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Did Sheriff Arpaio's Pink Underwear Kill a Man?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
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
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
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
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
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...
Perry v. Brown Plaintiffs Oppose En Banc Rehearing
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Need further proof that the Prop 8 litigants can't agree on anything? In February, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided in Perry v. Brown that...
Property or Freedom? Ninth Circuit Says You Must Choose
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
It seems that the U.S. government can prosecute money. In a recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, U.S. v. $133.420.00 in U.S. Currency, the San...
Employee Can Sue EEOC for Disability Discrimination
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, undaunted by irony, reinstated an employee's disability discrimination claim against the Equal Employment Opportunity...