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US appeals court rules in favor of Native American tribe’s hunting rights on ceded lands

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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Tuesday in favor of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation’s dispute with the state of Idaho regarding the tribe’s hunting rights on US land. Rather, they reside in northern Utah and southern Idaho.

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Idaho governor signs strict new abortion bill into law

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Idaho Governor Brad Little Wednesday signed a new abortion bill into law, despite expressing grave concerns about the wisdom and constitutionality of the measure and warning that it could re-traumatize victims of sexual assault. The post Idaho governor signs strict new abortion bill into law appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Parents By Sperm Donation Should Be Very Concerned About This Idaho Supreme Court Ruling

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You probably know the refrain: No attorney was involved here.

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Still Going, After All This Time: the Sacketts, EPA and the Clean Water Act

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Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s ruling that the Idaho property of Michael and Chantell Sackett was a regulated wetlands under the then-controlling 1977 EPA rules defining “waters of the United States,” and that the Sacketts dredging and filling of their property was subject to regulation by the U.S.

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Florida man contests three-day rule in case of jailing over mistaken identity

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Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Over 40 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Baker v. Sosa went to federal court, arguing that the officers violated his constitutional rights. A federal district court in Florida dismissed his lawsuit.

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Suing the International Finance Corporation, and Chicago police’s destroy-or-sell policy

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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation heard oral argument in a case under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act concerning choice-of-law rules. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in early 2019. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act’s commercial-activity exception.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

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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.