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Federal Courts Plaintiff Loses in Religious Discrimination FHA Claim

Plaintiff Loses in Religious Discrimination FHA Claim

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

In a case of biting that hand that fed her, a woman sued a free, drug-addiction recovery program under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), saying that the organization...

Federal Courts Obama Nominates Jacqueline Nguyen to Ninth Circuit

Obama Nominates Jacqueline Nguyen to Ninth Circuit

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

President Obama nominated Judge Jacqueline Nguyen to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this week. Nguyen has served as a U.S. District Judge in the...

Federal Courts Ninth Circuit Endorses Calendar Lies in the Interest of Justice

Ninth Circuit Endorses Calendar Lies in the Interest of Justice

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

Rent lied to us. All the singing and dancing about five-hundred-twenty-five-thousand-six-hundred-minutes? Nonsense. In a case to file under...

Federal Courts Boehner, BLAG Will Appeal DOMA Ruling

Boehner, BLAG Will Appeal DOMA Ruling

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

Republican leaders are appealing last week’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorneys filed the appeal on behalf...

Federal Courts Ninth Circuit Upholds California DNA Act

Ninth Circuit Upholds California DNA Act

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

A suspect may be innocent until proven guilty, but any suspect arrested for a serious crime in California can be swabbed for a DNA sample. Today, the Ninth...

Federal Courts ProtectMarriage Asks for Prop 8 En Banc Rehearing

ProtectMarriage Asks for Prop 8 En Banc Rehearing

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

We all knew that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Prop 8 ruling wasn't the end of the Perry v. Brown battle; the question, however, was whether...

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