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Appeals Court Clears Path for Trump to Resume Firing Probationary Workers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit sided with the government to block a lower-court ruling that had led to the ...
Appeals court reverses Trump firings of 2 board members in cases likely headed for the Supreme Court
A split appeals court says two board members fired by President Donald Trump can go back to their jobs for now in a ruling ...
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Third Circuit Case Emphasizes the Limits of Appellate Jurisdiction and the Need for Finality in the District Court
In its recent decision in Pets Gifts USA v. Imagine This Company, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit emphasized that while parties ...
Matter of First Impression: State Appellate Court Looks to Clarify 'Using' a Vehicle
Schultz, that addresses whether a driver 'uses' a vehicle when he stops and exits the vehicle to obtain the license plate ...
US appeals court blocks Trump from removing Democrats from labor boards
A federal appeals court blocked President Donald Trump from removing Democratic members from two federal labor boards on ...
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Appeals court clears the way for Trump to fire probationary federal workers once again
The decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals further clears the way for the Trump administration to re-fire, for now ...
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Appeals court rules Trump can fire probationary federal workers once again
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will consider the merits of that case in coming ... Probationary employees may be among ...
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Trump can shrink consumer protection agency but cannot dismantle it entirely, appeals court says
The Friday evening order from the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals is a partial win for President Donald Trump, who campaigned on abolishing the bureau, which was created by Congress in the wake of ...
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First Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment Award and $93 Million Order in Revenue Sharing Case
On April 1, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturned a $93 million judgment issued against Commonwealth ...
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Karen Read appeals 2 of her charges up to the U.S. Supreme Court
A subsequent appeal to the First Circuit Court of Appeals was also denied. The Supreme Court is the final step for this appeal. The appeal is called a writ of certiorari, the formal term for ...
Alabama’s anti-panhandling laws unconstitutional under First Amendment, federal appeals court rules
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Alabama’s anti-panhandling laws are unconstitutional and begging is protected speech under the First Amendment.