On June 10, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to review Ralphs Grocery Company v. United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 8. The suit involved two California protest laws that prov...
WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday unanimously ruled for California raisin producers, who said the government transferred their assets without just compensation. The high court...
California now joins other states in allowing sophisticated parties to agree on when a claim accrues, limiting the "delayed discovery rule" and shortening the deadline for bringing construction claims...
... handed down a provisional ruling in the lawsuit filed by Poet LLC against the California Air Resources Board in regard to the state’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) program. According to court ...
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday unanimously ruled for California ... assessments to help cover RAC's administrative costs. California raisin growers started a business that processed more than 3 million...
This month, as their summer recess nears, the justices meet every Monday morning to issue opinions and ... here that will lead to marriage equality back in California,” said Theodore Boutrous Jr., a...
In an en banc resolution dated June 4, the justices ordered the appellate court to resolve the case filed by the Commission on Audit, the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs, which qu...
The California Air Resources Board (CARB ... the low-carbon fuel standard, Bloomberg News reported. Chevron and ExxonMobil are also helping finance the Consumer Energy Alliance, which is;leading effor...
Lower federal courts struck down the ban, and a high court majority appears likely to rule in a way that would affect only Californians ... changed the state constitution to define marriage as between...
Alito Jr. Rather, he said, the 5th Amendment says no one may be "compelled in any criminal case to be witness against himself." Since the Miranda decision in 1966, the court has said police must warn ...
Prosecutors say the search ultimately turned up what they have described as a diary of sexual assaults and a list of victim dumping grounds, along with hundreds of photographs of naked women, many of ...
While there is bias among the justices, there is also hope that their vote will uphold the will of Californians, says Peter LaBarbera of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality. "I'm fearful at what's...
Litigator David Boies acknowledged on Tuesday that a Supreme Court win in his challenge to California’s ban on gay marriage could fall short of the victory he is seeking. Boies has joined with Ted O...
WASHINGTON — A brand-name drug maker can be sued for violating ... could spur pending legislation. "The Supreme Court's opinion confirms what we have been saying all along — that pay-for-delay dea...
Soon, the Supreme Court will hand down hotly anticipated verdicts on two cases related to gay marriage: a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal marriage benefits to same-sex c...
"The majority will say that DOMA is unconstitutional." The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law requiring people to submit proof of citizenship when they register to vote. Its ruling sai...
Now, cities are going bankrupt, unable to pay for the benefits that unions were able to get politicians to promise them at the expense of taxpayers. All the while, the government institutions were man...
A government initiative aimed at saving money by eliminating paper checks is hurting some recipients of federal benefits while earning the bank that operates the program millions in fees charged to co...
B enefits.gov describes its mission as: Benefits.gov (formerly GovBenefits.gov) was launched in an effort to provide citizens with easy, online access to government benefit and assistance programs. Ei...
It was a dry run for next year's World Cup finals which return to Brazil for the first time since 1950, a chance to prove that the country was ready to host the most world's most popular sports tourna...
The government's program for disability benefits for federal workers is rife with waste and abuse, according to a three part series in the Washington Examiner. The series documents many cases of appar...
Both California and Florida have high Latino population. Florida’s high Latin population comes from Cuban-Americans and Rep Mario Diaz-BalartPuerto Ricans while California has a strong Mexican-Ameri...
The Great Recession left many families in need of greater economic security. Although federal programs provide some safety net, the states supply much of the security. A new report rated Washington as...
Election campaigns in India often come with promises of free food, goats, cows and even gold for the poor. But increasingly the list of freebies pledged in case of an election win, includes tech gadge...
Uberlawyer David Bois said Tuesday a loss on Prop 8 in the Supreme Court this month won’t be ... recognize a same-sex marriage from another state. Gillibrand said that means a same-sex couple marrie...
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a man can sue the state of Oklahoma over its license plates. The man, Keith Cressman, has argued that the state's standard license plate, which depicts a ...
Advocates of tougher voter registration standards have racked up wins in recent years — voter ID laws have taken hold across ... law professor at the University of California, Irvine, said the Supre...
The U.S. government can require gun dealers in border states to disclose records of certain firearm sales, a federal appeals court ... California, New Mexico and Texas. Such letters required any deale...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled today that the National Labor Relations Board overstepped its authority by issuing a rule that would have required employers to post notices info...
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled today that "naturally occurring" DNA segments cannot be patented. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for the court in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myri...
