The six-year fight over whether Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) violates state and federal laws came close to a possible end Thursday, when a U.S. District Court of Colorado judge dismissed the latest appeal and ordered the case be closed entirely. The latest court actions from the federal district court came after the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the district …
A judge on Monday dismissed the crux of a lawsuit initiated by the NAACP last month against the Arlington school district that demanded that Nichols Junior High School be shuttered until the source of an illness could be found and eradicated, according to officials. Judge Tom Lowe of the 236th State District Court dismissed the school district, school board president and superintendent as …
A coalition of public educators, administrators and parents gathered on the steps of a Glendale middle school Monday to announce a $2 billion lawsuit against the state. The suit, headed by the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, contends the governor, state legislators and the school facilities board have failed in their constitutional duty to financially support school districts for capital funding needs. “The state’s failure to provide funding for school buildings, facilities, and …
Two moms in Mercer County, West Virginia, have sued a public school district for offering a voluntary Bible course for elementary and middle school students. The school district has offered Bible classes for over 75 years, according to the nonprofit Freedom From Religion Foundation, a church/state “watchdog” based in Madison, Wisconsin. Atheist parent “Jane Doe” and her kindergarten child …
A revised U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water plan for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin is being challenged by environmental groups that say the Sunshine State is again being cheated out of its fair share of the river system’s flow. Earthjustice on Thursday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the National Wildlife Federation, Florida Wildlife Federation and the Apalachicola Riverkeeper claiming the Army Corps failed to …
With the nation’s most closely watched congressional race headed to a runoff in June, a D.C.-based voting rights advocacy group is pressing in federal court to reopen voter registration. It is the latest legal maneuver for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. The non-profit law firm dates back to the Kennedy administration, but it’s been very active in Georgia since the …
Four consumers have filed a class action lawsuit against drone manufacturers, alleging fraud and negligent misrepresentation. Allan Black, Christopher Jones, Roger Watts and Robert Matos Rivera filed a complaint, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, March 27 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Shenzen …
Here we go go again. Lawsuits over allegedly deceptive food labels have become commonplace—a tried-and-true tactic for some plaintiffs’ attorneys to earn an easy buck. By claiming that the labels were intentionally misleading in some way, these lawyers and the purportedly confused clients they represent, seek to leverage the specter of a class action to force quick settlements. Unfortunately, this tactic often works. In fact, …
A Domino’s Pizza delivery driver has filed a class action lawsuit against MBR Management Corporation for alleged violation of employment law. Shiloh resident Jesse Tourville, for himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint on April 11 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against the defendant alleging that the Domino’s Pizza …
An explosive high-school sexual assault scandal rocking the small town of La Vernia, Texas, widened Tuesday, with the arrest of three additional students and the filing of a federal lawsuit alleging school officials knew about criminal hazing going on in the athletic program and failed to protect student victims. Colton Weidner, Christian “Brock” Roberts, and John Rutkowski, all 18 and members …