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Cities Can't Seize and Destroy Homeless Population's Possessions
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
You know that saying, “Don’t kick a man while he’s down”? Apparently, the City of Los Angeles doesn’t. The City, it seems, has been seizing and destroying Skid...
9th Cir: 'None of these Candidates' Can Stay on Nevada Ballot
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order on Tuesday to reinstate Nevada’s “none of these candidates” ballot option, The Associated Press reports....
No Qualified Immunity for Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Newspaper Lawsuit
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
“America's toughest sheriff” is going to need America's toughest litigators: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the owners of the Phoenix...
9th Cir: Daughter's Delay in Filing Copyright Claim is Raging Bull
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that the daughter of the writer who co-authored source material for the Martin Scorcese film Raging Bull...
California Prop 8: Waiting on the Nine
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Judge James Ware has officially closed Perry v. Brown, the California Prop 8 case, more than six months after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the...
Judge Kozinski Schools Whiners on Grounds for Judicial Misconduct
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
It's really hard to fire people. When you actually find a way to get rid of an employee who isn't performing well, then you have to worry about a lawsuit,...