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Ninth Circuit to Hold March 19 Hearing at UNLV Law School
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
What happens in Vegas certainly will not stay in Vegas when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments Monday, March 19, 2012 at the University of...
Wolf Population No Longer Endangered: Fire When Ready
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For 10 years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) tried to strip the northern Rocky Mountains' gray wolves of their Endangered Species Act (ESA)...
Ninth Circuit: Millennium Bomber Ahmed Ressam's Sentence Too Short
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Millennium Bomber Ahmed Ressam’s 22-year sentence was not enough time to fit the crime. A split 11-judge...
Did Sheriff Arpaio's Pink Underwear Kill a Man?
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that a district court improperly excluded evidence from a civil rights trial examining the effects of...
Ninth Circuit to Review Judge Richard Cebull's Racist Email
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Should a chief circuit judge lose his post for sending a racist email? Last month, Richard Cebull, the chief district judge in Montana, forwarded a racist joke...
Courts OKs Forced Medication for Jared Lee Loughner
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that the Bureau of Prisons may continue to forcibly medicate Tucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner with...