The 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 D.C. Circuit granted a request from the Trump administration on Tuesday evening to hold off shutting down the Dakota Access pipeline.
Read moreThe Sixth Circuit denied Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request for a stay pending appeal of a case relating to ballot signature requirements. Proponents of a criminal justice reform initiative say the combination of the governor’s stay-at-home order and the signature requirements create an unconstitutionally severe restriction on their access to the ballot.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday halted the voting registration of thousands of Florida felons who cannot pay fines or fees, just weeks after a lower court threw out the state law mandating payment of all legal financial obligations before voting.
Read moreA federal judge denied Michigan’s emergency motion for a stay of an injunction preventing the state from keeping an initiative off the ballot that would allow prisoners to earn time off their sentences.
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A federal judge ruled it is in the public’s best interest that the nation’s first supervised drug-injection site in Philadelphia be barred from opening while federal prosecutors appeal the site’s legality.
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The Fifth Circuit on Thursday rebuked a San Antonio federal judge in its unanimous order blocking an injunction that would have allowed any Texan to qualify for a mail-in ballot during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to temporarily block an order for the Trump administration to hand over to House Democrats records from the Mueller probe still hidden behind the grandy jury veil of secrecy.
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The same judge who last year blocked the Trump administration from denying green cards to immigrants on welfare grappled Monday with whether to do so again, despite a Supreme Court stay.
Read moreOhio cannot enforce its ban on abortion among nonessential medical procedures, which it billed as a way to preserve personal protective equipment for Covid-19 responders. The Sixth Circuit ruled that the temporary restraining order on the ban is not likely to “inflict irretrievable harms.”
Read moreStill deciding whether President Donald Trump can be sued for defamation while still in office, New York’s highest court refused Tuesday to let former “The Apprentice” Summer Zervos dig for evidence in the meantime.
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A federal judge put the House lawsuit for President Donald Trump’s tax returns on hold Friday. Unlike other cases across the country that have ground to a halt, however, this stay relates not to the coronavirus pandemic but to another subpoena facing appellate scrutiny.
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The Supreme Court allowed discovery to go forward Friday in sweeping antitrust litigation that accuses pharmaceutical companies of fixing generic drug prices.
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Author and columnist E. Jean Carroll appeared in court Wednesday as lawyers for President Donald Trump tried to delay her suit that casts Trump’s rape denials as defamatory.
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In sweeping antitrust litigation over pharmaceutical companies accused of fixing generic drug prices, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to hit pause on discovery.
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Two weeks after temporarily halting his deportation to Guatemala, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that a 5-year-old boy can see a pediatric neurologist to determine whether he needs an emergency medical procedure.
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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Trump administration rule to take effect that would make it harder for immigrants to receive green cards if they rely on public benefits programs like food stamps.
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Delivering a victory for Wisconsin liberals and voting rights advocates, the state appeals court on Tuesday stayed two rulings ordering elections officials to immediately purge over 200,000 people from the voter rolls.
Read moreWeighing in on a dense issue that has split appellate judges across the country, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that there is an immediate right to appeal when an automatic pause on other litigation against a bankrupt company is kept in place.
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