court decisions

Google deceived some Australian mobile users about collection of location data, court finds

According to a court ruling in Ireland, the stuff they wrap the filling with in Subway does not count as bread.

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/01/31/sf-soda-ad-warning-labels-blocked-9th-circuit-court/ A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked a San Francisco law requiring health warnings on advertisements for soda and other sugary drinks in a victory for beverage and retail groups that sued...

Is that it? Its dead? Story on CNN.

For background, Kris Kobach is the Kansas Secretary of State, currently running for governor, and was at one time vice-chairman of Trump's voter fraud commission. On Monday: Linky. Today: Linky.

Federal Judge James L. Robart ruled in my favor against ‘psychic’ Noreen Renier in the U.S. District Court in Seattle on April 5, 2007, stating that she breached an earlier Florida state settlement agreement. His ruling ordered Renier (who described herself as a psychic to the court) to...

In an interesting and topical decision the US (Federal) Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-to-1 in favor of one Gavin Grimm, who'd sued the Gloucester County School Board, arguing that its policy requiring students to use facilities that correspond with their "biological gender" (as on the...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-milwaukee-gun-shop-ruling-20151013-story.html Guns shop sells to one guy, that guy sells to another, cops get shot and sue gun store for allowing "straw purchase." Wounded cops win to the tune of $6 million. Stay tuned for the appeal. I've...

Oklahoma Supreme Court orders removal of Ten Commandments Some legislators are not giving up without a fight, though... Heh.

In the aftermath of the TEAOP legal coup de tat/I] involving the WI Supreme Court (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/24/1387311/-Chaos-Follows-RW-Takeover-of-Wisconsin-Supreme-Court), Kansas Governor Brownshirt...excuse me, Brownback, has signed into law a bill that effectively allows him to...

The good people of Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix metro area) have elected this man their sheriff six times in a row: While the people in Maricopa County apparently have no problem with this scumbag whackjob, a federal judge does and may finally hold him personally accountable.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2015/02/foghorn/breaking-federal-judge-declares-interstate-handgun-transfer-ban-unconstitutional/ This will be on the way to SCOTUS, but it will be interesting to watch. Here in California we have a similar case on the way to SCOTUS on the mandatory 10 day...

For the third time, Wisconsin's Voter ID law has been found to be unconstitutional. Only this time, Scott and his GOPers got a real smack-down: My highlights.

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/memoranda/2014/03/05/11-16255.pdf The 9th Circuit ruled that the Yolo County Sheriff's policy of rejecting "self defense" as good cause for the issuance of a concealed carry permit is unconstitutional, as they did earlier in the case against San Diego county.

So California had a "may ssue" concealed carry licensing system, in which it was left up to the opinion of the local sheriff whether or not the license was issued. San Diego County, for all intents and purposes, denied this right to every applicant - unless, of course, you had the appropriate...

As may have been discussed previously, President Obama decided in 2012 to appoint several people to positions in the National Labor Relations Board using his recess appointment power. He did this despite the fact the Senate was still technically in session, holding pro forma sessions every...

Oklahoma is now the latest to have its ban on SSM overturned by the court http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/14/3163561/breaking-federal-judge-rules-oklahoma-marriage-ban-unconstitutional/

What's your opinion? A 16 year old teen found guilty of possession and distribution of child porn when she texted nude photos of her boyfriend's ex girlfriend. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sexting-teen-guilty-of-distributing-child-porn-1.2491605 I side with her lawyer. The...

India's supreme court decided that a previously struck down colonial era law criminalizing sodomy and such is still the law of the land (thanks for that dead Britons, btw). Surprising move given their recent rulings that were generally more progressive. Wonder how long its gonna take to fix...

A higher court ruling has over turned a recent judgment banning the NY police policy of randomly stopping and frisking people. On the face of it, this policy seems to me to be an egregious violation of the fourth amendment's prohibition of unreasonable search and seizure. However, living at the...