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1997 Settlement Could Free Immigrant Children From INS Custody
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Under the terms of a 1997 settlement, minors must be released from Immigration and Naturalization Service detention centers, the Ninth Circuit ruled last week....
Washington's Culverts Violated Tribal Fishing Rights, 9th Finds
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Culverts can be tricky things, especially if you're a fish. Culverts, those tunnels and pipes that carry creeks and streams under roadways, are an easy way to...
#DearFindLaw: What's Up With Guns, Scrutiny, and Standards of Review?
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At FindLaw, we love to get questions from our readers. So when you ask, we try to answer. One reader recently wrote us to wonder about the relationship between...
Smut Trolling 'Prenda Law' Firm Gets No 9th Cir. Sympathy
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
Trolling is the ultimate business model -- until it finally comes to a grinding halt. This appears to be how things are rolling out for the now defunct Chicago...
Munitions Maker Hooks the Gov't for Cleanup Costs
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
The cleanup costs a defense contractor sought to collect against the US Government were not precluded because of previous litigation, according to the Ninth...
2nd Amend. Doesn't Grant Right to Carry in Public, 9th Cir. Says
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit tightened the belt on gun laws in the Golden State as well as all the entirety of the nation's West Coast when an en banc court ruled that...