| 单词 | lower court |
| 例句 | By staying the case, the Alabama Supreme Court had signaled there was something unusual about Walter’s case that warranted further review in the lower courts. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In so doing, the Court made clear to all lower courts that, from now on, the Fourth Amendment should place no meaningful constraints on the police in the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even when lower courts granted a stay, the State would appeal, so the Supreme Court would almost always make the final decision to permit an execution to proceed or not. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They lost in the lower courts, so they appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the federal protections of a citizen’s right to vote superseded any state law that says otherwise. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A petition for certiorari, a request to review a lower court's ruling, is very rarely granted, but I'd known all along that the Supreme Court was our best chance for a stay of execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Prior to the Bostick decision, a number of lower courts had found absurd the notion that “reasonable people” would feel empowered to refuse to answer questions when confronted by the police. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In 1874, the US Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion upholding the lower court. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Supreme Court had just affirmed the lower court’s ruling in Browder v. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The ruling upholds a lower court decision to reverse Mr. Skinner’s conviction and order a new trial. New Jersey High Court Rules Lyrics Inadmissible in Rapper’s Case 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The unanimous en banc ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a preliminary injunction preventing the law from taking effect and referring the matter back to a lower court. Appeals court blocks San Francisco law requiring warnings on soda, sugary-drink ads 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z In one of its ideologically based five-to-four splits, the justices overturned two lower court rulings upholding the Seattle plan. ‘Divided We Fail’: The limits of desegregation 2013-01-09T23:58:30Z Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after losing in lower courts. U.S. top court denies FilmOn X role in Aereo case 2014-03-03T15:23:27Z A lower court last year blocked the book's publication in the U.S., saying it too closely mirrors Salinger's classic without adequate parody or critique. NY court: Swedish author likely to lose fight 2010-04-30T14:34:00Z In a 4-3 opinion, the court of appeals agreed with a lower court that Adnan Syed’s counsel was deficient in failing to investigate an alibi witness, but disagreed that the deficiency prejudiced the case. Maryland court denies new trial for 'Serial' subject Adnan Syed 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z The appeals court agreed it was possible, and those issues will also now be reviewed by the lower court. Oprah must face lawsuit over 'Own Your Power' -appeals court 2013-05-31T16:50:49Z Nearly all of the lower courts dismissed the argument that the mandate was a tax. BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare's Individual Mandate as a Tax 2012-06-28T14:08:54Z The lower court had argued Polanski, 83, had served a prison term, and that he would probably not get a fair trial in the US if he was extradited. Poland will not extradite Roman Polanski to US, judges confirm 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z The Sixth Circuit reversed the lower court's rejection and ruled the officers should be granted qualified immunity because Novak's actions were not protected speech. 4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong — why The Onion’s defense of satire should be heard by SCOTUS 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z The case was remanded back to a lower court. That's Hot: Paris Hilton settles Hallmark lawsuit 2010-09-27T01:04:00Z The ruling, which overturns a lower court’s order to release the records, will be the final word in the case unless Krakauer asks the U.S. Author Krakauer denied records on rape case against player 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z But the parties remained millions of dollars apart in their negotiations, and the value of the lease will now be determined in a jury trial in a lower court. Golf Course on Ancient Earthworks Must Surrender Lease, Justices Say 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z His lawyers argued that a panel of judges in a lower court had erred on a number of issues, including the decision to allow testimony from the five other accusers. Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Groping Trial Can Include Testimony From 2 More Women 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Hatch also says the lower court overlooked tax court proceedings he launched to contest the IRS demands. RI reality star wants sentence thrown out 2011-07-15T17:46:07Z Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the decision of a lower court in late June that blocked them from challenging the FBI's designation of the Juggalos as a gang with criminal intent. Hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse seek to lift gang label for fans 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The court ruled that the measures, which lower court judges allowed to be implemented beginning Nov. 1, will be delayed “until the constitutionality of the Act is fully and finally litigated,” Reuters reports. Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks two antiabortion measures 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z But Thursday’s ruling upholds a lower court’s 2020 finding that Kesha made a defamatory statement about him — to Lady Gaga — and that she can’t defend it by saying that Dr. Luke is a public figure. Appeals court sides with Dr. Luke on an issue in Kesha clash 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z A lower court judge also sided with the Met in February 2018. A Picasso sold during Nazi flight can stay at New York's Met: court 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Overturning a lower court ruling, the 2nd Circuit U.S. Oprah must face lawsuit over 'Own Your Power' -appeals court 2013-05-31T16:50:49Z The justices appeared likely to send the case back to lower courts for additional work. In case involving whiskey and a dog toy, Supreme Court misses the joke 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The justices generally look for cases that present important issues of federal law upon which lower courts have disagreed. I made Clarence Thomas laugh 2012-08-18T19:00:00Z It’s not guaranteed that the lower court will halt Aereo’s operations, but it’s very likely. What’s next for Aereo after Supreme Court ruling? 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The justices did not comment in leaving in place a lower court ruling dismissing the case. Court won’t revive porn star’s defamation suit against Trump 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z That argument was enough to convince a three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit to revive the suit, which on Tuesday sent the case back to the lower court for a trial. Court revives suit involving Elvis memorabilia 2012-07-31T19:26:42Z And until Chief Justice William Howard Taft, a former president, lobbied for a Supreme Court building, the nation's highest court shared office space over the years with merchants, lower courts and Congress. Former justice pens history book about the Court 2013-03-06T19:13:08Z Three years later, the lower court ruled she was entitled to only one painting. After 75 Years and 15 Claims, a Bid to Regain Lost Art Inches Forward 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The appellate court ruled that Sony owned the rights to the songs from 1958-63, but asked the lower court to consider whether the publisher held the rights to the 1964 songs. Court: Widow owns 'King of the Road' copyright 2010-03-23T11:15:00Z The high court’s decision, he added, “puts less emphasis on the creation of a work,” and seems to direct lower courts away from transformation as the most essential legal touchstone. After the Warhol Decision, Another Major Copyright Case Looms 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with two lower courts and ruled in favor of the Jackson estate in its decision on “Leaving Neverland.” Appeals court sends ‘Leaving Neverland’ fight to arbitration 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z The justices ordered the estate be returned to a lower court to be reconsidered. SC court nixes James Brown estate settlement 2013-02-27T15:38:10Z The ruling overturns a lower court judge that said Holdren's office did not have to comply with the Freedom of Information Act request from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Court rules against White House science office in email case 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court decision voiding as unconstitutional Oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriage, drawing on a similar decision it made for Utah. Appeals court upholds decision voiding Oklahoma gay marriage ban 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Heard’s appeal criticizes the lower court’s decision that the case could be heard in Virginia, based on an argument by Mr. Depp’s lawyers that The Washington Post’s computer servers are there. Amber Heard Seeks New Defamation Trial After Losing to Johnny Depp 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z They serve to examine whether lower courts correctly interpreted the law and followed the procedures to ensure a fair trial. The Cosby Ruling: Some Legal Analysts Dispute the Court’s Reasoning 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Moscow City Court on Wednesday rejected band member Yekaterina Samutsevich's appeal of a lower court's ruling in November, meaning that its ban of the video now takes effect. Pussy Riot cathedral video banned for 'extremism' 2013-01-30T13:11:15Z The 3-0 ruling said a lower court could issue an injunction to end what it called Steinbeck’s “recidivist litigation.” Steinbeck kin gets break in court penalty, but stern warning 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z At the same time, lower courts are narrowing the scope of the decision, or refusing to defer to his reasoning. The History Behind the Birthright Citizenship Battle 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The justices ruled again in the case two years later, ordering all estate proceedings halted pending further evaluation by a lower court. SC high court ruling may finally settle James Brown estate 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Supreme Court upholds a lower court’s ruling that the characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are in the public domain. 2014: A good year for book lovers She appealed a lower court’s decision to dismiss the case and an order to pay Trump nearly $300,000 in attorneys’ fees. Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen, once foes, talk Trump 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Obama’s lawyers won in lower courts in Phoenix and San Francisco, but the high court is considering Arizona’s appeal during oral arguments. High Court to take on Ariz. immigration law 2012-04-25T10:05:00Z Officials were appealing after a lower court refused to dismiss them from the lawsuit. Federal court: Duggar sister privacy lawsuit can proceed 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z The court declined to consider whether lower courts erred in refusing to suppress a recording in which prosecutors said McTiernan discussed an illegal wiretap. U.S. top court won't review "Die Hard" director's guilty plea 2013-01-14T22:16:02Z In October a lower court judge denied a request by FX to dismiss the case on First Amendment grounds, saying there was merit to her allegation that she was depicted in a false light. Olivia de Havilland's 'Feud' lawsuit against FX Networks thrown out 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z It's not unlike that here with Trump stacking lower courts with conservative Republican judges to protect his base and not the people at large. "Collective" is an urgent exposé of killer corruption & how journalism and the people fought back 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z A lower court struck down Ms. Werner’s claim to the trove in March. Report Declares Gurlitt of Sound Mind in Leaving Art to Museum 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The ruling overturned a 2013 legal victory for the Browns in which a lower court ruled the law violated polygamists' right to privacy and religious freedom. 'Sister Wives' appeal polygamy ruling to US Supreme Court 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Justices could affirm the lower court's decision, deny the decision or send the case back for a procedural step that was skipped, among a range of options. Illinois high court to rule in police torture case 2012-02-02T11:45:00Z After a lower court rejected the Mail’s arguments, the newspaper took the case to the Court of Appeal. Meghan to receive 1 pound for tabloid’s privacy invasion 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Though the split vote sets no national precedent, it leaves in place the ruling by the lower court. Cognitive dissonance: Obama says he stands with America’s immigrants — but his policies say otherwise 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z It returned the case to the lower court for trial. Comic writer's Ghost Rider copyright lawsuit revived on appeal 2013-06-11T16:01:03Z But the Supreme Court upheld the lower courts' rulings that the helmets were props, not art, the copyright laws for which expire 15 years from their marketing date. George Lucas loses Stormtrooper helmet battle 2011-07-27T21:28:00Z It remained for the Arkansas Supreme Court in 2010 to order a lower court to decide whether new DNA evidence might exonerate the three. Movie Review: ‘West of Memphis,’ by Amy Berg, on ‘West Memphis Three’ 2012-12-24T21:26:52Z The Supreme Court was asked to rule on legal arguments thrown up by the musician's trial in a lower court on charges of offending religious feelings. Court rules against Polish rocker who tore up Bible 2012-10-29T21:41:33Z But the three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled unanimously that the lower court judge provided erroneous jury instructions. Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Case Goes Back to Trial 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z In a two-paragraph decision, the court said a lower court judge’s temporary restraining order, preventing Mrs. Summer from publishing the diary she received anonymously, “clearly violates petitioner’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.” Court Upholds Right of Reporter to Publish Excerpts From Diary of James Brown's Wife 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Nearly all of the lower courts did not buy the argument that the mandate was a tax. BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare's Individual Mandate as a Tax 2012-06-28T14:08:54Z The state Supreme Court decided last week not to review a lower court ruling that denied approval to build on the land after the Sierra Club sued to block construction. Court stops U2 guitarist from building Malibu compound 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z “The historical, archaeological and astronomical significance of the Octagon Earthworks is arguably equivalent to Stonehenge or Machu Picchu,” Justice Michael P. Donnelly wrote in the 6-1 decision, which upheld two rulings by lower courts. Golf Course on Ancient Earthworks Must Surrender Lease, Justices Say 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z “It now falls to the lower courts to interpret how broadly to read the opinion,” he said. After the Warhol Decision, Another Major Copyright Case Looms 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z However, after navigating through lower courts, his legal team failed to convince the U.S. New "bombshell" motion in "Making a Murderer" case points finger at someone else Steven Avery knew 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z A lower court upheld Murray's conviction in January ruling that there were no errors during his trial. Doctor convicted in Michael Jackson death denied latest appeal 2014-04-24T00:57:06Z Penn made the appeal at a news conference with Jacob Ostreicher on Wednesday, a day after an appeals panel sent the man's case back to a lower court. Sean Penn in direct appeal to Bolivia's leader 2012-12-12T21:31:06Z The Boies-Olson-Griffin dream team failed to wrest any sweeping gay-marriage verdict from the Supreme Court, which ducked the issue and last June upheld lower courts’ judgments against the California referendum on narrower technical grounds. Books of The Times: ‘Forcing the Spring’ by Jo Becker 2014-04-30T19:19:22Z The decision struck down a lower courts' ruling in widow Mary Miller's favor. Appeals court rules against Roger Miller's widow 2012-02-22T17:13:12Z But the appellate court denied the request, ruling unanimously that the motions were insufficient to entitle Avery to a hearing and that the lower court correctly denied his request. Court nixes new trial for ‘Making a Murderer’ subject Avery 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The ruling Thursday upholds a lower court decision. NY court: Barkin's ex must pay $3.4M for film co. 2010-12-02T20:34:00Z The lower court found that Pepper's relatives had waited too long to file the lawsuit and ruled for Whitehead before a trial. Court revives suit involving Elvis memorabilia 2012-07-31T19:26:42Z Because of that ruling, the Supreme Court also sent a similar case involving a group of Hungarian Holocaust survivors back to a lower court. Supreme Court sides with Germany in Nazi-era art dispute 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z His 47-page ruling returned the case to a lower court “to determine the appropriate remedy.” Tate Modern’s Viewing Platform Is a Nuisance, Top U.K. Court Says 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z And the administration did indeed try to enlist the “musket mandate” idea in the lower courts. Democrats Pre-Emptively Second-Guess Each Other on Obamacare's Supreme Court Reckoning 2012-06-25T03:59:05Z But without that guidance in place, the Supreme Court argued that the lower court’s ruling was no longer valid, vacating the prior decision in Grimm’s favor. The Supreme Court won’t hear Gavin Grimm’s case this term. Here’s how LGBT students will keep fighting 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z In another victory for the plaintiffs, the appeals court sided with the lower court in ruling that New York law should be applied. Appeals Court Sends the Case of a Pink $40 Million Diamond to Trial 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z The lower court will now decide if he is guilty. Court rules against Polish rocker who tore up Bible 2012-10-29T21:41:33Z A separate case contesting an overall rezoning for the town is still in the lower court. New Forces Join Lawsuit Fighting Palisades Tower 2014-01-22T20:53:00Z Court of Appeals for New York's second circuit upheld a lower court ruling from last year. Seinfeld's wife wins second round in book battle 2010-04-28T20:13:00Z But critics of the decision say that, unlike two lower courts, the justices ignored compelling reasons to question whether such a promise of immunity ever existed. The Cosby Ruling: Some Legal Analysts Dispute the Court’s Reasoning 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The Court of Criminal Appeals ordered Tommy Ward, 60, to remain imprisoned while the state appeals the lower court’s ruling that he be released. Court rules ‘Innocent Man’ defendant to remain imprisoned 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z The lower court found that Drabinsky and Gottlieb had also devised a scheme to book false invoices, inflating the company's assets. Founders of Broadway producer Livent lose appeal 2011-09-13T16:41:39Z A lower court judge ruled that Jolie’s request for disqualification came too late. Court disqualifies private judge in Jolie-Pitt divorce 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The justices turned away an appeal by Kathrine McKee, an actress and former Las Vegas showgirl, of a lower court ruling in Massachusetts that threw out her lawsuit. U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs defamation suit against Cosby 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The appeals court said the lower court should have taken into account the fact that there was no evidence of actual financial losses caused by the fraud. Founders of Broadway producer Livent lose appeal 2011-09-13T16:41:39Z On Friday, the Ninth Circuit Court said in its ruling that the plaintiff's claims "do not conflict with foreign policy" and that the lower court "erred in concluding otherwise." Norton Simon Museum dealt legal setback in 'Adam' and 'Eve' case 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z In 1995, after a lower court argued that “racial isolation” in education—that is, continuing segregation of black and white schools, without formal state compulsion—was a constitutional injury to black schoolchildren, Thomas took offense. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The lower court said Evans’ 2015 permit was improperly granted by the California Coastal Commission. Court stops U2 guitarist from building Malibu compound 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court judge’s decision to block Everett from imposing a dress code for businesses. Bikini barista coffee shop slams city, claims it focuses more on outfits than 'drugs and our homeless' 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Two lower courts ruled against her and dismissed the case. High court won’t take up dispute involving Bill Cosby 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Five works were sent back to the lower court for a determination. ArtsBeat: Richard Prince Settles Copyright Suit With Patrick Cariou Over Photographs 2014-03-18T22:27:06Z The lower court found that he relinquished his rights in a 1979 agreement with Marvel. NY 'Ghost Rider' lawsuit reinstated 2013-06-11T16:59:15Z The state's second-highest court upheld a lower court ruling and dismissed Sciame's claims that the commission overstepped its authority and inflicted emotional distress on him by making him lower the posts. Hepburn house owner loses court fight in Conn. 2013-01-07T20:18:15Z Then on March 8, the highest court in Maryland overturned the lower courts’ decisions, reinstating Syed’s conviction. Director Amy Berg on Why the Adnan Syed Case Still Matters 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed, saying the lower court did not take into account the parodic nature of the product. In case involving whiskey and a dog toy, Supreme Court misses the joke 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z A lower court judge ruled earlier this month that Mr. Cosby was not protected by any such binding agreement and said the case should move forward. Bill Cosby Drops Defamation Suit Against Beverly Johnson 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z In the second case, the majority concluded that proponents of the California ban lacked legal standing, and the ruling of a lower court was restored. Meet two activists who brought sweeping change to the gay rights movement But a divided panel of state Supreme Court Appellate Division judges ruled that the lower court was right to decide that Dr. Luke wasn’t a public figure. Appeals court sides with Dr. Luke on an issue in Kesha clash 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z The hearing is the final lower court session before a ruling, which is expected within months, ending a trial that has lasted three years. South Korea prosecutors seek jail for Samsung boss on fraud, stock manipulation charges 2023-11-17T05:00:00Z The lower court said the law infringed on the restaurant’s First Amendment rights. Supreme Court won’t allow Florida to enforce law banning children from viewing drag shows 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The lower court's ruling in the trial that began three years ago in 2020 is expected early next year at the latest. Samsung boss Jay Y Lee faces final hearing over alleged fraud, stock manipulation 2023-11-17T05:00:00Z The court’s brief order gave no reasons, which is typical when the justices act on emergency applications, and a First Amendment challenge to the law will continue in the lower courts. Supreme Court Refuses to Revive Florida Law Restricting Drag Shows 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Supreme Court was expected after appeals to a lower court concluded. Texas inmate faces execution for 2001 abduction and strangulation of 5-year-old girl 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z That ruling has since been expanded by lower courts to include several other Native American reservations covering essentially the eastern half of the state. Tribe in Oklahoma sues city of Tulsa for continuing to ticket Native American drivers 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z A lower court in June agreed earlier this year and blocked the law from being enforced. Supreme Court won’t allow Florida to enforce law banning children from viewing drag shows 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z But the British high court upheld a lower court ruling that the risk was too great for applicants forced to return to their country of origin. Top British court rejects government plan to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Other lower courts have upheld the ban, and the Justice Department has appealed the 5th Circuit ruling to the Supreme Court. Mother of boy, 6, who shot teacher faces sentencing for marijuana use while owning a gun 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Supreme Court will deliver a judgment on the Conservative government’s attempt to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked the deportations. Britain’s highest court rules Wednesday on the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z That was appealed by the prosecutor’s office and a Wayne County Circuit Court judge reversed the lower court’s decision which was appealed by the defense. Detroit officer to stand trial after photojournalists were shot with pellets during a 2020 protest 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The first question for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide is whether to take the case directly or first have it work its way through lower courts. Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs case seeking to end state’s school choice programs 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The court is considering the government’s appeal against a lower court’s decision in May that blocked plans to reduce the number of flights. Dutch government shelves plans to reduce flights from Amsterdam’s busy Schiphol Airport 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The lower court will then be allowed to decide the path forward, the ruling said. US House: Court fights could tip control in 2024 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z While federal judges on lower courts have been governed by an ethical code since 1973, this marks the first time the country's highest court has set out its own rules. US Supreme Court takes on ethics row with first-ever code of conduct 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The high court has not had a mandatory code of ethics — until now — even though lower court judges are expected to avoid impropriety or do business with anyone who may come before the bench. Supreme Court issues code of ethics after liberal pressure campaign 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The plaintiffs want the high court to take it directly, which would mean a ruling could come in months rather than perhaps years if it had to go through the lower courts. Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs case seeking to end state’s school choice programs 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z In June 2022, a lower court struck down Louisiana’s map for violating the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana lawmakers have until Jan. 15 to enact new congressional map, court says 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Roberts has said the high court has generally followed the Judicial Conferences’ Code of Ethics which is binding on lower courts — but not the Supreme Court — since 1991. Justice Barrett, speaking at Federalist Society gala, says justices are ‘collegial’ 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z A lower court had previously ruled in favor of doctors who said it was in Indi’s best interests to remove life support and allow her to die in a hospital or hospice. U.K. judge decries legal tactics used by sick child’s parents as he refuses to let her die at home 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Faced with this extremely amorphous pseudo-test, the lower courts said that there was no historical tradition of taking guns from domestic abusers. Gun case forces Supreme Court to confront its own illogic | Noah Feldman 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The state Supreme Court in 2019 upheld a lower court decision that there is a right to abortion in the state constitution. After Ohio vote, advocates in a dozen states are trying to put abortion on 2024 ballots 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z That decision, and its reliance on historical customs, has been criticised in some lower courts. Should domestic abusers have guns? US Supreme Court will decide in United States v Rahimi 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z So far, lower courts have blocked enforcement in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana and Tennessee, but federal appeals judges have allowed enforcement to move ahead in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. Judge to rule on temporary block of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Prelogar said some lower courts are adhering to Bruen with rulings that gun prohibitions shouldn’t apply to armed career criminals, drug traffickers and those who have obliterated the serial numbers from their guns. Supreme Court grapples with gun rights for domestic abusers 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z When evaluating current gun laws, many lower courts have simply looked to the past to see if identical gun laws can be found. Gun case forces Supreme Court to confront its own illogic | Noah Feldman 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z In October, an appeals panel agreed with a lower court judge and rejected the summaries of the ballot questions written by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who is running for governor, as politically partisan. After Ohio vote, advocates in a dozen states are trying to put abortion on 2024 ballots 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Their applications were rejected, as were appeals to lower courts. German federal court denies 2 seriously ill men direct access to lethal drug dose 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z That standard has left lower courts in turmoil as they struggle to hunt down references to obscure or since-forgotten regulations. Supreme Court’s Devotion to Gun Rights Faces a Challenging Test 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The lower court ruled for the state official, citing qualified immunity, and said the NRA had failed to plead a First Amendment claim. Supreme Court loads docket with two more gun rights cases 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Bruen left it to the lower courts to review the constitutionality of essentially 100% of all existing gun laws without further guidance on what it could mean to match “the historical tradition.” Gun case forces Supreme Court to confront its own illogic | Noah Feldman 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Wednesday that it will revisit Hanagami’s allegations against Epic Games, after a lower court dismissed the choreographer’s lawsuit last year. 'Fortnite' lawsuit from Blackpink-Justin Bieber choreographer revived on appeal 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has said the high court has generally followed the Judicial Conference’s Code of Ethics binding on lower courts — but not the Supreme Court — since 1991. Democrats to subpoena conservatives linked to Supreme Court justices next week 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The state asked the Supreme Court to toss out a lower court ruling after a 2022 trial that the electric chair and the firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments. South Carolina has lethal injection drug but justices want more info before restarting executions 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z In both cases, it took at least four justices to vote in favor of reviewing the lower court’s decision. Supreme Court loads docket with two more gun rights cases 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The bad news is that the high court’s 2022 Bruen decision, which guided the lower court’s ruling, remains firmly in place. Gun case forces Supreme Court to confront its own illogic | Noah Feldman 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a ban on gender-affirming care for minors that a lower court allowed to go into effect. ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The high court doesn’t have a mandatory code of ethics, even though lower court judges are expected to avoid impropriety or doing business with anyone who may come before the bench. Democrats to subpoena conservatives linked to Supreme Court justices next week 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The second case involves a Michigan man's appeal after a lower court rejected his lawsuit against a Port Huron city official who blocked him on Facebook. US Supreme Court weighs if public officials can block critics on social media 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The judges largely upheld summaries that were rewritten by a lower court judge to be more impartial. Missouri appeals court rules against ballot summary language that described ‘dangerous’ abortions 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z And even after the justices rule on the case currently before them, Bruen’s precedent will still be difficult for lower courts to apply given the decision’s confused logic. Gun case forces Supreme Court to confront its own illogic | Noah Feldman 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z That has led lower courts, sometimes begrudgingly, to overturn more than a dozen state and local gun safety measures. Abuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree? 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The two legal battles came to the court with conflicting rulings from lower courts. Supreme Court grapples with First Amendment rights of public officials, constituents on social media 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Evers is asking the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case directly, bypassing lower courts. Wisconsin’s Democratic governor sues Republican Legislature over blocking ‘basic functions’ 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has said the high court has generally followed the Judicial Conferences’ Code of Ethics that are binding on lower courts — but not the Supreme Court — since 1991. Senate Democrats likely to subpoena Clarence Thomas allies in push for ethics code on Supreme Court 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back to a lower court to consider the doctors’ request for a court order blocking the law. Doctors could revive bid to block Arizona ban on abortions performed due to genetic abnormality 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z A federal appellate court this weekend paused a lower court decision overturning California’s ban on assault weapons, granting a stay in the matter — and leaving the law intact — while it hears an appeal. 9th Circuit stays ruling against California assault weapons ban, pending appeal 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that lower court decision, prompting Mr. Lindke to take his case to the high court. Supreme Court grapples with First Amendment rights of public officials, constituents on social media 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Otherwise the case would have to work its way through the lower courts first, which would likely take months or longer. Wisconsin’s Democratic governor sues Republican Legislature over blocking ‘basic functions’ 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The lower court then upheld the 65-year term, saying it had no authority to modify the consecutive sentences. Ohio high court upholds 65-year prison term in thefts from nursing homes, assisted living facilities 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Earlier in the case, a lower court concluded abortion doctors can’t be prosecuted for performing abortions in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy because other Arizona laws passed since then allow the procedure. Doctors could revive bid to block Arizona ban on abortions performed due to genetic abnormality 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals stops a lower court decision overturning California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines from taking effect. 9th Circuit stays ruling against California assault weapons ban, pending appeal 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Wade, Leo understood that he needed to make sure the court heard the right cases brought by the right people and heard by the right lower court judges. Trump’s court whisperer had a state judicial strategy. Its full extent only became clear years later 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that lower court decision. Supreme Court to hear dispute over public officials blocking people on social media 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court ruling. Deal that ensured Black representation on Louisiana’s highest court upheld by federal appeals panel 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The case was filed in 2020 by a claimant whose request for a gender change in her family registry - to female from assigned male at birth - was turned down by lower courts. Japan’s top court strikes down required sterilization surgery to officially change gender 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The case was filed by a plaintiff whose request for a gender change in her family registry — to female from her biologically assigned male — was turned down by lower courts. Japan’s top court to rule on law that requires reproductive organ removal for official gender change 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z It has led to lower courts striking down various gun laws and prompted the Supreme Court earlier this year to agree to decide whether judges are going too far in striking down restrictions on firearms. Judge strikes down recent NYC rules restricting gun licensing as unconstitutional 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The order from the New York Court of Appeals allows the state to use such searches in criminal cases, reversing a lower court ruling from last year that blocked the practice. New York can resume family DNA searches for crime suspects, court rules 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s granting of a preliminary injunction stopping the law from being enforced. Florida officials ask US Supreme Court to block rulings limiting anti-drag show law 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The court sent the case back to a lower court for a trial on the separate question of whether the state constitution protects a right to privacy, and whether that right encompasses abortion. Georgia Supreme Court Allows State’s Six-Week Abortion Ban to Remain in Effect 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court put a hold Friday on lower court rulings that had ordered the White House to stop pressuring social media companies to censor content the administration disagreed with. Supreme Court blocks ruling in White House social media censorship case 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Three states have petitioned the Supreme Court to halt the federal government from imposing a plan to reduce emissions state to state, as their appeal is pending in lower courts. States ask Supreme Court to halt feds’ ‘Good Neighbor’ emissions plans 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Widdop, of Park Avenue, Keighley, West Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving while unfit through drugs at his first appearance before a lower court. Sutton-in-Craven: Drug driver jailed for killing boy, 9, in hit-and-run crash 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Supreme Court to block lower court rulings that prohibit the enforcement of a new law targeting drag shows. Florida officials ask US Supreme Court to block rulings limiting anti-drag show law 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The order temporarily leaves in place a Republican-drawn map that a federal judge had said diluted the power of Black voters while an appeal moves through the lower courts. Supreme Court Delays Efforts to Redraw Louisiana Voting Map 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The justices said they would speed the case to their docket, but said in the meantime that the lower court’s order against the White House, FBI and other federal agencies will be stayed. Supreme Court blocks ruling in White House social media censorship case 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The high court decided to review that lower court’s reasoning. Supreme Court to review ex-council woman’s arrest over effort to remove city manager 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z A ban he imposed on immigrants from some Muslim-majority nations was struck down in lower courts but ultimately upheld by the U.S. Trump pledges to expel immigrants who support Hamas, ban Muslims from the U.S. 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The court had intervened once before, by a 5-4 vote in August, to keep the regulation in effect after it had been invalidated by a lower court. Supreme Court orders makers of gun parts to comply with rules on ghost guns 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The appeals court said that the state legislature should have more time to redraw its own map before a lower court stepped in. Supreme Court Delays Efforts to Redraw Louisiana Voting Map 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to step in and halt the lower court rulings, pointing to all sorts of situations where the government might be limited in its ability to conduct business. Supreme Court blocks ruling in White House social media censorship case 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Rosenthal said that “the ugly facts matter” and that the justices could return the Moores’ case to a lower court without ruling on it. A Supreme Court dispute over a $15,000 IRS bill may be aimed at a never-enacted tax on billionaires 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z He has kept the ruling on hold since Sept. 14 as the case has developed in the lower courts. Supreme Court extends reprieve to White House in social media censorship case 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Harvard Law School professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a redistricting expert, said if the Supreme Court reverses the lower court, "it will be even more important for plaintiffs in future cases to disentangle race from party." US Supreme Court may make it harder to prove racial gerrymandering 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Bodnar, the lawyer, worries that if Law and Justice wins another term, it will accelerate its takeover of the lower courts, universities, local government and private media — plans already in the pipeline. Many who struggled against Poland’s communist system feel they are fighting for democracy once again 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z But a majority on the appeals court panel ruled against that request, saying the Florida agency hadn’t shown that the lower court had erred by prohibiting the law’s enforcement. Florida law targeting drag shows can’t be enforced for now, appellate court says 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z According to legal scholars, abortion travel bans will face steep challenges in the Supreme Court if any lower court or law enforcement agency succeeds at enforcing them through civil or criminal penalties. Red state bans on travel for abortion spur legal challenges, face uncertainty 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z To undo landmark rulings like Roe, his movement would need to make sure the court heard the right cases brought by the right people and heard by the right lower court judges. We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to the defense made by South Carolina officials of a Republican-drawn electoral map faulted by a lower court for moving 30,000 Black residents out of a congressional district. US Supreme Court poised to OK S. Carolina voting map deemed racially biased 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Supreme Court overturned the rulings of both of the lower courts and vacated the stay. On World Day Against the Death Penalty, Texas executes prisoner with history of mental illness 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s granting of a preliminary injunction stopping the law from being enforced until a trial is held in Orlando, Florida to determine its constitutionality. Florida law targeting drag shows can’t be enforced for now, appellate court says 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z If the lower court’s ruling is allowed to stand, they argue, it “would invite federal courts to micromanage political disputes in countless such districts across the country.” Clyburn’s role in map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters becomes key in SCOTUS case 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z In January, a lower court ordered the district redrawn after finding that Republicans who control the state Legislature improperly moved Democratic-leaning Black voters into another district to make the seat safer for Mace in 2022. The Supreme Court weighs whether South Carolina targeted Black voters in redistricting 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z In August, Oklahoma’s high court agreed to consider the survivors’ reparations lawsuit, after a lower court judge dismissed the case in July. Hughes Van Ellis, youngest known survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 102 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals last month allowed the state to enforce its ban, reversing a lower court order that had partially blocked it. Idaho abortion ban again partly halted amid appeal 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Supreme Court would lift a lower court’s stay and allow the lethal injection to proceed. Texas prepares for inmate’s execution in hopes that Supreme Court allows it to happen 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The new map increased the district's share of white voters while reducing its share of Black voters, which the lower court referred to as "bleaching." South Carolina Democrat's House bid runs through US Supreme Court 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The lower court put its order on hold to allow the state to appeal to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court weighs whether South Carolina targeted Black voters in redistricting 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The Justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court after the lower courts restricted the use of mifepristone. Supreme Court could drop California’s shield for doctors who mail abortion pills 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z In the city's lower courts, she was not allowed to use an interpreter because the judges thought they would not have the required legal knowledge to understand legal terminology, she said. Sarah Sunny: How India's first deaf lawyer made history in Supreme Court 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z By overturning these lower court decisions, the Supreme Court's ruling upends this standard of human dignity as central to liberty. Experts: Supreme Court increasingly puts Christians’ First Amendment rights ahead of others' rights 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The officials faulted the lower court for finding that the district's composition was motivated primarily by race rather than Republican interests. South Carolina Democrat's House bid runs through US Supreme Court 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z A lower court this year ruled the law unconstitutional. Missouri takes Second Amendment challenge to Supreme Court against feds 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z A lower court ruled in favor of the federal government, but the appeals court put that ruling on hold while the case develops. Justice Department urges federal court to tear down Texas’ floating border wall 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has not acted on that appeal, but the justices have stayed lower court rulings while the case develops. Taking (on) the 5th: ‘Most conservative’ appeals court rocks Supreme Court’s 2023 docket 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z While the court agreed with a lower court that Syed’s legal counsel was deficient in failing to investigate an alibi witness, it disagreed that the deficiency prejudiced the case. Adnan Syed goes before Maryland Supreme Court facing ‘specter of reincarceration,’ his lawyers say 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z One lower court judge said it would have been impossible for her to stay at all the locations detailed in her suits and sanctioned one of her lawyers for filing the complaints. Supreme Court hears dispute between disabled woman, hotel chain over accessibility 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division found that a lower court judge should not have allowed some of the scientific expert testimony the plaintiffs presented to jurors in the case. Court tosses $223.8 million verdict against J&J in talc cancer case 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Eastman argued he was protected by attorney-client privilege, but a lower court ruled that his communications may have engaged in criminal activity surrounding the aftermath of the 2020 election. Supreme Court returns to the bench, bats away 800 appeals, including challenge to Trump’s reelection 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Castro lost in a lower court on the standing issue in his argument that the Constitution forbids Mr. Trump to hold office following the Capitol riot. Supreme Court rejects case to disqualify Trump over Jan. 6, insurrection claims 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Daleiden’s attorneys said the lower court’s decision to bar their client from releasing the footage ran afoul of First Amendment jurisprudence. Supreme Court rejects case to publish more undercover videos of fetal body part sales 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z She said she would dismiss the lawsuit in lower court. Supreme Court hears dispute between disabled woman, hotel chain over accessibility 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The lower court rejected the argument made by the defendants that with the secret recording they were exercising their right to free speech under the U.S. US Supreme Court rebuffs dispute over videos targeting abortion providers 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z He lost in lower court and the justices declined to take the case. Supreme Court returns to the bench, bats away 800 appeals, including challenge to Trump’s reelection 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z A lower court rejected the fraud claims and found that the lawyers and their clients did not have sufficient standing to bring the lawsuit, meaning there was not sufficient legal injury to bring the case. Supreme Court won’t review attorney sanctions in 2020 election challenge case 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The lower court recognized the emails were covered by attorney-client privilege and work product, but reasoned the crime-fraud exception applied, meaning privileges could be waived. Supreme Court rejects Pro-Trump attorney John Eastman’s challenge over disclosure of private emails 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Other litigation on the 14th amendment and Trump is still being litigated in lower courts. US Supreme Court rebuffs long-shot candidate's bid to disqualify Trump in 2024 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Since then, a federal law aimed at keeping guns away from people facing domestic violence restraining orders has been struck down by a lower court. The Supreme Court’s new term starts Monday. Here’s what you need to know 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s possible the justices will revisit the issue, given the slew of other similar challenges working their way through lower courts. Supreme Court returns to the bench, bats away 800 appeals, including challenge to Trump’s reelection 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The lower court also cited issues with procedures the attorneys took in bringing the case. Supreme Court won’t review attorney sanctions in 2020 election challenge case 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden’s administration on Sept. 8 asked the justices to hear its appeal of a lower court’s ruling that would curb how the abortion pill mifepristone is delivered and distributed. Major tests await conservative US Supreme Court in new term 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Also in question is a lower court ruling after a summer 2022 trial that the electric chair and lethal injection are cruel and unusual punishments. South Carolina inmates want executions paused while new lethal injection method is studied 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z That’s led to many gun control measures being upended across the country as lower courts try to locate historical analogs when weighing a gun control measure against a Second Amendment challenge. Judge halts Maryland’s ban on carrying guns in places selling alcohol and near demonstrations 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The justices also declined to review a lower court’s sanctioning of lawyers who brought a lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems, Facebook and several swing state officials to challenge the results of the 2020 election. Supreme Court returns to the bench, bats away 800 appeals, including challenge to Trump’s reelection 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court declined Monday to review a lower court’s sanctioning of lawyers who sued Dominion Voting Systems, Facebook and several swing state officials to challenge the results of the 2020 election. Supreme Court won’t review attorney sanctions in 2020 election challenge case 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z The laws had already kicked in under previous rulings by the appeals judges, despite decisions in lower courts that temporarily kept significant parts of the bans from taking effect. Judges maintain bans on gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee and Kentucky 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z That part of the Florida law was not blocked by the lower courts. Supreme Court will decide if Texas and Florida can regulate social media to protect 'conservative speech' 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z In a 5-4 ruling Thursday, the Washington Supreme Court sided with lower courts and denied those claims. Landlords lose case against WA's COVID eviction moratorium 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The lower court also raised issues with procedures the attorneys took in bringing the case. Supreme Court returns to the bench, bats away 800 appeals, including challenge to Trump’s reelection 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z In August, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed mifepristone to remain on the market but upheld a lower court decision suspending a host of FDA moves since 2016 aimed at increasing access. Nevada woman’s death after taking abortion pills spurs lawsuit, safety fears 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The New Mexico Supreme Court in an opinion issued last week explained its reasoning for allowing the gerrymandering challenge to be heard by a lower court. New Mexico trial begins over allegations that Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Burns said in an email Thursday that he did not plan to pursue the lawsuit in lower court. Wisconsin Supreme Court won’t hear longshot case trying to head off impeachment 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Apple on Thursday argued the lower court orders violate the U.S. Apple asks US Supreme Court to strike down Epic Games order 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Newsom also criticized another case out of San Francisco, where a lower court issued an injunction blocking enforcement of city ordinances that allow for the removal of homeless people and encampments from public property. California leaders, beleaguered by homelessness crisis, want more power to clear camps 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z New Jersey-based fishing companies appealed a lower court's ruling in favor of the U.S. government in a challenge to a conservation program overseen by the National Marine Fisheries Service. What major cases are coming before the US Supreme Court? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Supreme Court to review the antitrust case it brought against Apple, hoping to reverse lower court rulings that have found the iPhone maker has not violated antitrust laws. Epic Games asks US Supreme Court to review Apple antitrust case 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The New Mexico Supreme Court in an opinion issued last week explained its reasoning for allowing the gerrymandering challenge to be heard by the lower court. Judge considers accusations that New Mexico Democrats tried to dilute votes with redistricting map 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Epic on Wednesday also appealed lower court rulings in the Apple case. Apple asks US Supreme Court to strike down Epic Games order 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Alabama’s request to halt a lower court’s order for a special master to redraw the Legislature’s election map after GOP lawmakers failed to add a second majority-Black district. Supreme Court refuses to halt special master redrawing of Alabama’s congressional map 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The office appealed a lower court's decision that the attorney's First Amendment free speech protections for his criticism of public figures outweighed the agency's concerns about Trump's rights. What major cases are coming before the US Supreme Court? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z But the lower court said a provision that prevents developers from providing users with a link to other third-party payment methods violated a California unfair competition law. Epic Games asks US Supreme Court to review Apple antitrust case 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z One of the closely watched petitions is from the Justice Department, which is appealing lower court rulings on the use of the abortion pill. Supreme Court justices hold private conference on abortion pill, social media laws 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z In the latest twist in the case, the lower court had found that the state had brazenly flouted its directive to create a second majority-Black district or something “close to it.” Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Alabama Voting Map Dispute 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Without comment, the high court noted the state’s petition to block the lower court’s decision was denied. Supreme Court refuses to halt special master redrawing of Alabama’s congressional map 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z President Joe Biden's administration appealed a lower court's ruling that the law ran afoul of the Second Amendment's "right to keep and bear arms" because it fell outside "our nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation." What major cases are coming before the US Supreme Court? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s ruling, and the U.S. Epic Games asks US Supreme Court to review Apple antitrust case 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The Biden administration wants the high court to weigh in on a lower court’s restrictions on mifepristone. Supreme Court justices hold private conference on abortion pill, social media laws 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The 5th Circuit did not block the lower court judge's decision more broadly, which environmental groups had said was necessary to protect the endangered Rice's whale from oil and gas development. US gets more time for oil auction in lawsuit over Gulf of Mexico whales 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Alabama unsuccessfully argued that the lower court’s ruling was wrong because it understood the Supreme Court’s analysis of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to require lawmakers to draw a second majority-Black district. Supreme Court refuses to halt special master redrawing of Alabama’s congressional map 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The justices are due to hear a bid by South Carolina officials to revive a Republican-crafted voting map that a lower court concluded had unconstitutionally "exiled" 30,000 Black voters from a closely contested U.S. What major cases are coming before the US Supreme Court? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Supreme Court has already refused an emergency bid by Epic to enact the lower court ruling about changing App Store rules, saying they must remain on hold. Epic Games asks US Supreme Court to review Apple antitrust case 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z A lower court upheld the school’s policy, but the parents have asked the high court to review it following the justices striking down affirmative action at universities earlier this year. Supreme Court justices hold private conference on abortion pill, social media laws 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z “What we could do is just adapt the code of conduct that the other court systems have,” Justice Kagan said, referencing lower courts’ rules that govern judicial conduct. Justice Kagan backs code of ethics for Supreme Court 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Roberts has said the high court has generally followed the Judicial Conferences’ Code of Ethics that is binding on lower courts — but not the Supreme Court — since 1991. Senate Judiciary chairman calls for Justice Thomas to recuse in key case over executive overreach 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The administration appealed a lower court's ruling in a lawsuit by trade groups representing the payday loan industry that found that the funding mechanism violated the constitutional provision giving lawmakers the power of the purse. What major cases are coming before the US Supreme Court? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z But unlike with lower court judges, there is no formal oversight of the justices. Revealed: Clarence Thomas went to Koch donor events 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The court already has docketed an appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the part of the law barring weapons in the hands of those facing a domestic violence restraining order. Supreme Court to take up guns — possibly abortion, diversity — in 2023 term 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Chief Justice Roberts has said the high court has generally followed the Judicial Conferences’ Code of Ethics binding on lower courts — but not the Supreme Court — since 1991. Justice Kagan backs code of ethics for Supreme Court 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Both states appealed separate lower court rulings that found the denial of gender care to be discriminatory and unconstitutional. Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The administration appealed a lower court's decision that struck down certain SEC enforcement proceedings as unconstitutional for violating the right to a jury trial and infringing on presidential and congressional powers. What major cases are coming before the US Supreme Court? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z But the code of conduct only applies to the lower courts. Revealed: Clarence Thomas went to Koch donor events 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Danco, the drug manufacturer, has asked the justices to overturn the lower courts and affirm the FDA’s permissive rules. Supreme Court to take up guns — possibly abortion, diversity — in 2023 term 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z He said all justices must file disclosures reviewed by the Judicial Conference Committee on Financial Disclosure and follow what lower courts do with recusals. Justice Kagan backs code of ethics for Supreme Court 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Both states appealed separate lower court rulings that found the denial of gender-affirming care to be discriminatory and unconstitutional. Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The hearing before Kentucky’s Supreme Court at times revolved around a lower court ruling that the new maps did not violate the state constitution. Kentucky Supreme Court reviews state’s Republican-drawn legislative, congressional maps 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z State news agency RIA said the appeal was being sent back to a lower court because of unspecified "procedural violations". Moscow court declines to consider appeal by US reporter Gershkovich against pre-trial detention 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Republicans want to keep their map in place as the state continues to fight the lower court ruling ordering them to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it. A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They’re still waiting for new maps 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z The lower court order was to take effect Monday. Supreme Court pauses order curbing Biden administration efforts to block social media posts 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The court’s three liberal justices and Chief Justice John Roberts dissented, saying supporters of the rule had not shown that they would be sufficiently harmed by the lower court’s ruling. Biden administration restores the power of states and tribes to review projects to protect waterways 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z That sends the issue back to the lower court for reconsideration. Federal appeals court opens way to block California law on gun marketing to children 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Ocasio-Cortez then asked Clark if a federal judge on a lower court would be required to recuse themselves if they were in Alito's shoes. AOC calls out Justice Alito for luxury fishing trip with GOP donor: "Not a bad return on investment" 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The ruling reverses a lower court decision that went against several gun groups and denied their request for a pause on the law’s enforcement while they sue over its legitimacy. 9th Circuit rules California ban on marketing guns to minors is probably unconstitutional 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z But they found that not all of Perry's texts and other communications with people outside of Congress were necessarily protected, and ordered a lower court to go back and review each communication. US court shields some of congressman's phone records in Trump election probe 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Supreme Court to temporarily halt a lower court's ruling that rejected a Republican-crafted electoral map for diminishing the clout of Black voters, escalating a legal dispute with potentially broad implications for the 2024 congressional elections. Alabama asks US Supreme Court to halt ruling blocking Republican-drawn voting map 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z He lost in a lower court on the standing issue, too. Efforts to disqualify Trump for reelection create a prime case for the Supreme Court’s consideration 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z It was a “siren song of a deceitful narrative,” as one lower court judge rightly called it, that portrayed the coach as a lone sentinel persecuted for holding “personal, private prayer.” The ‘siren song’ of the Bremerton praying coach case keeps on echoing 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z The case has now been sent back down to the lower court for further proceedings. 9th Circuit rules California ban on marketing guns to minors is probably unconstitutional 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The high court doesn’t have a mandatory code of ethics, even though lower court judges are expected to avoid impropriety. Alito pushes back on Senate Democrat calls for recusal in upcoming case 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z She would likely win in the less partisan lower courts. Wisconsin GOP's impeachment plan: Another MAGA coup against democracy 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z He doubts the justices will step in unless a lower court were to toss him from the ballot. Efforts to disqualify Trump for reelection create a prime case for the Supreme Court’s consideration 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z In his decision Thursday, Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, a Trump appointee, wrote that the lower court must consider the likelihood that Baird and Gallegos would ultimately prevail in their claim that the bans are unconstitutional. 9th Circuit ruling threatens California ban on unlicensed open carry of handguns 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The court could have issued an opinion requiring lower courts to ask jurors more penetrating questions about their exposure to media accounts in high-profile cases. Who can even serve at Trump’s trials? 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has said the high court has generally followed the Judicial Conferences’ Code of Ethics binding on lower courts — but not the Supreme Court — since 1991. Alito pushes back on Senate Democrat calls for recusal in upcoming case 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z If her case went to the state Supreme Court, which without her vote would be equally divided between Republicans and Democrats, a 3-3 tie would leave a lower court's decision standing. Wisconsin GOP's impeachment plan: Another MAGA coup against democracy 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Alabama's Republican Secretary of State Wes Allen in filings submitted to the lower court disclosed plans to appeal to the Supreme Court and the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Alabama to ask US Supreme Court to keep Republican-drawn electoral map 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z However, the lower court did not do that, VanDyke wrote. 9th Circuit ruling threatens California ban on unlicensed open carry of handguns 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Alabama’s map violates the law under the court’s precedents for judging district lines, said the majority, siding with lower courts. Court orders new election map in Alabama after lawmakers defy Supreme Court 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The lower court, though, denied the state’s request for a new trial, prompting Mr. Bailey to take the case to the Supreme Court. Missouri asks Supreme Court to consider jury disqualification over Christian beliefs 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The decision is also a reversal of a lower court from the week before, when a state judge had said the law should be put on hold while it’s sorted out. Things to know about the latest court and policy action on transgender issues in the US 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The lower court's ruling marked the second time that the judges threw out a map delineating the boundaries of the seven U.S. Alabama to ask US Supreme Court to keep Republican-drawn electoral map 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z VanDyke wrote that if the lower court determines that California’s licensing laws impact rights covered by the 2nd Amendment, the lower court must then apply the Bruen test. 9th Circuit ruling threatens California ban on unlicensed open carry of handguns 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z A lower court moved last week to temporarily block implementation of the new law, finding that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their challenge on state constitutional grounds. Texas Supreme Court Allows Transgender Medical Ban to Begin 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Unlike lower courts, the justices do not have a mandatory ethics code they follow. Supreme Court Justice Thomas reveals 3 trips with billionaire Harlan Crow in new filing 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., upheld the lower court’s conviction and death sentence. These deadly racist attacks should be impossible, but they're becoming more common 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z After Dorsey’s family sued, a lower court agreed with the family that qualified immunity did not protect Agdeppa from personal liability in the matter. 9th Circuit reverses itself, upholds 'qualified immunity' for LAPD officer in gym shooting 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Thursday’s decision could be appealed, as could any new decision by the lower court. 9th Circuit ruling threatens California ban on unlicensed open carry of handguns 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z But that decision was immediately appealed by the attorney general to the Texas Supreme Court, an action that prevented the lower court’s injunction from taking effect. Texas Supreme Court Allows Transgender Medical Ban to Begin 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z On Friday, the ruling of a lower court that originally allowed the gold mining to move forward was reversed and celebrated by conservationists. Conservation groups deter gold mining in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Justice Thomas did not disclose the payments in his financial disclosure forms, and the news outlet suggested that he ran afoul of ethical standards required of federal judges on lower courts. Justice Amy Coney Barrett welcomes scrutiny of court, shies away from ethics code debate 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z In December, a three-judge 9th Circuit panel composed of two Obama appointees and one Trump appointee issued a 2-1 ruling upholding the lower court’s decision. 9th Circuit reverses itself, upholds 'qualified immunity' for LAPD officer in gym shooting 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The case is currently pending before the Maryland Supreme Court, which will consider whether a lower court violated the rights of Young Lee, whose sister Hae Min Lee was killed in 1999. Exonerees support Adnan Syed in recent court filing as appeal drags on 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z While the appeal is pending, the law is allowed to take effect; the same would be true if the higher court rules in the attorney general’s favor and vacates the lower court’s injunction. Texas Supreme Court Allows Transgender Medical Ban to Begin 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The shelter has joined a chorus of voices asking the Supreme Court to overturn the lower court ruling and revive the long-standing law, saying the real-world effects are unfathomably bad. Women’s shelter asks justices to revive law barring abusers from owning guns 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said the court generally follows the code of ethics binding on lower courts. Justice Amy Coney Barrett welcomes scrutiny of court, shies away from ethics code debate 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Their cases had been dismissed by a lower court in 2021, and in July, the Supreme Court ruled that there was no legal justification to reverse this ruling. Dutch Grand Prix 2023: Zandvoort imposes car ban on travelling F1 fans 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z The ruling overturns a lower court’s determination in June 2022 that none of them had legal standing. Appellate judges revive Jewish couple’s lawsuit alleging adoption bias under Tennessee law 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, which heard the case in January, agreed with the lower court in its ruling last Friday. Artist loses bid to remove panels covering anti-slavery murals at Vermont school 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The Biden administration, in its brief to the Supreme Court, said the lower court misread history. Women’s shelter asks justices to revive law barring abusers from owning guns 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z He said all justices must file disclosures for review by the Judicial Conference Committee on Financial Disclosure and follow lower court policies on recusals. Justice Amy Coney Barrett welcomes scrutiny of court, shies away from ethics code debate 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z On 13 July, the district court in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, refused to register their marriage, arguing that lower courts were not bound to follow the interim order as it was only directed at the government. Nepal gay marriage 'victory' hits legal roadblock 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z They may have done so because Boise officials had repealed part of a key ordinance after losing in a lower court. California homelessness in spotlight as Supreme Court to weigh right to camp in parks, sidewalks 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z “A standard ethics code that tracks more or less what is in place with the lower courts seems to be, to me, well within Congressional authority,” she said. Supreme Court ethics debate divides justices, court watchers, former clerks 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The shelter was part of a wave of interest groups urging the justices to reverse the lower court. Women’s shelter asks justices to revive law barring abusers from owning guns 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z In April, the high court let the school implement its admissions policy while the case was pending in the lower courts. Parents challenge Virginia high school’s admissions after affirmative action ruling 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The couple's disappointment at the lower court ruling has been heightened by the trouble Mr Pandey and Ms Gurung went through to get their marriage registered. Nepal gay marriage 'victory' hits legal roadblock 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z In sentencing him last year, a judge at a lower court originally planned to jail Lui for 44 months after giving him a one-third sentence reduction due to his guilty plea. Hong Kong’s jailed student loses bid to reduce sentence over inciting secession in landmark ruling 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Justice Thomas did not disclose the payments in his financial disclosure forms, and the news outlet suggested that runs afoul of ethical standards required of federal judges on lower courts. Supreme Court ethics debate divides justices, court watchers, former clerks 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z In his dissent, Justice Alito warned that lower courts will undoubtedly apply this ruling to other areas — like schools. Courts rule in favor of transgender students, citing Supreme Court’s LGBTQ discrimination ruling 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling. Limited-edition 2025 Mustang GTD: 800+ horsepower and a $300,000 sticker 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's ruling. Pacific island sea levels rising faster than global average, WMO says 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals vacated that ruling, sending the case back to the lower court. Victims of deadly 2016 Tennessee fire will have another chance to pursue lawsuits 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has said the court generally follows the code of ethics that is binding on lower courts. Supreme Court ethics debate divides justices, court watchers, former clerks 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The 11th Circuit in April federal upheld a Florida election law — tightening rules on mailed ballots, drop boxes and other popular election methods — that a lower court had ruled was aimed at suppressing Black voters. Democratic National Committee asks federal judges to dismiss case on Alabama party infighting 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Supreme Court later deadlocked on the case, 4-4, allowing the lower court order to stand. WA, 9 other states get federal grants to replace culverts that can harm fish 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned part of a lower court ruling that would have revoked the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of mifepristone. Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals stopped short of ruling that the drug must be pulled off the market altogether, as a lower court had done. US appeals court rules to restrict abortion pill use 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned part of a lower court ruling that revoked the Food and Drug Administration’s approval — more than two decades ago — of mifepristone. Some abortion drug restrictions are upheld by an appeals court in a case bound for the Supreme Court 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals said the governments plausibly alleged that Walgreen’s misrepresentations were material, and vacated a lower court ruling to the contrary. Walgreen must face US lawsuit alleging false claims over hepatitis C drugs 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling from a lower court dismissing a student’s lawsuit against the University of Miami, a private school. Students blocked from campus when COVID hit want money back. Some are getting refunds 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with a lower court judge that federal law preempted the plaintiffs' claims under California and Illinois consumer protection laws. Kellogg, Kashi defeat appeals over products' protein content 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Laufer says the case is moot because she plans to dismiss the claim filed in a lower court and similar lawsuits after the sanctioning of one of her attorneys. Supreme Court rejects disabled woman’s request to dismiss case involving hotel’s access 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z It’s been on hold for more than a year while a lower court considers whether the ban complies with the state constitution. Things to know about a vote in Ohio, court action in Kansas and Utah and other abortion developments 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z The details were included in a decision from the federal appeals court in Washington rejecting Twitter’s claim that a lower court judge was wrong to hold the company in contempt and imposing the sanction. Special counsel obtained search warrant for Twitter to turn over info on Trump’s account, docs say 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Last year’s Supreme Court decision in a New York case changed a test lower courts had used for evaluating challenges to gun laws, threatening to upend firearms restrictions across the country. Judge blocks Colorado law raising age to buy a gun to 21 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z The lower court, in this case, decided to invalidate it. Supreme Court lets feds regulate ghost guns 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z In Utah, the state Supreme Court is expected to weigh a lower court’s decision to put a law banning most abortions on hold more than a year ago. In Utah and Kansas, state courts flex power over new laws regulating abortion post-Roe 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z If not, Haddad said, the case will return to the lower court as both sides begin the discovery process leading up to a possible trial. Appeals court rules lawsuit by family of San Quentin guard who died of COVID-19 can proceed 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z “The court has to provide more clarity and direction for the lower courts,” Winkler said, “because the Bruen test has proven absolutely unworkable and unpredictable.” 9th Circuit overturns butterfly knife ban, citing Supreme Court 'history' standard on guns 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z Gandhi has sought to overturn the conviction but his challenge has yet to be heard by a lower court. India's parliament reinstates Rahul Gandhi as lawmaker 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court announced Tuesday the Biden administration could continue to implement a rule regulating ghost guns after a lower court blocked the feds’ regulation. Supreme Court lets feds regulate ghost guns 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z My first attempt had recommended that the justices reverse a lower court ruling. Opinion: Three words you won't hear from today's Supreme Court justices 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has rejected Tulsa’s request to halt a lower court order allowing the city to issue speeding tickets to Native Americans. Supreme Court rejects Tulsa’s request to issue speeding tickets to Native Americans 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Tong’s office said it’s confident that claim will be dismissed by the lower court. Federal appeals court upholds Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The decision comes about a year and a half after a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit challenging the contentious law, which drew protests at the state Capitol. Federal appeals court upholds Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s decision. Supreme Court won’t block a ruling favoring a Native American man cited for speeding in Tulsa 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The jail term was suspended and he was given bail to appeal in a higher court but his petitions to suspend the conviction to allow him to return to parliament were rejected by lower courts. Who is Rahul Gandhi, the 'prince' spearheading India's opposition to Modi? 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The city is still fighting a ruling against it in the lower court, but had hoped it could still enforce city ordinances without complication while the litigation is pending. Supreme Court rejects Tulsa’s request to issue speeding tickets to Native Americans 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The decision comes about a year and a half after a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit challenging the contentious law, which drew protests at the state Capitol. Federal appeals court upholds Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Tong’s office said it’s confident that claim will be dismissed by the lower court. Federal appeals court upholds Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court hears appeals of rulings from lower courts, and none of his cases have gone to trial yet. Trump demands Supreme Court intercede in legal cases 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Instead, it said simply that the lower courts had erred, ruling that no sufficient “reason has been granted by the learned trial judge while imposing the maximum sentence of two years.” India’s Top Court Clears Way for Rahul Gandhi’s Return to Parliament 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Gavai said the lower court which sentenced Gandhi to two years in jail had not given any reasons for handing down the maximum sentence of two years which led to his disqualification from parliament. Rahul Gandhi set to return to parliament as top court suspends conviction 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Festa called the court’s decision to return part of the lawsuit to the lower court for further consideration “a victory” for special needs children in the state. Federal appeals court upholds Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Festa called the court’s decision to return part of the lawsuit to the lower court for further consideration “a victory” for special needs children in the state. Federal appeals court upholds Connecticut law that eliminated religious vaccination exemption 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z A lower court had granted Mr Gandhi bail to appeal against his conviction but in July, the Gujarat high court dismissed his appeal seeking a stay on his conviction. Supreme Court suspends Rahul Gandhi's conviction in defamation case 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The lower court ruled in their favor in 2021, waiving the requirement and making it easier for abortion-seeking residents to find care. A federal appeals court just made medication abortions harder to get in Guam 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z But Ms. Laufer says the case is moot because she’s dismissing the claim she filed in lower court — and other similar lawsuits — after Tristan Gillespie, one of her lawyers, was sanctioned in Maryland last month. Disabled woman asks Supreme Court to dismiss pending case after her lawyer is sanctioned 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The lower court ordered lawmakers to draw a second district with either a Black majority or “something quite close.” Redistricting battles could determine control of US House in 2024 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z All justices must file disclosures that are reviewed by the Judicial Conference Committee on Financial Disclosure and follow what lower courts do with recusals, though the system is flexible. Sen. Durbin clashes with Justice Alito over Democrats’ plan to slap ethics code on Supreme Court 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The latest challenge asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case directly, rather than have it work through lower courts, arguing that the state legislative maps are an unconstitutional gerrymander. Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z During litigation in lower courts, Texas proved that under the memo ICE was refusing to arrest and deport illegal immigrants who were in fact serious criminals. ICE revives policy limiting arrests and deportations 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Since that decision, lower courts have determined the reservations of several other Native American tribes, including the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole, are still intact. Native American tribes in Oklahoma will keep tobacco deals, as lawmakers override governor’s veto 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The state’s top court has ordered a lower court to rule on the matter by October. Redistricting battles could determine control of US House in 2024 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z India’s supreme court has since declared the lower court’s ruling “completely factually wrong,” but it was too late to stop the violence. Could Ethnic Conflict in India Become an Issue Modi Cannot Ignore? 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z But the lower court, in this case, decided to invalidate it. Supreme Court allows ATF to regulate ghost guns — for now 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z The 5th Circuit had rejected the Biden administration’s request to vacate the lower court’s order, and set oral arguments in the matter for September as the appeal is pending. Biden wants Supreme Court to revive regulation on ghost guns 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a lower court injunction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, allowing construction to continue on the nearly complete 303-mile natural gas conduit between West Virginia and Virginia. Supreme Court allows construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline to continue 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Supreme Court in June upheld a lower court ruling that Alabama’s Republican-drawn 2022 map illegally denied Black voters an opportunity to elect representatives of their choice. Redistricting battles could determine control of US House in 2024 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals, the administration argued that a lower court judge's July 4 decision was overly broad and would hurt the government's ability to fight misinformation on platforms in a crisis. U.S. urges appeals court to lift curbs on social media contacts 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z But he also said he has never been asked to stop a search warrant, an issue which is usually handled by lower court judges. Store owner charged with murder in Black teen’s killing fights warrant over business records 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z But the lower court in this case decided to invalidate it. Biden wants Supreme Court to revive regulation on ghost guns 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z A federal appeals court recently let it take effect after a lower court judge blocked it. Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee’s attorney general 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Reynolds is asking the state Supreme Court to override the lower court’s ruling and allow the law to go back into effect. Block on Iowa’s strict abortion law can be appealed, state Supreme Court says 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, as the state appealed a lower court’s ruling that temporarily blocked construction despite a Congressional order clearing the way for the project. US Supreme Court asked to set aside ruling that blocks construction on Mountain Valley Pipeline 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, as the state appealed a lower court’s ruling that temporarily blocked construction despite a Congressional order clearing the way for the project. U.S. Supreme Court asked to set aside ruling that blocks construction on Mountain Valley Pipeline 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Unlike under the conservative majority, Pines said the new liberal court will be unlikely to rule on cases before lower courts have heard them. Democrats eye Wisconsin high court’s new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z The collector, whose identity the Federal Court of Justice didn’t publish, was unsuccessful in lower courts. German court rejects collector’s complaint against listing in Nazi-era lost art database 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The legislation would mandate a new Supreme Court “code of conduct” with a process for adjudicating the policy modeled on lower courts that do have ethics codes. Senate Judiciary panel to consider ethics rules for Supreme Court 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z His case went to the Supreme Court more than five years ago where he had a narrow win — but ultimately, the justices sent his case back to lower courts for further evaluation. Christian baker Jack Phillips tells Colorado Supreme Court it must honor high court’s ruling 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z This was "rejected by the appeals chamber by majority", presiding Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said in a summary of the decision on Tuesday, upholding the lower court's ruling supporting prosecutors' investigation. ICC ruling opens way to investigation on killings in Philippines 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z After the Supreme Court handed down its ruling for Ms. Smith, the justices told the lower court in the Klein litigation to reconsider that dispute. Court ruling for web designer may not protect others opposing same-sex weddings 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Judges in Division II of the Washington Court of Appeals have agreed, and have rejected efforts by lower courts and prosecutors to take firearms away from suspects charged in domestic violence cases. Keep guns away from people charged with domestic violence | Editorial 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The justices unanimously declined to overstep the lower court, writing that Trump “makes no showing that he has been prevented fair access to the ordinary channels.” Georgia’s top court rejects Trump attempt to thwart prosecutor in 2020 election investigation 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Legal experts say lower courts will have to grapple with whether bakers and florists and other industries qualify as expressive work to enjoy the same protections as Ms. Smith. Christian baker Jack Phillips tells Colorado Supreme Court it must honor high court’s ruling 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the lower court’s ruling that Alabama’s existing congressional map - with a single Black district - likely violated the Voting Rights Act. Alabama rushes to adopt new congressional map amid disagreement on what district should look like 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the lower court’s ruling that Alabama’s existing congressional map — with a single Black district — likely violated the Voting Rights Act. Alabama rushes to adopt new congressional map amid disagreement on what district should look like 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z It changed the test that lower courts had long used for evaluating challenges to firearm restrictions, telling judges that gun laws must be consistent with the “historical tradition of firearm regulation.” Federal judge rules Oregon’s tough new gun law is constitutional 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z While lower court federal judges are bound by a formal code of conduct, the Supremes decide for themselves which cases they hear and which they don’t. The case for a code of ethics for the Supreme Court | Op-Ed 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court ruled that the commission showed undue animosity toward Mr. Phillips and sent the case back to a lower court, but the justices shied away from a broad ruling on constitutional principles. Christian baker Jack Phillips tells Colorado Supreme Court it must honor high court’s ruling 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Agree with the lower court that the Founding Fathers would have let him keep the gun? One step forward, two steps back on sensible gun laws | Gail Collins 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Not long after that, the Constitutional Court, the country’s highest tribunal, provided another blow, granting the Seed Movement’s request for a preliminary injunction against a lower court’s suspension of its legal status. Guatemala’s struggle with corruption thrust into international spotlight by election meddling 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The 3-2 decision by Appellate Division in the state capital of Albany reversed a lower court ruling, and directed the state's bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission to restart the mapmaking process. Appeals court orders new congressional map for New York, Democrats could benefit 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z A lower court had put the law on hold last month, just before it was to take effect on July 1. Things to know about the latest court rulings and statehouse action over transgender rights 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court and directed a state redistricting commission to start work on new proposed state congressional lines. Appeals court orders new Congressional lines in New York, a potential boon for Democrats 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The Justice Department has since asked a federal appeals court to stay the lower court's ruling pending appeal. FBI chief Wray defends against US House Republicans' accusations 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z The conduct would likely be prohibited if done by lower court federal judges. Supreme Court justices and donors mingle at campus visits. These documents show the ethical dilemmas 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z If they send the matter back to a lower court, a judge could potentially rule the maps unconstitutional and initiate a court-directed process to redraw districts. Utah Supreme Court hears partisan gerrymandering challenge to congressional districts 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The Court of Appeals sided with them Monday, and sent the case back to the lower court for an order in favor of the Amish. Court sides with Amish families in case that pits septic tank rules against religious beliefs 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z CCC lawyers filed an urgent application at the High Court on Friday challenging the police decision, but a judge on Sunday referred the matter back to the lower court. Zimbabwean court upholds opposition campaign launch ban 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Besides expanding the size of the Supreme Court and or the lower courts, she said, other options include stripping the Supreme Court of jurisdiction over certain cases, setting term limits and implementing ethics changes. Stymied by the Supreme Court, Biden wants voters to have the final say on his agenda 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court will hear an appeal of a lower court decision that struck down a federal law prohibiting people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from having firearms. Why many judges in WA aren’t ordering alleged abusers to turn in guns 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z The Amsterdam Court of Appeal overturned a lower court that concluded in April the government of the Netherlands did not follow the correct procedure when it told Schiphol last year to cut flights. Amsterdam court gives green light to plan to reduce flights at busy Schiphol Airport 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z A lower court had granted Mr Gandhi bail to appeal against his conviction, but it's the stay or suspension of his conviction that's crucial to reinstating him as an MP. Rahul Gandhi: Gujarat High Court dismisses Congress leader's appeal in defamation case 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals, the administration said the lower court ruling was "both sweeping in scope and vague in its terms," and likely to be overturned on appeal. Biden admin seeks emergency order halting ban on social media company contacts 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z That gap will be filled by lower courts right now, he said. Race in college admission essays could spark new legal battles, court watchers say 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z A lower court earlier rejected the appeals in the two cases. Myanmar’s Supreme Court hears arguments in 2 appeals by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z The dissent said the case should be sent back to lower courts for further review in light of the pork industry’s argument about the burden on interstate commerce. Court watchers split over most liberal justice — Jackson or Sotomayor 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing on behalf of the majority, stated that a lower court had determined a reasonable assumption based on Colorado's actions in previous cases involving same-sex marriages. Legal scholars: SCOTUS can't be forced to reconsider "made-up" case — but lawyers can be punished 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z A day later, however, Ryan was forced to withdraw when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overrode the lower court. Pro disc golf roiled as top transgender player Natalie Ryan fights tougher eligibility rules 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z After its ruling Friday, the Supreme Court remanded the cases of Oregon bakers Melissa and Aaron Klein to lower courts in light of the 303 Creative decision. High court’s ‘gay wedding website’ decision brings hope to photographer, baker, other creatives 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z The court will examine the legal fallout from last year’s major expansion of gun rights, in a case over a domestic violence gun ban that was struck down by a lower court. In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z The opinion said the state of Alaska and others demonstrated the economic impacts of the lower court’s ruling “outweigh the speculative environmental threats.” An Alaska hook-and-line Chinook fishery has been pitted against endangered orcas. Can both survive? 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Initial appeals filed by her lawyers in most of her cases have already been rejected at least once by lower courts. Myanmar’s Supreme Court to hear appeals of ousted leader Suu Kyi in cases brought by the army 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z House districts in Alabama and Louisiana, which lower courts said likely violated the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting strength of Black residents. Supreme Court directs Ohio’s top court to take another look at redistricting lawsuit 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Muldrow appealed a lower court's ruling that the conduct by the police department could not form the basis of a discrimination lawsuit. U.S. Supreme Court to consider scope of workplace bias law 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Adams, et al. — was previously dismissed multiple times by a lower court before the case was ordered closed, according to court documents. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z After two lower courts sided with Colorado, the case headed to the Supreme Court which has now sided in her favour. US Supreme Court rules website designer can refuse to serve same-sex couples 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z A municipal court and a federal district court judge both sided with the city, but a three-judge panel of10th Circuit reversed the lower court’s decision. Federal court rules tribal citizen not subject to Tulsa traffic ticket 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z But lower courts ruled in favor of the universities in both cases. KBJ rips “let-them-eat-cake obliviousness” of affirmative action ruling — calls out Clarence Thomas 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Under the prior precedent dating to 1977, lower courts sided with employers so long as they showed even a de minimis, or trivial, cost to accommodating an employee’s request. Supreme Court rules for ex-mail carrier refusing to work on Sabbath 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The decision overturned a lower court's ruling that Abitron Germany GmbH was liable in the United States for trademark infringement that occurred abroad. US Supreme Court tosses Hetronic's $96 million trademark win against European distributor 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z But the lower courts dismissed his legal challenge and a subsequent appeal over the case. Activist detained in Hong Kong begins final appeal for recognition of his overseas same-sex marriage 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals accepted a 2021 recommendation from a lower court judge, who had ruled against several claims made by Reed, including that he’s not guilty. Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who says he’s innocent, asked for a new trial. A court said no 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse her conviction and send the case back to the lower court for a new trial. Prosecutors want to dismiss some charges for former Atlanta official in corruption case 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court vacated the conviction and returned the case to the lower courts, where prosecutors may decide whether to retry the defendant under the more demanding standard. Supreme Court Puts First Amendment Limits on Laws Banning Online Threats 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Supreme Court denied a request by Charter Day School to review its skirt requirement, which a lower court struck down last year. Charter school lost case over skirts rule for girls, but debate over charter autonomy isn’t over 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The justices’ ruling is a victory for Counterman and sends his case back to lower courts for another look. Supreme Court makes it more difficult to convict someone of making a threat 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The dress code already has been changed to allow girls to wear pants, in line with the lower court ruling. The Supreme Court won’t let a North Carolina charter school force girls to wear skirts to school 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z A lower court had ruled that the law was overly broad because it may criminalize speech protected by the U.S. Factbox: A look at the US Supreme Court's major rulings this year 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The top court lifted a hold on a lower court case that could result in Louisiana redrawing its electoral map. Louisiana electoral map: Supreme Court boosts black voters in gerrymandering case 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Because public charter schools receive public funds, the lower court said they are “state actors” and subject to the Constitution’s equal protection clause. Charter school lost case over skirts rule for girls, but debate over charter autonomy isn’t over 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lower court to consider directing Louisiana to redraw its congressional maps to create two majority Black districts. Supreme Court lifts block on Louisiana adding second majority Black congressional district 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z They affirmed a lower court's decision that the Republican-drawn map of that state's seven House districts diminished the voting power of Black Alabamians in violation of the Voting Rights Act. US Supreme Court tosses race-based dispute over Louisiana electoral map 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The justices turned away an appeal by Genius of a lower court's decision blocking its breach-of-contract claims against Google. US Supreme Court lets Google win stand against Genius suit over song lyrics 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The justices turned away up Oregon-based Nike's appeal of a lower court's decision upholding the agency's Patent Trial and Appeal Board action. US Supreme Court turns down Nike, Adidas patent dispute 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z In the latest chapter of the four-year legal battle, the state asked the Supreme Court to reverse that decision and send the case back to the lower court for trial. WA Supreme Court hears case of discrimination in Sunnyside evictions 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z The majority, siding with lower courts, said Alabama’s map violates the law under the court’s precedents for judging district lines. Supreme Court lifts block on Louisiana adding second majority Black congressional district 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s decision. Margaret Gilleo, 84, Dies; Made a Yard Sign a Free-Speech Beacon 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Dora Leon’s case was dismissed by lower courts that ruled state law provides immunity to law enforcement officers and agencies for police conduct during investigations. Police in California aren’t immune from certain misconduct lawsuits, high court rules 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals in an attempt to enforce arbitration should pause all lower court proceedings. Supreme Court sides with Coinbase in arbitration dispute over ex-users’ crypto losses 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The lower court had let a proposed class action lawsuit proceed while Coinbase pressed its appeal contending that the claims belong in arbitration. US Supreme Court rules in favor of Coinbase in arbitration dispute 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The lower court had ruled that the law was overly broad because it may criminalize speech protected by the U.S. U.S. Supreme Court upholds law against encouraging illegal immigration 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The four men were escorted Friday by armed police to a lower court in Perlis where they were charged with human trafficking, which carries up to 15 years imprisonment upon conviction, local media reported. Malaysia charges 4 Thais over the mass graves and human trafficking camps found in 2015 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Kruger wrote that the lower courts’ decision was wrong, saying police investigations cannot be interpreted as part of the prosecution process. Police in California aren’t immune from certain misconduct lawsuits, high court rules 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a dissent arguing that lower courts have discretion whether or not to halt the proceedings during the appeal process — and that should be decided case by case. Supreme Court sides with Coinbase in arbitration dispute over ex-users’ crypto losses 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The justices, in a 5-4 decision, overturned a lower court's ruling involving a user who sued after a scammer stole money from his account. US Supreme Court rules in favor of Coinbase in arbitration dispute 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The opinion said the state and others who were part of the appeal established a sufficient likelihood that certain and substantial impacts of the lower court’s decision “outweigh the speculative environmental threats.” Alaska salmon season back on after court halts closure that sought to protect orcas 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Land value loss alone for which the government was found liable was estimated to be around $10 million by lower courts. US engineers contributed to Missouri River flood damage and must pay landowners, court rules 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z It partially upheld a lower court ruling in favor of Braidwood by U.S. Court exempts a Texas company from following anti-discrimination law protecting LGBTQ+ workers 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z However, the high court is not subject to a binding code of conduct that applies to lower court judges, giving individual justices latitude to write and enforce their own rules. Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z In August, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s permanent injunction on behalf of the Franciscan Alliance, a Catholic health care network with nearly 19,000 providers. Biden administration won’t defend ‘transgender mandate’ on Catholic doctors, hospitals 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Navalny's complaint had made it through a series of lower courts before being definitively thrown out by the Supreme Court. Russian Supreme Court rejects Navalny challenge to prison conditions -Mediazona 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court’s 2020 ruling that the federal government must pay for the landowners’ loss of value to the land. US engineers contributed to Missouri River flood damage and must pay landowners, court rules 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The justices, in a 5-4 decision, threw out a lower court ruling that held an 1868 treaty confining Navajos to their reservation came with an implied promise that they would have access to water. Supreme Court rejects Navajo suit seeking more water 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z It also denied Attorney General Matt Platkin’s request in part, leaving in place a lower court’s order that put an insurance mandate on hold. Court temporarily allows part of New Jersey’s handgun carry law to remain in effect 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z A lower court had stopped Singer and another fund from seizing Argentine central bank funds held in the U.S. Samuel Alito took luxury fishing vacation with GOP billionaire who later had cases before the court 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Dr. Paolo Macchiarini made headlines in 2011 for carrying out the world’s first stem cell windpipe transplants at Sweden’s leading hospital and had been sentenced to no prison time by a lower court. Swedish appeals court ups surgeon’s sentence for ‘harm’ during experimental windpipe transplants 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The question before the Kentucky justices in their February ruling was whether there was a reason to reinstate a lower court’s injunction and block the bans from being enforced. Abortion rights groups drop suit challenging Kentucky’s ban but continue legal fight 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Saupe appealed the case to the Supreme Court after a lower court ruled against her. Colorado Supreme Court strikes law allowing child sex abuse lawsuits from decades past 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The lower court’s May injunction did not specify those locations, and the appeals court also didn’t remove the prohibition in those places. Court temporarily allows part of New Jersey’s handgun carry law to remain in effect 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z In most instances, it was Singer's adversaries filing an appeal, with Singer's fund successfully arguing for the justices to decline the case and let stand a lower court ruling. Samuel Alito took luxury fishing vacation with GOP billionaire who later had cases before the court 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Judge Thapar steered clear of commenting on ethics for the high court, but he said recusal is easier for lower court judges because there are more judges on the court to fill a three-judge panel. New book highlights Justice Clarence Thomas’ originalist focus on people, issues 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z But it sent the case back to a lower court to determine whether the contested agreement violates asylum seekers' right to equal treatment under the law. How a Canada Supreme Court ruling could affect U.S.-Canada refugee flows 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after losing in a lower court. Federal court sides with lobster fishers in whale protection case anchored off New England 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The appeals court, though, rebuffed the state’s effort to undo the lower court’s injunction against an insurance mandate for firearms carriers that was scheduled to take effect in July. Court temporarily allows part of New Jersey’s handgun carry law to remain in effect 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Historically, they've almost never explained why they are or are not recusing themselves, and unlike lower court judges, their decisions cannot be appealed. Samuel Alito took luxury fishing vacation with GOP billionaire who later had cases before the court 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The higher court, whose members are all Republican appointees, deadlocked 3-3 on Friday, letting the lower court’s injunction stand. Deadlocked Iowa Supreme Court Leaves Abortion Legal Through 20 Weeks 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z A lower court could find in favour of refugee advocates or the government, a decision that could be appealed either way. How a Canada Supreme Court ruling could affect U.S.-Canada refugee flows 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z The appeals court said Friday it disagreed with the lower court’s ruling. Federal court sides with lobster fishers in whale protection case anchored off New England 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z A lower court dismissed the case, and a federal appeals court agreed with that decision. Supreme Court won’t review North Carolina’s decision to nix license plates with Confederate flag 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that Alabama’s congressional districts likely violated the federal Voting Rights Act by diluting the political power of Black voters. New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The court sent the case back to the lower court, saying the officers could continue to pursue their claims while noting they “undoubtedly face a steep uphill climb in ultimately proving their case.” Philly cops fired over offensive Facebook posts can pursue First Amendment claim, court rules 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The Idaho Supreme Court in April declined to vacate the gag order, saying the news organizations, including The Associated Press, should have first asked the lower court to lift the order. Judge weighs challenge to gag order in University of Idaho killings 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z In 2019, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s order for the company to pay roughly $50,000 to a group of 14 employees who had filed the labor complaint. They Spoke Up for Free Speech. Now They Are Being Sued for Defamation. 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z How the decision will affect similar lawsuits against political maps drawn in other states is unclear, although voting rights groups say the ruling provides firm guidance for lower courts to follow. Supreme Court voting rights ruling stuns minority voters, who hope it expands their representation 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z It ordered a lower court to impose new U.S. New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The decision throws out an appeal that found that the toy was a "non-commercial" parody, subject to First Amendment free speech protections, and throws the case back to lower courts. Supreme Court backs Jack Daniel's in dog toy row 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The news organizations subsequently did ask the lower court to revoke the order, and Judge scheduled arguments for Friday. Judge weighs challenge to gag order in University of Idaho killings 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z The court affirmed a lower court’s decision to create a second congressional district “in which Black voters either comprise a voting-age majority or something quite close to it.” Supreme Court Ruling on Voting Rights Could Resound Across the South 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z While it was considering the Alabama case, the Supreme Court had placed a hold on a lower court ruling in Louisiana allowing creation of a second majority-Black district. Supreme Court voting rights ruling stuns minority voters, who hope it expands their representation 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z While considering the Alabama case, the Supreme Court had put a hold on a similar lower court ruling that Louisiana’s districts must be redrawn to create a second majority-Black district. New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Even with the new test established by the majority on Thursday, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, in a concurring opinion, expressed worry that lower courts would still struggle to interpret the vague wording of the statute. Supreme Court Narrows the Reach of an Aggravated Identity Theft Law 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z In January, an appeals court judge ordered a new trial in that case after a lower court convicted her of defamation. News at a glance: Weather radar, solar energy beamed from space, and an ode to Europa 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The 5-4 decision backed a lower court's ruling that the state's Republican-drawn map had diluted the voting power of black Alabamians. Alabama violated voting rights law, Supreme Court rules 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Kagan said a lower court’s reasoning was flawed when it ruled for the makers of the rubber chew toy. Ruff day in court: Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in dispute with makers of dog toy 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court also has agreed to review a lower court ruling that a South Carolina congressional district discriminates against Black voters. New voting districts could change again in some states before the 2024 elections 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z “Until it does, I fear the issues that have long plagued lower courts will persist,” he added. Supreme Court Narrows the Reach of an Aggravated Identity Theft Law 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court threw out a lower court’s ruling that the chew toy is an “expressive work” protected by the First Amendment. Jack Daniel’s wins round at Supreme Court in ‘Bad Spaniels’ dog toy trademark fight 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Alabama Republicans appealed against the lower court's decision. Alabama violated voting rights law, Supreme Court rules 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z A lower court never got to the issue of consumer confusion, however, because it said the toy was an “expressive work” communicating a humorous message and therefore needed to be evaluated under a different test. Ruff day in court: Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in dispute with makers of dog toy 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z "This case is about dog toys and whiskey, two items seldom appearing in the same sentence," Kagan wrote in the ruling, emphasizing that, while throwing out the lower court's decision, the decision was narrow. US Supreme Court rules for Jack Daniel's in fight over parody dog toy 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Then again, VIP Products can still argue in lower court that the products are not likely to be confused by consumers. Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in trademark dispute with dog poop toy 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The case will now return to the lower courts, giving Jack Daniels another chance to press its claims against VIP Products. Jack Daniel’s wins round at Supreme Court in ‘Bad Spaniels’ dog toy trademark fight 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The 5-4 ruling affirmed a lower court's decision that the map diluted the voting power of Black Alabamians, running afoul of a bedrock U.S. civil rights law, the 1965 Voting Rights Act. US Supreme Court backs Black voters in challenge to Alabama electoral map 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Kagan also said a lower court erred in its analysis of Jack Daniel’s claim against the toy company for linking “its whiskey to less savory substances.” Ruff day in court: Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel’s in dispute with makers of dog toy 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court announced it would review a lower court’s case that questioned the constitutionality of its funding stream. The High Cost of Bad Credit 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z In the Bruen decision last year, the Supreme Court tossed aside the balancing test that lower courts had long used to decide gun control cases. Appeals court rejects lifetime gun bans for nonviolent criminals 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the lower court ruling while it prepared to receive briefs and hear arguments. HIV protection, cancer screenings could cost more if ‘Obamacare’ loses latest court battle 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The lower court ruled to acquit all four defendants due to a lack of sufficient evidence, the rights group said. Turkish court acquits former local Amnesty head, others of terrorism charges 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said the lower court did not have jurisdiction to order the stay. Federal court reinstates death penalty order for Missouri inmate convicted of killing jailers 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z A lower court had determined that a public high school does not qualify as a “public accommodation” under the state’s civil rights law. Rights upheld, lawsuit revived against teacher accused of cutting Native American student’s hair 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z But according to Harvard Law School professor of labor and industry Benjamin Sachs, if lower courts faithfully apply the reasoning detailed in Barrett's decision then it "won't do much damage to the right to strike." Supreme Court ruling could chill labor strikes 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The justices rejected Mr. Pirani’s argument that direct listings require rethinking securities rules and sent him back to a lower court to prove his shares were registered. Markets Await Clues for Fed’s Next Move in May Jobs Report 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The justices did not issue a final ruling on the claims, which will be left for lower courts to sort out. Supreme Court revives claims that SuperValu, Safeway overcharged governments for generic drugs 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z In a 9-0 ruling, the justices threw out a lower court's decision that had let the proposed class action lawsuit filed by shareholder Fiyyaz Pirani over alleged violations of a federal investor protection law proceed. US Supreme Court throws out ruling against Slack over direct listing 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z It also upheld lower courts’ findings that authorities’ obligations under anti-epidemic laws were designed “exclusively to protect the general public.” Court rules Austria can’t be held liable for early COVID infection at ski resort 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The justices turned away Evan Greebel's appeal of a lower court's ruling that prosecutors could tap into two of the attorney's accounts to help satisfy a $10.4 million judgment owed to victims. US Supreme Court spurns ex-Shkreli lawyer Greebel's challenge to prosecutors 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Last week, conservative businessman Carlos Pineda was deemed ineligible to run by a lower court, but he appealed the eleventh-hour ejection from the ballot to the constitutional court. Guatemalan court keeps presidential frontrunner Pineda off ballot 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z The state’s highest court issued an order on Thursday that prevents the reinstatement of Syed’s murder conviction by a lower court. Adnan Syed’s murder conviction on hold for now, as Maryland Supreme Court considers appeal 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z |
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