A lawsuit filed against a drug task force in southeast Alaska challenges the seizure of personal property by law enforcement and seeks more transparency in the search warrant process. Petersburg Borough residents Danny Thompson and Greg Richeson are suing the borough and Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs, a task force involving Alaska State Troopers and police …
An initial ruling is expected soon in a lawsuit challenging how Seattle and Washington state are dealing with unauthorized homeless encampments in the city. Two homeless people sued last month, accusing the city and the state transportation department of violating the rights of people living outdoors by seizing and destroying their property while evicting them from and clearing away their …
Rental licensing rules adopted by cities across Minnesota will be tested Wednesday when the state’s highest court hears arguments on whether landlords and tenants can block routine city housing inspections. The case, stemming from a Golden Valley dispute, tests the balance between privacy and a government’s responsibility to regulate health and safety. It has attracted the attention of a wide …
Property damage, reduced property values and emotional distress resulting from a record-breaking September earthquake are all claimed in the lawsuit, which does not specify any sum total that the 27 fracking companies would pay if found liable, according to the Associated Press. The class-action suit filed Thursday in district court points to the natural gas extraction method of fracking, or …
Universal Orlando’s parent company is facing a lawsuit that could slow down its plans to develop a new theme park off International Drive in Orlando. The lawsuit claims there are restrictions on building a theme park on that property on Sand Lake Road. Channel 9’s Jamie Holmes found out Universal’s own effort to limit competition that is …
Two Short Creek area residents arrested last year in a dispute over access to what was once a city zoo filed a federal lawsuit in Arizona this week, claiming their “illegal” arrests constituted yet another example of alleged discrimination by Colorado City marshals against residents who aren’t members of the community’s dominant polygamous church. Andrew Guy Chatwin, 48, of Hildale and Patrick Leroy Pipkin, 33, of Colorado City claim the marshals, Colorado City and its municipal attorney Kenneth Brendel, the city of Hildale and the corporate charter of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints conspired to prevent the men from using property they were legally entitled to amid a dispute with a “squatter” who …
Jefferson County leaders call Lowe’s a good corporate citizen, but they are lining up to oppose a lawsuit filed by the home improvement store to lower their tax rate. “We were expecting this to happen. We were expecting them to file a lawsuit,” said Tony Petelos, the Jefferson …
Last week, the city of Mobile succeeded in preventing a jury trial in a lawsuit accusing the Mobile Historic Development Commission of selectively targeting business owners with violations for years while routinely ignoring violations committed by its own staff and board members. In 2012, the city initially brought a lawsuit against Walker Brothers Investments LLC after it was determined the …
A federal judge has approved a settlement agreement requiring the city of Akron to give 48 hours’ notice before removing homeless people’s tents and other belongings from public or private property. The city also must store any items taken for 30 days to enable homeless people to reclaim their items. Federal Judge Donald C. Nugent approved the agreement, which will be overseen by …
Madison County government is a unique place, maybe the only set of offices in the nation where there’s no jealousy, no backbiting, no water-cooler rumors and no intrigue. Amazing for a place that at its foundation is political, right? The county’s standing as a “no gossip zone” is the only conclusion one can reach based on the fact that no one claims to have known what corrupt, disgraced and …