A lawyer in Luxembourg filed suit Tuesday challenging the country's July 10th referendum approving the European Constitution . Lawyer Roy Reding claims the government violated Luxembourg's constitution by providing public funding to support a "yes" vote for the EU constitution but not providing the same funding to support a "no" vote. Reding also alleges that [...]
Pickett et al. v. Tyson, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, August 16, 2005 . Read the full text of the opinion here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Tuesday upheld a ruling by a federal district court in Alabama, throwing out a jury verdict that said that a Tyson Foods subsidiary, Tyson Fresh Meats, manipulated cattle market prices through contracts with beef producers. The appeals court ruled that the cattlemen, who had been awarded [...]
Eighteen people convicted in the 2002 bombings in Bali that killed 202 people, have had their sentences cut by several months to celebrate Indonesia's Independence Day, prison wardens announced Wednesday. It is an Indonesian custom to reduce the sentences of inmates who exhibit good behavior on national holidays, with the exception of those serving life [...]
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is seeking to revoke the bail of convicted murderer and former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen because of pre-trial death threats made by his brother. J.D. Killen allegedly threatened to kill Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon and other individuals in the courtroom, although Killen denies the allegations. Edgar Ray [...]
Following gang riots that left at least 33 prison inmates dead Monday, Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann asked the Guatemalan Congress Tuesday for permission to build new maximum security prisons as part of a new security law. Hundreds of inmates belonging to rival gangs Mara Salvatrucha and Mara 18, living in at least 6 different [...]
The Russian Supreme Court overturned a lower Moscow court decision Tuesday, reversing a ban on the National Bolshevik Party . Although the court did not immediately issue an explanation for their ruling, one is expected to be released soon. Prosecutors, who say theywill appeal Tuesday's decision, attempted to portray the group as a dangerous extremist [...]
A Michigan court heard arguments from attorneys representing 21 gay couples and Governor Jennifer Granholm Tuesday, who argued that the state's constitution does not prevent local governments and universities from extending benefits to the domestic partners of gay employees. A constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2004 made the union between a man and a [...]
Seventeen British families who lost relatives in Iraq will go to Britain's High Court Wednesday to demand an independent inquiry into the legality of the Iraq war . The families argue that the nation's Human Rights Act imposes the duty on the government to conduct an inquiry when the lethal use of force is involved. [...]
The Israeli army began evicting residents of Gaza Wednesday, and despite heavy resistance in some areas, officials believe the evacuation could be complete within 48 hours. Of the 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza strip and four isolated West Bank settlements to be evacuated, two of them are already empty and it is estimated that [...]
