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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Binyam Mohamed intelligence sharing ruling [UK HC]
6:15 PM ET

The Queen on the Application of Binyam Mohamed v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK High Court of Justice, February 4, 2009 [revealing that the US government threatened to reconsider and possibly end its intelligence sharing operations with the UK if a summary of the alleged torture of Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed was made public by the court]. Read the full text of the judgment here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Guantanamo detainee resolution [European Parliament]
5:28 PM ET

Resolution on the return and resettlement of the Guantanamo detention facility inmates, European Parliament, February 4, 2009, [encouraging European Union member states to assist the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center by accepting former prisoners for resettlement]. Read the full text of the resolution [DOC]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

US-China intellectual property dispute ruling [WTO]
11:07 AM ET

China - Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, World Trade Organization, January 26, 2008 [finding in favor of the US that large parts of China's intellectual property scheme are inconsistent with its obligations under several international treaties]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Title VII retaliatory firing ruling [US SC]
11:02 AM ET

Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, US Supreme Court, January 26, 2009 [ruling unanimously that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects a government employee against being fired for cooperating with an internal sexual harassment probe against a superior]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Illinois school moment of silence ruling [US DC]
10:58 AM ET

Dawn S. Sherman, a minor, through Robert I. Sherman, her father and next friend, on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated, v. Township High School District 214, US District Court for the Northern of Illinois, January 21, 2009 [ruling that an Illinois state law requiring a moment of silence in public schools is unconstitutional]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Vice-presidential records preservation ruling [US DC]
10:54 AM ET

Ethics in Washington, et al., v. Richard B. Cheney, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 19, 2009 [granting summary judgment and ruling that Vice President Dick Cheney has broad discretion over which vice presidential records should be preserved]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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US execution of Mexican national ruling [ICJ]
10:51 AM ET

Mexico v. United States of America, International Court of Justice, January 19, 2009 [ruling that the United States violated the ICJ's order when the state of Texas executed Jose Ernesto Medellin Rojas]. Read the full text of the judgment [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Friday, January 16, 2009

Telecom warrantless surveillance assistance ruling [FISC]
10:46 AM ET

In Re: Directives [redacted text]* Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, August 22, 2008 [ruling that the US federal government could compel a telecommunications company to assist in warrantless surveillance]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Georgia voter ID law ruling [11th Circuit]
10:42 AM ET

Common Cause/Georgia, et al., v. NAACP, Eugene Taylor, and Bertha Barrett Young, US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, January 14, 2009 [ruling that a Georgia law requiring voters to present government-issued photo identification was permissible]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Evidence suppression ruling [US SC]
10:36 AM ET

Herring v. United States, Supreme Court of the United States, January 14, 2009 [ruling that evidence seized during a search incident to an arrest does not have to be suppressed when the sole premise for the arrest was information negligently provided by another law enforcement agency]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Guantanamo detainee habeas petition ruling [US DC]
10:28 AM ET

Mohammed El Gharani v. George W. Bush, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, January 14, 2009 [ruling that the government had failed to establish by a preponderance of evidence that Guantanamo detainee Mohammed El Gharani was an "enemy combatant", and directing the detainee's release]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Failure to report to prison ruling [US SC]
10:18 AM ET

Chambers v. United States, US Supreme Court, January 13, 2009 [ruling that failure to report to prison does not constitute a violent felony for the purposes of sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminals Act (ACCA)]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Zuma corruption charges reinstatement ruling [SA SC]
2:55 PM ET

National Director of Public Prosecutions and Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, January 12, 2009 [reinstating corruption charges against South African political leader Jacob Zuma]. Read the full text of the judgment [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Friday, January 09, 2009

Alien removal proceeding ruling [US DOJ]
2:50 PM ET

Matter of Enrique Salas Compean, Matter of Sylla Bangaly, Matter of J-E-C, et al., US Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, January 7, 2009 [ruling that aliens may no longer challenge deportation hearings based on ineffective assistance of counsel]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Federal civil commitment of sex offenders ruling [4th Circuit]
2:03 PM ET

United States of America v. Graydon Earl Comstock, Jr., US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, January 08, 2009 [ruling that Congress acted beyond its authority when it passed legislation authorizing indefinite civil commitments of "sexually dangerous" offenders beyond the end of their sentences.]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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