JURIST - New jersey

A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday upheld a 21-year-old federal law prohibiting gambling, dealing a setback to New Jersey's attempts to legalize sports betting. Judge Michael Shipp ruled that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) is con....... [more]

Four gay men filed suit on Tuesday against a conversion therapy group in New Jersey which had promised to make the men straight. The suit, the first of its kind in the US, alleges that Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), a company which claims it can "cure" homosexuality though sci....... [more]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a class action lawsuit Thursday on behalf of New Jersey immigrants challenging mandatory detention procedures. The policy in question is 8 USC § 1226(c), which mandates the detention of noncitizens during deportation proceedings, and such nonciti....... [more]

The Supreme Court of New Jersey on Wednesday upheld a decision by a New Jersey appellate court finding that an infertile woman is not the legal parent of a child conceived using her husband's sperm and carried by a surrogate. The court determined that the New Jersey Parentage Act requires a woman in....... [more]

JURIST Guest Columnist Kathryn Young, University of Virginia School of Law Class of 2013, argues that gambling can effectively increase states' revenue and should be viewed outside of its negative connotations...The recent New Jersey law condoning sports betting at the state's casinos and racetracks....... [more]

On August 16, 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU) sought to block a Louisiana law that limited internet use for registered sex offenders. The ACLU challenged the law based on the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution due to the negative effect that the law woul....... [more]

Professional and college sports leagues filed a lawsuit against the state of New Jersey Monday trying to enjoin a new law that would legalize sports gambling. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey Le....... [more]

The Supreme Court of New Jersey on Monday upheld a law that requires young drivers to display decals on their license plates in order to enforce driving restrictions. The restrictions are part of New Jersey's graduated driver's license system (GDLS), which temporarily limits the driving privileges o....... [more]

A Muslim rights group filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Wednesday seeking to end the New York Police Department (NYPD) controversial surveillance program, which allegedly targets individuals based on religious affiliation. The complaint, filed by the Muslim A....... [more]

On May 29, 2008, a Texas state appeals court overturned a $26 million jury verdict against pharmaceutical giant Merck awarded to widow Carol Ernst, who alleged that her husband died after taking painkiller Vioxx. That same day, the New Jersey Appellate Division reduced a jury award in a separate con....... [more]

On May 5, 2009, the Maine House of Representatives passed a bill that legalized same-sex marriage in the state, following its earlier approval in the state senate. The bill was subsequently signed into law by Governor John Baldacci. The adoption of the law was part of concerted push towards same-sex....... [more]