The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a Catholic preschool’s claim that Colorado violated the First Amendment by excluding it from a universal preschool program because the school refused to admit LGBTQ children a...
A federal district court in Arkansas has granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Act 900 of 2025, a state law imposing new restrictions on social media platforms regarding minor users.
The Eleventh Circuit held that the Ex parte Young doctrine does not allow plaintiffs to sue state officials for specific performance of state contracts, even when the suit is framed as prospective relief under the Con...
A federal judge has vacated a dismissal hearing and ordered briefing on whether to stay a tribal lawsuit accusing Kalshi and Robinhood of running an illegal sports-betting operation on Indian lands, pending a Ninth Circuit decision that could resolve the co...
The Fifth Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction against Texas’s S.B. 10, a statute requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, holding that the law does not violate the Establishment or Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amen...
Judge Sara Darrow denied qualified immunity to three Colona, Illinois, police officers on a plaintiff’s excessive force claim, allowing a jury to decide whether they used unreasonable force when handcuffing a concealed carry permit holder who claimed he was...
District Judge Karen E. Schreier denied Retsel Corporation’s motion for reconsideration, rejecting arguments that Native American plaintiffs lacked standing to sue for discrimination at the Grand Gateway Hotel.
The Eleventh Circuit held that the Ex parte Young doctrine does not allow plaintiffs to sue state officials for specific performance of state contracts, even when the suit is framed as prospective relief under the Contracts Clause.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction against Wisconsin’s 2023 statute requiring FDA premarket authorization before electronic nicotine delivery systems may be sold in the state.
Judge Patricia A. Gaughan denied summary judgment to Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree in a First Amendment retaliation suit brought by Stacy Clark, a retired deputy turned special deputy.
The Tenth Circuit reversed summary judgment for Oklahoma prison officials on an Eighth Amendment claim regarding unsanitary toilet conditions, while affirming summary judgment on a separate claim about inadequate nutrition.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court ruling in a dispute between the Comanche Nation and the Fort Sill Apache Tribe over the operation of the Warm Springs Casino.
The Ninth Circuit has denied petitions for panel and en banc rehearing in a dispute between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation and the U.S. Department of the Interior over the validity of a land exchange involving ceded tribal lands.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction against Indiana's new law prohibiting public schools and teachers from providing instruction on human sexuality to students in prekindergarten through third grade.
The District Court for the District of Columbia has granted summary judgment to the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, holding that the National Park Service and Federal Highway Administration acted arbitrarily and capriciously in deciding to remove pro...
A federal judge in Washington has denied the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s motion to dismiss, allowing a gay police officer’s employment discrimination lawsuit to move forward.
Cynthia Marie Hairston’s racial discrimination and retaliation claims against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill survived a motion to dismiss, allowing her employment lawsuit to proceed.
A published ruling resolves a novel question of New Jersey law, holding that snow tubers are "skiers" under the Ski Act and that a resort operator cannot be sued under common law for a tubing injury when the plaintiff cannot show the operator had notice of...
A divided Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court held that the state's near-total exclusion of abortion from Medicaid coverage violates both the state Equal Rights Amendment and the state constitution's equal protection guarantees, permanently enjoining enforcemen...
A man convicted in the 1994 shooting death of a seven-year-old Chicago boy wins the right to pursue a successive postconviction petition after an appellate court held that newly discovered evidence of systematic police misconduct — and an affidavit claiming...
A Cook County mother lost her appeal to reverse termination of her parental rights to four children, even though the appellate court agreed the trial court erred in letting her attorney withdraw without following proper notice procedures.
In a question of first impression for Illinois appellate courts, the Third District holds that some pre-event safety failures fall outside the Tort Immunity Act's supervision shield.
The Southern District of California granted final approval of a class action settlement resolving allegations that San Diego State University engaged in systemic sex-based discrimination against female varsity student-athletes.