Jerry's Journal

Tweet Union Suing to Block Indiana Right-to-Work Law (ABC News) Union says it will file lawsuit asking federal judge to block Indiana’s new right-to-work law

Tweet Supreme Court sends back California Medicaid cuts case (Reuters) The Supreme Court sent back to a lower court a case on whether Medicaid recipients and medical providers can sue California for cutting reimbursement rates in the healthcare program for low-income Americans.

Tweet Court says police cannot be sued over warrant (AP) The Supreme Court said Wednesday that California police officers cannot be sued because they used a warrant that may have been defective to search a woman’s house….

Tweet U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Day-Laborer Ban Case (Governing Magazine) Against the wishes of the Redondo Beach City Council, day laborers will continue to gather on public sidewalks in search of work.

Tweet Town Can Ban Fracking, New York Judge Rules (New York Times) In a victory for opponents of the drilling process known as hydrofracking, a New York State judge ruled that the upstate town of Dryden in Tompkins County can ban natural gas drilling within its boundaries. The ruling is the first in New York [...]

Tweet Judge Tosses Out New York CIty’s Stricter Homeless Rules (Reuters) A judge threw out controversial new eligibility requirements for New York City’s homeless shelters on Tuesday, a victory for homeless advocates on an issue likely to play a role in the 2013 race for mayor.

Tweet Federal judge strikes down part of Nebraska city immigration law (JURIST) A judge for the US District Court for the District of Nebraska on Monday struck down a provision in Fremont, Nebraska law that denies housing permits to illegal immigrants, saying the ordinance violates federal law. In the ruling, Judge Laurie Smith Camp also [...]

Tweet High court to take new look at affirmative action (News-Gazette) The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas.

Tweet Putnam Family Partnership v. City of Yucaipa, No. 10-55563 (9th Cir. February 17, 2012). Four mobilehome park owners in Yucaipa, California appeal the dismissal of their suit under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (“FHAA”) challenging a city zoning ordinance prohibiting any mobilehome park currently operating as senior housing from converting to all-age [...]

Tweet Oklahoma Firefighter Pension & Retirement system v. Smith & Wesson, No. 11-1436 (1st Cir. February 17, 2012). A class of plaintiffs representing purchasers of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation securities sued the company (“Smith & Wesson”) and two of its highranking officers, Michael Golden and John A. Kelly, alleging that the company issued false [...]

Tweet Latest Debate Over DUI Checkpoints Is Whether They Should Be Banned Altogether (Legal Blog Watch) DUI checkpoints continue to generate a lot of debate and discussion. The latest skirmish involving DUI checkpoints comes from at least two states that are now reconsidering the legality and effectiveness of DUI checkpoints in the first place. In [...]

Tweet No Immunity for Cop on Allegedly Forced ER Visit (Courthouse News Service) Good intentions or not, a cop may be liable for allegedly insisting that a 15-year-old who threatened suicide go to the emergency room with her mother, a federal judge ruled.

Tweet Courts Block Efforts at Public Pension Change (Governing Magazine) Two judges have ruled that their states cannot make existing employees contribute more toward their retirement benefits.

Tweet Judge Has No Patience for Hypothetical Occupy Suit (Courthouse News Service) Washington police have no plans to destroy tents that would be left in the park by evicted Occupy D.C. protesters, so the protesters cannot get an injunction, a federal judge ruled.