Paul L. Boley
Law Library
Lewis & Clark Law School

Law in the News

Archive for September, 2007

9/28/2007

The Latest on NEDC’s Willamette Fish Recovery Suit
:: Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Fewer Women Are Seeking Law Degrees

U.S. to Allow “High-Value” Detainees to Request Lawyers

A Prosecution Tests the Definition of Obscenity

Sentencing Disparity for Cocaine Under Attack

Rare Supreme Court Stay Halts a Texas Execution

Supreme Court Preview – Detainees on the Docket
:: Upcoming Term Will Look Like a Move to the Left. Don’t Be Fooled

Rethinking the Age of Sexual Consent

The New Affirmative Action

ABC Journalist Ordered to Disclose Sources on Anthrax Attacks

Apple Hires a New General Counsel

Indiana, Faced With Suit, Takes Chaplain Off Payroll

Pakistan’s High Court Dismisses Challenges to Musharraf Bid for Re-Election

Suit Alleges Dead Baby Was Treated As ‘Bio-Waste’

2nd Circuit Removes Judge From Case for Repeated Refusal to Document Sentence Grid Departure
:: U.S. v. Hirliman (pdf)

9/27/2007

Federal Judge Holds Patriot Act Surveillance Without Probable Cause Unconstitutional
:: Decision a Victory for Oregon Lawyer Brandon Mayfield
:: Mayfield v. U.S. (pdf)

Appeals Court Backs Extra Break in Exam for Student to Pump Breast Milk

The New Way a Bill Becomes a Law

Federal Judge Throws Out Suit Against State Judge Who Banned ‘Rape’ Language From Trial

Verizon Refuses to Carry Text Messages of Abortion Rights Group
:: update – Verizon Reverses “Incorrect” Decision, to Allow Messages

Ohio, Florida ‘Vote Caging’ Laws Could Dampen Democratic Voting

Court Rebuffs Most of Vonage’s Patent Arguments
:: Verizon Services Corp. v. Vonage Holdings Corp. (pdf)

Judge Quashes RIAA Subpoenas in Campus File-Sharing Case

Prisons to Restore Purged Religious Books

9/26/2007

Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional in Mayfield Case

Blackwater’s Legal Netherworld

As Race for Oil-Rich Arctic Heats Up, Inuit Stake Their Claim, Too

9th Blocks Planned Expansion of Mount Ashland Ski Area
:: Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund v. Goodman (pdf)

Leader of Polygamist Sect Convicted as an Accomplice to Rape

How White House Worked to Scuttle Cal’s Climate Law

Nominee for C.I.A. Legal Counsel Withdraws

Elton John Owns Photo Seized From Exhibition by Child Porn Police