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The fight over Arizona's shipping container border wall ends with dismissal of federal lawsuits

Two federal lawsuits filed over former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision last year to place thousands of shipping containers along the U.S.-Mexico border have been dismissed after the state said it would pay the U.S. Forest Service $2.1 million to repair environmental damage

The Independent UK

Trump rants at ‘deranged’ Jack Smith hours after special counsel requests partial gag order against him

Prosecutors request ‘immediate’ action from the court to curb the former president’s threats

The Independent UK

Nightmarish ACC dispute deals butcher a bad hand

After 34 years of service to his employer, slaughterman Joe Toa’fa found himself in the Kafkaesque world of a disputed ACC claim. Despite a court ruling emphatically in his favour, he’s still not out of it.

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Disney Shifts Gears In DeSantis Lawsuit Focusing On First Amendment Rights

The Walt Disney Company is shifting its focus on the violation of the First Amendment by the Florida governor.

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New Twist In Disney Vs DeSantis: Mouse House Wants To Scale Down Lawsuit

The dispute between Disney and DeSantis began more than a year ago when the former rejected the "don't say gay" statute in Florida

Zenger

Federal court panel overturns Alabama’s revised congressional redistricting plan

A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on Sept. 5 that the revised congressional district boundaries that the Alabama legislature enacted on July 21, 2023, were not in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The state adopted the revised congressional map…

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District Court in Florida Concludes Voters Lack Standing to Challenge Trump's Eligibility

A lawsuit to keep Donald Trump off the Florida primary ballot fails.

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Court rules in favour of transgender woman at Wyoming sorority

A sorority being sued because its University of Wyoming chapter admitted a transgender woman seeks to dismiss the lawsuit, saying sorority rules allow the woman's membership and a court can't interfere with that

The Independent UK

Mark Meadows grilled on witness stand over Trump’s Georgia call to ‘find’ votes and false election claims

Former White House chief of staff and others want to transfer the RICO case out of the state’s hands

The Independent UK

Legal fight over Texas law banning transgender health care for youth centers on whether treatments help or hurt

Texas families and health care providers sued the state over Senate Bill 14, which restricts transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care. The groups are requesting an injunction from a state district court judge before the law goes into effect on Sept. 1.

The Texas Tribune

Supreme Court Lets Biden's 'Ghost Gun' Regulations Stand Pending Ongoing Lawsuit

The plaintiffs in VanDerStok think that BATF's 2022 regulations defining certain gun-making kits as legally the same as guns overreached its constitutional authority.

Reason

Southwest Airlines Falsely Accuses Mom of Trafficking Biracial Daughter

Plus: Backpage trial pushed back, Bidenomics doens't resonate, and more...

Reason

Texas AG appeals judge’s order that allows women with complicated pregnancies to get abortions

State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum on Friday issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban. Hours later, the attorney general’s office filed an appeal, which blocked the order.

The Texas Tribune

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Moot beaches, sparking the French Revolution, and cash-bail advocacy.

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Ninth Circuit Rejects Claim that University Libeled Students and Coaches by Falsely Accusing Them of Blackface Skit

From Day v. California Lutheran Univ., decided yesterday by Ninth Circuit Judges Gabriel Sanchez and Salvador Mendoza, Jr., and District Court Judge Brian Jackson (M.D. La.) (reversing a decision I blogged about last Fall): In January 2020, a group of students from the California Lutheran University ("CLU") women's softball team…

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Alabama redistricting plaintiffs formally object to state’s newly enacted congressional map

The plaintiffs in Allen v. Milligan filed a formal objection on July 28 with United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama regarding the state’s revised congressional district boundaries. The plaintiffs requested that the court prohibit the state from using the new boundaries and appoint a special master to draw…

Chicago Sun-Times

Rapper G Herbo pleads guilty to using stolen credit cards to pay for private jets, luxury cars, stay at Jamaican villa

G Herbo, whose real name is Herbert Wright III, signed a plea deal Wednesday in federal court in Boston, admitting wire fraud and lying to federal agents.

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District Court Strikes Down Race Preference in USDA's and SBA's Contracting Schemes

From Judge Clifton Corker's opinion today in Ultima Servs. Corp. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric. (E.D. Tenn.) [UPDATE: link fixed]: This case concerns whether, under the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection, Defendants the United States' Department of Agriculture ("USDA") and the Small Business Administration ("SBA") may use a "rebuttable…

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District Court Injunction Sets off Fireworks

Episode 467 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

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Biden’s 100th U.S. District Court judge confirmed

Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:

The Hindu

Biden administration urges court to deny Tahawwur Rana's petition against extradition to India

The Biden administration has urged a court in California to deny the writ of habeas corpus filed by Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana and reiterated that he be extradited to India where he is sought for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

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Plaintiff's Being a Possibly Vexatious Litigant May Be Basis for Denying Pseudonymity,

even when plaintiff's lawsuit was connected to her having been allegedly sexually assaulted, which has often (but not always) been seen as a basis for allowing pseudonymity.

Reason

10th Cir. Narrowly Reads "Injury Litigated Against Would Be Incurred" Basis for Pseudonymous Litigation

The court concludes that this justification doesn't generally let plaintiffs sue pseudonymously in libel or disclosure of private facts that seek damages.

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Just The Facts, Ma'am

The importance of the trial records in Students for Fair Admissions and 303 Creative

Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Suing the TSA, unsecured explosives, and basic grammar.

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