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Federal Courts One-Child Policy Opposition Doesn't Prove Political Persecution

One-Child Policy Opposition Doesn't Prove Political Persecution

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that opposition to China's one-child policy, absent further evidence of persecution, does not justify an...

Federal Courts New Trial: Undisclosed Expert Testimony Sufficiently Prejudicial

New Trial: Undisclosed Expert Testimony Sufficiently Prejudicial

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

Terence Tribble was arrested on Mother's Day in 2006 for drinking on a public way. Officers Nicholas Evangelides and Roger Fieser found heroin and crack...

Federal Courts Seventh Circuit Sides with Alltel in Arbitration Case

Seventh Circuit Sides with Alltel in Arbitration Case

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

You have a cell phone, and most likely a contract for the service plan that goes with that cell phone. So when you run into problems with your wireless...

Federal Courts Dreadlocked: Prison Haircut Based on Religious Discrimination

Dreadlocked: Prison Haircut Based on Religious Discrimination

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner wants you to know that "Jesus was a heretic" and "heretics have religious rights." But that heretical...

Federal Courts Drink Drivers: Court Upholds Indiana Wine Delivery Law

Drink Drivers: Court Upholds Indiana Wine Delivery Law

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

Some states prohibit motor carriers, like UPS and FedEx, from delivering wine. There are, of course, ways to get around these wine delivery laws. A shipping...

Federal Courts Blazing Saddles Screening Not Proof of Racial Discrimination

Blazing Saddles Screening Not Proof of Racial Discrimination

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on

The Warrick County Sheriff terminated Kevin Harris’s probationary employment as a deputy sheriff based on violations of standard operating procedures, failure...

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