Paul L. Boley
Law Library
Lewis & Clark Law School

Law in the News

Archive for December, 2006

12/22/2006

Law In The News Returns January, 2007. Until Then, Please Enjoy This Best-Of Collection:

Activist Judge Cancels Christmas

Judge Orders God To Break Up Into Smaller Deities

Supreme Court Rules Restaurant Patron Must Try This Cheesecake

Federal Judge Rules Parker Brothers Holds Monopoly Monopoly

Deadlocked Supreme Court: ‘Someone’s Voting Twice’

New York Times Seeks Court Order To Remove Tuesdays With Morrie From Bestseller List

Federal Court Orders Cosmopolitan To Reveal Beauty Secrets

Supreme Court Rules Supreme Court Rules

Bill Introduced As Joke Signed Into Law

Constructionist Supreme Court To Revisit Women’s Suffrage

Congressman Waits Until Last Minute To Write New Law

12/21/2006

Standing Next to Your Bike Is Not a Crime in Oregon
:: Oregon v. Rowe

Fox Challenges Authority of FCC to Regulate TV Indecency
:: View the Oral Argument via C-SPAN (RealPlayer)

Court Allows Interest-Group Ads During Campaigns
:: Wisconsin Right To Life v. FEC (pdf)

Squad Leader Charged in Killings of 24 Iraqi Civilians

Teen Fights Removal of Piece of Evidence From Own Head

N.J. Governor Signs Civil Unions Law
:: Cal Supremes to Tackle Same-Sex Marriage Law

U.S. to Declassify Secrets at Age 25

12/20/2006

Taking a Stand for All Animals
:: Listen to Katrina Sharman’s Presentation at L&C Law’s 14th Annual Animal Law Conference

Security Contractor Recalls Torment as U.S. Detainee in Iraq
:: Only the Jailers Are Safe

Court Says U.S. Abdicated Responsibility to Ensure Fair Electricity Markets
:: PUD No. 1 of Snohomish County Washington v. FERC (pdf)
:: Public Utilities Commission of California v. FERC (pdf)

Race-Based Programs May Face Final Curtain in Supreme Court

McAfee Employees’ Suit Reveals New Options Dynamic

Bush Appointees Signal Court’s New Direction

The ‘McNulty Memo’: Real Change, or Retreat?

Padilla to Undergo Mental Testing to Determine Competency to Stand Trial

Appeals Court Rejects Sentence as Too Lenient for Mom Who Rented Daughter to Pedophile
:: U.S. v. Kane (pdf)

12/19/2006

Cheney to Be Defense Witness in C.I.A. Leak Trial

Sony Settles Secret Software Suit
:: News Release, Complaint & Settlement Judgment

The Terrorist You’ve Never Heard Of

BLM Puts Drilling on Hold Due to Ferrets
:: All Credit to Shep