ABA Journal

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Oregon Supreme Court recently ruled that the constitutional requirement for unanimous juries in serious criminal cases applies to older verdicts challenged in state post-conviction…

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Yonas Fikre’s challenge to his previous placement on the No Fly List can proceed, rejecting the government’s claim that his removal from the list rendered the lawsuit void.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 30, 2021

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Tuesday that a woman convicted in a plot to smuggle marijuana to the state from Oregon should be allowed…

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 30, 2023

There is an interesting case out of Oregon where Judge Marco Hernández has ruled for a Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley who was excluded from a Diversity Twitter page by the Communication Manager of the Division of Equity and Inclusion at the University of Oregon.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

An investigation has found that three currently employed and active Portland, Oregon cops were flagged by the Multnomah County district attorney for added scrutiny if they’re ever called to the stand, reports Willamette Week.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

This week,we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether Barack Obama had the authority as president to expand a national monument in the forests of Oregon into land overseen by the Interior Department. The Oregon district court rejected the timber company’s challenge. But the D.C.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Additionally, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in 1802 that once crossed over into Vermont, a slave contract from another state was unenforceable. Evidence lies in both the constitutional language and judicial precedent. Article 1 of Vermont’s Constitution states “[t]hat all persons are born equally free and independent.”

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 12, 2024

He told the state courts that to determine whether the fee passes constitutional muster, they should apply the test outlined by the Supreme Court in two property rights cases, Nollan v. City of Tigard, Oregon. Moreover, Kavanaugh stressed, “no prior decision of this Court has addressed or prohibited that longstanding practice.”

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 25, 2020

” You can access Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oregon at this link.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

On Friday, the justices agreed to decide whether the Nollan / Dolan test applies to a California man’s challenge to a development fee, or whether – as a California appeals court ruled – the fee is instead immune from such review because it was authorized by legislation. A federal appeals court ruled that Fikre’s case was not moot.

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JURIST

APRIL 22, 2024

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on whether enforcing public camping ordinances against unhoused people without adequate shelter is cruel and unusual punishment and, therefore, prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. Johnson , originated in southern Oregon. The case, Grants Pass v. In the 1962 case Robinson v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Four years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Nieves v. City of Tigard, Oregon simply because it is authorized by legislation. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2022

Louisiana , the Supreme Court ruled that states could only convict defendants of serious offenses with a unanimous jury verdict. After Ramos , criminal defendant asks justices to preserve non-unanimous acquittals in Puerto Rico. In Ramos v. In Centeno v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.

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The Crime Report

JULY 14, 2022

crime over the past 40 years has been the legalization of abortion which “led to a reduction in crime 18 years later, starting in 1992 and dropping sharply in 1995” citing case studies in states like California, Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Alongside this, some have argued that one reason for the decrease in U.S.

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MyCase

AUGUST 16, 2022

The article also states, “It is critically important to understand the labyrinth of potentially applicable ethics rules that intertwine with certain court rules on retirement.”. According to Law.com , attorney retirement in New York is “remarkably complex” with “variations of ‘retire’… used in different contexts.”

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 11, 2022

About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism was established by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2005 under Supreme Court Rule 799(c) to foster increased civility, professionalism and inclusiveness among lawyers and judges in Illinois.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. Environmental Groups Challenged Authorization for New Natural Gas Plant in Oregon.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday against ten Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout in 2023, disqualifying them from seeking reelection. The post Oregon Supreme Court bars ten state senators from reelection after walkout appeared first on JURIST - News.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 12, 2022

One month after he filed his petition, the court ruled in Ramos v. Because all three of Lambert’s convictions were non-unanimous, he asked the court to send his case back for a second look under Ramos. On remand, the state court ruled against Lambert under Betterman and Ramos. The justices agreed.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects. Klee , Nos.

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The Crime Report

MAY 28, 2021

Then, in 2009 , the California Supreme Court ruled that the callousness of the original crime couldn’t be a parole board’s sole criterion for denying a person freedom. University of Oregon parole researcher Kristen Bell offers policy solutions, including better clarification of parole boards’ criteria.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The majority opinion written by Judge Lawrence VanDyke noted the policy in upholding a policy that excluded trans women from the Miss United States of America pageant in Oregon. ” That issue came up in the Oregon case of Anita Green.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 27, 2021

Stutzman the owner added a religious hostility claim after Masterpiece cakeshp but on June 6, 2019, the Washington Supreme Court unanimously ruled against Stutzman. Then the Supreme court denied certiorari in July 2021. On June 15, 2021, a Colorado District Court ruled in Scardina v.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While there is no index that lists cases in which bloodstain-pattern analysis played a role, state appellate court rulings show that the technique has played a factor in felony cases across the country. Additionally, it has helped send innocent people to prison.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

IBLA also said the quantification of emissions for a project in Oregon did not necessarily mean BLM could quantify similar emissions from this project. The case was argued before the High Court on January 22, 2019. On September 19, 2019, the Court ruled for the government. In re Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance , No.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2021

In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that a minority set-aside program in Virginia was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. The government cited historical barriers for minority enterprises, but the court balked.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

The court denied, however, Connecticut’s motion for costs and fees, noting that several issues raised by Exxon were novel in the Second Circuit and that many relevant portions of district court rulings in other circuits had not been subject to appellate review until the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Baltimore case.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The court, which did not address the plaintiffs’ arguments regarding alleged inadequacies in the climate change-related analyses, found that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits or that they would suffer irreparable harm. Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taipei Administrative Court).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The most recent biological opinion (BiOp) and related record of decision (ROD) were issued in September 2020 after district courts invalidated six earlier biological opinions.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

The justices asked the Biden administration for more information in a trio of cases that the court granted in February. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and Oregon v. In 1989, the court ruled that an inmate seeking post-conviction relief is not “in custody” for a conviction once the sentence for that conviction has expired.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In a split decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that young people and other plaintiffs asserting a claim against the federal government for infringement of a Fifth Amendment due process right to a “ climate system capable of sustaining human life” did not have Article III standing.

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