World prison population report [International Centre for Prison Studies]
World Prison Population List, King's College International Centre for Prison Studies, June 27, 2005. Excerpt:Over 9 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-trial detainees (remand prisoners) or having been convicted and sentenced. Almost half...
A panel of the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that portion of a California law giving consumers the right to block banks from selling their personal information to other institutions is preempted by federal law....
Wilkinson, et al. v. Austin et al., Supreme Court of the United States, June 13, 2005 . Excerpt from the Opinion by Justice Kennedy:We...
Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd, et al., Supreme Court of the United States, June 13, 2005 [ruling unanimously that drug companies can do "pre-clinical studies" under FDA rules on an existing patented drug in the process of developing...
Johnson v. California, Supreme Court of the United States, June 13, 2005 [rejecting 8-1 a California Supreme Court requirement that a racially discriminatory bias can be found only if it is more likely than not that striking of a juror...
A panel of three federal judges Thursday reaffirmed an earlier decision to reject a legal challenge to the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan , concluding the plan was consistent with federal law and the Constitution. In...
Spector et al. v. Norwegian Cruise Lines Ltd., United States Supreme Court, June 6, 2005 [ruling that foreign cruise ships in US waters and ports are subject to federal civil rights and disability law, overturning a Fifth Circuit Court of...
Federal judge rules Florida violated Everglades cleanup agreement
A Miami federal judge has ruled that Florida violated the terms of a 1991 agreement to reduce phosphorus levels in the Everglades. The US Supreme Court previously remanded the case after hearing an appeal [JURIST...
Thomas, et al. v. City of Seattle, Hankin, et al. v. City of Seattle, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, June 2, 2005 [ruling that the city of Seattle had the right to block city streets during...
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear Oregon v. Guzek (docket 04-928), a death sentence case involving a convicted murderer's efforts to bring evidence into his sentencing hearing that would cast doubt on the conviction. A ruling here...
