against carrying such products over state lines.
Read moreThe National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation sued California in federal court, claiming voter-approved Proposition 12 of 2018, on pork sales, “has thrown a giant wrench into the workings of the interstate market in pork.”
Read moreThe Association For Accessible Medicines sued the California Attorney General in federal court, claiming the state’s “pay for delay” law, barring pharmaceutical companies from paying competitors to keep generic drugs off the market is an unconstitutional interference with interstate commerce.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit claiming a beach city’s ordinance banning short-term rentals unlawfully disrupts the flow of interstate commerce.
Read moreMister E-Liquid sued Michigan in federal court, claiming its recent ban on sales of vaporized tobacco products violates the Interstate Commerce Clause and the federal Tobacco Control Act.
Read moreA truck driver who brought a federal wage class action prevailed at the Supreme Court on Tuesday in keeping the dispute out of arbitration.
Read moreIn a victory for out-of-state alcohol sellers, the Seventh Circuit said Wednesday an Illinois law prohibiting those retailers from shipping liquor to in-state consumers “smacks of protectionism” and may not be lawful under the constitutional amendment that repealed Prohibition.
Read moreDismissing criminal charges against two Michigan doctors, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that Congress did not have authority to pass a nationwide law banning female genital mutilation and that such regulations should be left to the states.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit upheld a Wisconsin law that requires all butter sold in the state to be graded, rejecting an artisanal dairy maker’s claim that the government has no business setting flavor standards for butter.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments Thursday in an artisanal butter maker’s challenge to a Wisconsin law that requires all butter sold in the state to be graded on taste.
Read moreTwo farm wineries are challenging a Minnesota rule preventing them from using grapes, unfermented juices and honey from other states and countries, claiming such a severe restriction limits domestic and foreign commerce.
Read moreThe Supreme Court appeared critical Tuesday of the harsh sentence given to a man who was found to have interfered in interstate commerce because his robbery interrupted the victim’s plans to trade methamphetamine for sex with a prostitute.
Read moreThree wine-loving Michiganders and an Indiana wine retailer filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Michigan officials, challenging a law that prohibits out-of-state retailers from sending wine to Wolverine State consumers.
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