Civil Rights
- Mentally disabled married couple gets housing, but landmark civil rights lawsuit will continue
May 24, 2013, 08:50 am CDT
- Mother blocked from living with lesbian partner over morality clause in divorce papers
May 22, 2013, 05:17 pm CDT
- 70 is not so old, say state court judges challenging mandatory retirement rule
May 22, 2013, 01:45 pm CDT
- Federal judge blocks Arkansas abortion ban
May 20, 2013, 03:40 pm CDT
- Holder spars with Issa over email release, says the lawmaker’s behavior is ‘shameful’
May 16, 2013, 08:54 am CDT
- Something unusual occurred when Holly Van Voast took off her shirt this spring: She wasn’t arrested
May 15, 2013, 04:09 pm CDT
- Sex-reassignment surgery of infant in state’s care violated due process, adoptive parents allege
May 15, 2013, 07:39 am CDT
- Town sues ‘Robin Hood’ citizen group known for feeding parking meters, says it harasses workers
May 14, 2013, 04:40 pm CDT
- ‘Nude but not lewd’ airport protester beat indecency rap but is still fighting $1K TSA fine
May 10, 2013, 05:15 pm CDT
- Calif. AG sues JPMorgan Chase, alleges ‘robo-signing’ and ‘sewer service’ in credit-card suits
May 9, 2013, 05:52 pm CDT
- Lawyer for gun makers takes NRA helm, calls members ‘fighters for freedom’ in ‘culture war’
May 6, 2013, 11:40 am CDT
- Lawyer who started on pro bono capital appeal as summer associate hopes to take it to top US court
May 3, 2013, 12:10 pm CDT
- EEOC obtains record verdict for mentally disabled workers who claimed mistreatment at turkey plant
May 2, 2013, 10:17 am CDT
- Chemerinsky: Decoding the gay-marriage oral arguments
May 2, 2013, 08:30 am CDT
- Americans don’t want more government monitoring of cellphones and email to fight terror, survey says
May 1, 2013, 05:00 pm CDT
- Stop-and-frisk project reaches ‘appalling’ conclusion: No right to misdemeanor trial in Bronx, NY
May 1, 2013, 02:21 pm CDT
- Gender equality is theme of ABA Law Day program
May 1, 2013, 06:53 am CDT
- LGBT lawyers join high court bar
May 1, 2013, 02:10 am CDT
- Congress moves to reauthorize laws targeting domestic violence, human trafficking
May 1, 2013, 01:30 am CDT
- May 6, 1882: Congress passes first major law restricting immigration
May 1, 2013, 12:40 am CDT
- Soda-order spat, claim of unflushed toilet leads to police involvement and lawsuit against airline
Apr 30, 2013, 01:29 pm CDT
- Pulitzer awarded for book on largely forgotten case defended by Thurgood Marshall
Apr 26, 2013, 06:00 am CDT
- SCOTUS mulls mixed-motive retaliation; Scalia sees no need to ‘psychoanalyze Congress’ for intent
Apr 25, 2013, 08:41 am CDT
- Millionaire who helped son, 16, get married has 180-day contempt term upheld by appeals court
Apr 24, 2013, 05:01 pm CDT
- Appeals court OKs fine for lawyer who asserted SLAPP shield against tort case over demand letter
Apr 24, 2013, 04:23 pm CDT
- School’s use of ‘timeout room’ didn’t violate Constitution, 10th Circuit rules
Apr 24, 2013, 11:09 am CDT
- City ordered to pay $50K in attorney fees in case over police shooting of family’s pet dog
Apr 24, 2013, 10:38 am CDT
- Jailing man for ‘attitude,’ setting $1M bail was abuse of judicial discretion, top state court says
Apr 22, 2013, 03:26 pm CDT
- 4 GOP lawmakers push for Boston bombing suspect to be declared an enemy combatant
Apr 22, 2013, 05:49 am CDT
- After Pentagon computer security issues, defense lawyers ordered not to email or draft docs online
Apr 11, 2013, 03:00 pm CDT
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