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Constitutional Challenge to Arizona's Citizens Clean Elections Act
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McComish v. Bennett, No. 10-15165, involved a challenge to the constitutionality of the "matching funds" provision of Arizona's Citizens Clean Elections...
Title VII Case Involving a Professor's Allegedly Racially Harassing Emails, and Criminal, Attorney's Fees and Immigration Matters
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Rivera-Cuartas v. Holder, No. 07-74999, involved a petition for review of the BIA's order removing petitioner from the U.S. The court of appeals granted...
Credit Card Billing Dispute and other Criminal, Constitutional and Immigration Matters
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Edwards v. Wells Fargo & Co., No. 06-16892, involved an action against Wells Fargo Bank under the Fair Credit Billing Act, a subpart of the Truth in...
Summary Judgment on Rail Worker's FELA Claim Reversed
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Schmidt v. Burlington N. & Santa Fe Ry. Co., No. 08-35845, concerned an action raising a negligent injury claim under the Federal Employers Liability Act...
Challenge to California Proposition 115, the Crime Victims Justice Reform Act, Rejected
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Peterson v. Cal., No. 09-15633, involved an action claiming that California Proposition 115 (Prop. 115), the Crime Victims Justice Reform Act, violated...
No Specific Intent Necessary, Conviction for Sending Fake Anthrax Affirmed, Plus Civil Procedure and Trade Regulation Issues
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In US v. Castagana, No. 08-50057, the court of appeals affirmed defendant's conviction for committing threats and hoaxes in violation of 18 U.S.C. section...