Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti announced Tuesday that he had filed 34 charges of negligent homicide against the husband and wife co-owners of a nursing home in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans where 34 people drowned...
Language Barriers to Justice in California, California Commission on Access to Justice, September 13, 2005 [concluding there is a "dire and unmet need for language assistance" in California civil courts, and arging that many people cannot effectively defend themselves or...
Transcript of Day 1 of confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, Jr., nominated to be Chief Justice of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, September 12, 2005. Read the full text transcript as provided to AP by by CQ...
Opening statements by Senators at the confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, Jr., nominated to be Chief Justice of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, September 12, 2005. Read the full text of the statements. Reported in JURIST's Paper...
US v. Raymond Lee Scott, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, September 9, 2005 [extending the reasonable search and seizure rights established under the Fourth Amendment to defendants awaiting trial on criminal charges, and holding that police...
Jose Padila v. C.T. Hanft, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, September 9, 2005 [reversing a lower court, denying Padilla's habeas appeal and holding that the "dirty bomb" suspect, who is also a US citizen, can be...
US v. National Associatioon of Realtors, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Esatern Division, September 67, 2005 ....
State of New Jersey v. John O'Hagen, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appeals Division, September 7, 2005 . Excerpt:The minimal intrusion...
Emergency Suspension of Prescription, Peremption and Other Legal Deadlines, Executive Order KBB 2005-32, Governor Kathleen Blanco, September 6, 2005. Excerpt:All deadlines in legal proceedings, including liberative prescriptive and peremptive periods in all courts, administrative agencies, and boards are hereby suspended...
On a visit to the stricken Gulf Coast region with Vice President Dick Cheney, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Thursday outlined priorities for a new Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force set up in the Justice Department to deter, investigate...
