It looks like opposing faith in the public square just got a little harder in the Lone Star State. The city of Corpus Christi, Texas, is the home of actress Eva Longoria, the Whataburger fast food chain, and is once again on track to be the future home of the tallest cross in the Americas, thanks to a lawsuit settlement reached on Tuesday, after the plaintiff in the case conceded that the …
According the the filings in a lawsuit brought by Equal Justice Under Law against Harris County, Texas, 77% of the inmates in Harris County Jail — largest in Texas, third largest in America — are there because they couldn’t make a bail payment of $5,000 or less. Bail in the jail is assessed via video-links during which the accused are instructed not to speak and are not given access to …
JACKSON Municipal-court systems that practice “pay or stay” policies, jailing people who cannot afford fines such as Jackson has done, are facing legal objections across the South from groups like the American Civil Liberties Union. In addition to Jackson, this includes the Municipal Court of Biloxi. “The Supreme Court has held, consistently and for a long period of time, basically that you …
The botched investigation of a homicide involving a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley has become part of a federal whistleblower lawsuit filed by two Chicago police officers who claim a “code of silence” permeates the Chicago Police Department. The two cops argued in a court filing Monday that former police Cmdr. Joseph Salemme, a defendant in their case, should have to testify about his …
A backlash against this year’s STAAR exams escalated Monday when a group of parents sued the state in an attempt to keep schools from using 2016 test scores to rate students — including deciding whether students should advance to the next grade or attend summer school. The lawsuit, filed against the Texas Education Agency in Travis County district court, argues that this year’s scores are …
A lawsuit that was filed against Planned Parenthood claims the organization should have known an attack like the one that happened in Colorado Springs on Black Friday was likely to happen. First close look at Planned Parenthood building since the Black Friday shooting. The lawsuit was filed in Denver District Court on Friday and will be delivered to Planned Parenthood tomorrow, according to …
This aerial view of Monterey Bay from the south was created by combining computer-generated topographic and bathymetric data. Vertical relief has been exaggerated to better show the Monterey Canyon and mountains on either side of the bay. Amended civil complaint adds “crime-fraud exception” and “trespass to chattels.”
The story of Emilie Olsen — and the lawsuit surrounding her suicide — is back in the national spotlight. The Washington Post posted a report Monday that details the case and asks the question: “After years of alleged bullying, an Ohio teen killed herself. Is her school district responsible?”
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has not done the environmental analysis required by law before sponsoring legislation to turn the National Bison Range over to local tribes, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The suit aims to force FWS to ascertain potential impacts before proceeding any further with the first …
Virginia Republicans asked state’s highest court Monday to block more than 200,000 felons from voting in November, arguing that Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe abused his power by restoring the voting rights of thousands of convicts who’ve completed their sentences. In a lawsuit GOP leaders filed in the Virginia Supreme Court, they say McAuliffe violated the separation of …