The Supreme Court of Maryland voted 4–3 this week to uphold the constitutionality of a 2023 state law repealing the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits. A statute of limitations is a legal provision that bars the filing … Continue reading Maryland Supreme Court affirms ending time limit in child sexual abuse claims
An Oregon judge has temporarily blocked a city from enforcing its public camping policies after the city prevailed in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed municipalities to enforce homeless camping bans. The new judicial action comes after the Supreme … Continue reading Judge blocks homeless camping restrictions in Oregon city that won Supreme Court challenge
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor decided on Feb. 3 to rescind a temporary stay that had prevented a second fraud trial for four New York businessmen whose convictions were overturned by the high court in 2023. The men were … Continue reading Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor allows trial of businessmen to move forward
An activist group is suing an Oregon city over its public camping policies after the city prevailed in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed municipalities to enforce homeless camping bans. The new lawsuit comes after the Supreme Court in … Continue reading Lawsuit puts Oregon city back in spotlight over homeless camping
The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a Colorado man’s conviction under a habitual criminal statute, directing a state appeals court to reconsider the case in light of a ruling the justices made last year. A habitual criminal statute enhances the sentence … Continue reading Supreme Court overturns Colorado man’s conviction under habitual offender law
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of an Atlanta family whose home was mistakenly raided by an FBI SWAT team. The Supreme Court granted the petition in Martin v. United States on Jan. 27 in … Continue reading Supreme Court will review FBI’s liability for raid at wrong house
The Idaho House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 decision that recognized same-sex marriage as a constitutional right. The state House approved the resolution, known as a “memorial,” in a … Continue reading Idaho House passes resolution asking Supreme Court to toss same-sex marriage ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away a challenge to Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of specific crimes. Challengers argued the ban is rooted in the racial animus of the Jim Crow era after the Civil War when … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Mississippi’s felon voting ban
Oklahoma is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to validate the state’s policy of requiring that birth certificates reflect a person’s biological sex at birth, as opposed to gender identity. The high court docketed the petition in Stitt v. Fowler on … Continue reading Oklahoma asks Supreme Court to review ruling on birth certificate gender identity policy
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Jan. 27 not to hear an appeal from a Maryland father on behalf of his son who was injured in a police shooting. The case deals with qualified immunity, a rule created by the courts that shields government officials, including police officers, from individual liability unless the wrongdoer violated a clearly established right. Civil libertarians have become increasingly critical of the qualified immunity legal doctrine in recent years, which they say allows government officials to escape liability for sometimes egregious wrongdoing. The court’s new decision took the form of an unsigned order in Cunningham … Continue reading Supreme Court won’t hear qualified immunity case where child was injured in police shooting
The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Jan. 27 not to take up Ohio’s appeal of a lower court ruling ordering the retrial of a man convicted of attempted murder. The man argues that the police unfairly influenced the victim during … Continue reading Supreme Court denies challenge to retrial for police interference in attempted murder case
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide if a group of blind people may sue Labcorp for discrimination because the company’s new self-service check-in kiosks were not accessible to them. The court granted the petition in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings … Continue reading Supreme Court to review blind patients’ discrimination lawsuit against major lab company
Small businesses do not need to file beneficial ownership reports despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling lifting a lower court injunction blocking the reporting requirement, according to a federal agency. This is because a separate court injunction halting enforcement … Continue reading Federal agency: Small businesses don’t have to file beneficial ownership reports
The Justice Department has reversed its position on a redistricting dispute currently before the U.S. Supreme Court and has asked the justices to halt pending student loan and environmental regulation cases. The new court filings were issued on Jan. 24, … Continue reading DOJ asks Supreme Court to freeze student debt, environmental cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 24 agreed to review a state court ruling denying authorization for the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school. The nation’s highest court granted the petition in an unsigned order. The court did not … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to review Oklahoma ruling against publicly-funded religious charter school
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 8–1 on Jan. 23 to allow the federal government to enforce an anti-money laundering law that a lower court blocked late last year. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the new ruling. The statute at issue, the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), required millions of business entities to file information returns about their owners by Jan. 1, 2025. An estimated 33 million small businesses face fines of as much as $591 per day should they fail to comply with the new rule, according to a Treasury website. Businesses with upwards of 20 employees, $5 million in … Continue reading Supreme Court allows law requiring small businesses to report ownership information
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Jan. 22 in a case in which Cornell University employees sought to revive their class action lawsuit alleging that their retirement plans charged exorbitant fees and were mismanaged. The case, Cunningham v. … Continue reading Supreme Court considers whether to let Cornell employees sue over retirement plan
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical on Jan. 21 of federal government arguments for restrictions on where the electronic cigarette industry can sue to limit a practice known as forum shopping. The federal government argues that the manufacturer has been … Continue reading Supreme Court questions court-shopping allegation against vape makers
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider if the federal government may, after six years, cut off combat-related special compensation to a veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The justices granted the petition in Soto v. United States on Jan. 17 in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decision. Oral argument in the case has not yet been scheduled. Veterans are allowed to seek retroactive combat-related special compensation (CRSC) but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has determined that such payments are subject to the federal Barring Act, which provides … Continue reading Supreme Court will review military time limit claim in former Marine’s PTSD case
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected three doctors’ emergency request to prevent a California agency from investigating them over advice they give to patients that does not conform to the state’s position on COVID-19. Justice Elena Kagan, who handles urgent appeals … Continue reading Supreme Court denies RFK Jr.’s request to block California’s doctor investigations over COVID-19 advice