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4th Circuit Sides With HS Girls Over Skirt Requirement
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A federal appeals court has found that a North Carolina school's dress code violated female students' constitutional rights. From its opening in 2000, Charter...
Fourth Circuit Rules in Favor of Abortion Providers Suing South Carolina AG for "Fetal Heartbeat" Act—But State Asks for Rehearing En Banc
By Camila Laval, J.D. | Last updated on
South Carolina passed a law banning abortions after a heartbeat is detected—generally after six weeks of pregnancy and before many people know that they are...
Section 204 of the Railway Labor Act Permits, Not Requires, A Board Adjustment
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In Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. US Airways Group, No. 09-2083, the Fourth Circut faced a challenge to the district court's dismissal of the complaint in an airline...
$14 Million Arbitration Award for a City Affirmed, Plus Sentencing Matter
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MCI Constructors, LLC. v. City of Greensboro, 09-1606, concerned a challenge to the district court's grant of the defendant-city's motion to confirm an...
1,900 Days Later: Exhausted Guy Still Waiting on DEA FOIA Request
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
It has been roughly 1,900 exhausting days since John Coleman, a researcher and author, filed his Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request with the Drug...