(The Center Square) – A now-defunct New York state ethics panel that targeted former-Gov. Andrew Cuomo over a controversial book deal is unconstitutional, a state appeals court has ruled. The unanimous ruling by New York's Appellate Division’s Third Department upholds a September decision by state Supreme Court Judge Thomas Marcelle. He determined the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government was created without a required constitutional amendment, and lacks oversight...
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Georgia county illegally discriminated against a sheriff’s deputy by failing to pay for her gender-affirming surgery. In its ruling Monday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it was tasked with determining whether a health insurance provider can be held liable under the Civil
A decision has been made in the United State District Court, Western District of Louisiana, Monroe Division about a stay request for the recent decision to throw out the new Louisiana Congressional map.
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A commercial transaction involving OOO "Torg", the Russian entity of Swedish company IKEA, and its affiliated Irish firm Fami Limited, valued at 12.9 billion rubles ($142 million) ( for goods sold in Russia, has been annulled by the Moscow Region Arbitration Court. This amount is now mandated to be transferred to the Russian state budget, as reported by Russian-language media on Saturday, May 18. According to reports, the court's decision in response to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Tax Service...
The Nevada Supreme Court on Monday struck down a proposed ballot initiative that would allow voters to decide whether to repeal the public funding that lawmakers approved last year for a new MLB stadium in Las Vegas. The Monday ruling dealt a blow for detractors of the funding who saw a ballot question this year as the most effective route to repeal key parts of the sweeping bill that paved the way for the Oakland Athletics to move to Las Vegas. NEVADA SUPREME COURT WILL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT...
The Georgia Court of Appeals will consider an effort by Donald Trump and his co-defendants to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis from the 2020 election subversion case. In a brief order Wednesday, the court said it will hear the appeal from Trump and others challenging the ruling from Judge Scott McAfee that allowed Willis to remain on the case. No trial date has been set in the sprawling election subversion conspiracy case against Trump, and the decision to consider the appeal is another...
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The state's highest court will now decide if it should reinstate a punishment in one of New Mexico's highest-profile public corruption cases. The former tax and revenue secretary was found guilty by a jury, and then sentenced for stealing thousands of dollars, but her convictions were later vacated. This case comes []
A North Carolina court ruled that the case of the Atlantic Coast Conference vs. Florida State's Board of Trustees will stay, or pause, during FSU's appeal to the Supreme Court of North Carolina.
A NY appeals court has affirmed Judge Juan Merchan's gag order for Donald J. Trump in his criminal election interference trial. An appeals court feels Judge Merchan has appropriately identified the Orange Menace as a "significant threat to the integrity" of the proceedings. — Read the rest
Tallahassee - After Gov. Ron DeSantis last week signed a bill that will prevent strippers under age 21 from performing in adult-entertainment establishments across Florida, a federal appeals court is preparing to take up a constitutional challenge to a similar restriction passed in Jacksonville.
A 7-2 majority blesses the CFPB's auto-funding scheme over a dissent by