Paul L. Boley
Law Library
Lewis & Clark Law School

Law in the News

Archive for April, 2008

4/30/2008

Dogs Caught in Wild-Animal Traps Fuels Movement to Restrict Fur Trapping

Hamdan 4th to Boycott Military Trials
:: An Apologetic Boycott in Good-Natured Banter

Supreme Court Is Rejecting Broad Legal Challenges

Law Restricting College Aid for Drug Offenders Upheld
:: Students for Sensible Drug Policy Foundation v. Spellings (pdf)

With 35 Killed Since Delisting, Groups Sue to Return Grey Wolves to Endangered Species List

The Quirky Indian Voting Law That Could Affect Tuesday’s Primary

People of Lesbos Take Gay Group to Court Over Term ‘Lesbian’

Documentary Makers Say Copyright Battles Creating ‘Intellectual Ghettos’

Port Authority Loses Appeal in 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Case
:: Nash v. Port Authority of N.Y. & N.J.

The Lessons of a Supreme Court Oral Argument

Lawyer Urges Canada to Try a Citizen Held by U.S. Forces

Hawaii Appeals Ceded Lands Ruling to U.S. Supreme Court

Lawyer Who Made Snarky Comments Ordered to Write Civility Article

Lawyer Denies Infiltrating State Farm Database

Judge Dismisses Connecticut’s Challenge to Education Law

Law Firms Face Credit Woes

4/29/2008

Judge Orders Decision by May 15 on Protecting Polar Bears
:: Center for Biological Diversity v. Kempthorne (pdf)
:: NRDC Press Release

L&C Law’s Robert Miller on the Pope and the Oppression of Native Peoples

Oregon Booksellers Challenge Censorship Statute
:: Complaint, Motions and Background in Powell’s Books v. Myers
:: ORS 167.051 to 167.057

Former Chief Prosecutor Says Terror Trials Tainted by Abuse, Politics
:: Testifies on Pressure by Top Pentagon Officials

Cheney Lawyer Claims Congress Has No Authority Over Vice-President

High Court’s OK of Voter IDs Likely to Spur More Such Laws
:: A “Solution” in Search of a Problem

U.S. Admits Negligence in Detainee’s Death

Dancing Tot’s Mom Faces Setback in Suit Over Use of ‘Let’s Go Crazy’ on YouTube

DNA Expected to Clear Dallas Man Jailed for 27 Years

Guantanamo, Pakistan Detainees Plan to Sue Britain

Spitzer Call Girl Sues ‘Girls Gone Wild’ for $10 Million

4/28/2008

Supreme Court, 6-3 (or 3-3-3), Upholds Voter ID Law
:: Crawford v. Marion County Election Board

Lawyers Fear Monitoring in Cases on Terrorism

The ABA’s ‘Diversity’ Diktat

How Long Will Women Shoulder the Blame for the Pay Gap?

Constitutional Flaw May Unravel Eight Years of Patent Board Rulings
:: Are Administrative Patent Judges Unconstitutional? (pdf)