Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Leon Panetta said Monday that the release of agency documents describing detainee interrogations would damage national security . In an affidavit filed with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York , Panetta said that the release of CIA records would be more inflammatory than [...]
FBI Director Robert Mueller said Monday that the FBI will continue investigating mosques when there may be evidence or information regarding criminal wrongdoings. Mueller's defense of such investigations followed a complaint sent to US Attorney General Eric Holder from the Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan alleging that the FBI has been asking members of [...]
A $15.5 million settlement was reached Monday between Royal Dutch Shell PLC and the families of nine Nigerian activists who were killed in 1995. The settlement came as the case was scheduled to go to trial in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York . Shell did not admit any wrongdoing [...]
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday ordered a temporary stay of the pending sale of Chrysler Group assets to Italian automaker Fiat . The stay allows the full Court more time to decide whether it will hear the case. Two groups filed emergency requests with the court over the weekend hoping to [...]
The US Supreme Court denied certiorari Monday in Pietrangelo v. Gates, in which the Court was asked to review the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy , under which openly gay servicemen and women are subject to discharge. Petitioners requested that the Supreme Court review the First Circuit decision that upheld the policy to [...]
Declaration of Leon E. Panetta, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, June 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Panetta Affidavit
US v. Denedo, US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. US v Denedo
Boyle v. US, US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Boyle v US
Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Company, US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Caperton v AT Massey Coal
Indiana State Police Pensions Trust, et al. v. Chrysler LLC, et al., US Supreme Court, June 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. ISPPT v Chrysler
