Animal rights campaign Peta has filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld based on the 13th amendment of the US constitution which outlaws slavery. Can killer whales be regarded as slaves?
Tag: Lawsuit
October 26, 2011
October 21, 2011
ACLU: 3 women assaulted in ICE custody
(CNN) — A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of three immigrant women who were allegedly sexually assaulted while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas, the American Civil Liberties Union said this week. The ACLU, citing documents it said it had obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, said in [...]
July 1, 2011
ERA Could Broaden Gay Marriage
Legal experts say passage of the Equal Rights Amendment could lead to legalized gay marriage throughout the United States, reports DailyCaller.com. The amendment, which was passed by Congress in 1973, was not supported by the required 38 states at the time, but has been reintroduced every year since then. Phyllis Schlafly The legislation recently was [...]
June 29, 2011
Kansas Abortion Doctors Sue to Block State Rules
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two doctors who perform abortions in Kansas filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to block a new licensing law and regulations that abortion rights advocates fear will make Kansas the first state in the country without an abortion provider. Dr. Herbert Hodes and his daughter, Dr. Traci Nauser, argue that the new [...]
June 28, 2011
L.A. Dodgers Declare Bankruptcy
The Dodgers, one of Major League Baseball’s most beloved and historic franchises, has officially filed for bankruptcy, reports TMZ. Frank McCourt, owner of the troubled team, filed bankruptcy papers earlier this morning after months of financial drama. The tipping point came as MLB Commissioner Bud Selig killed the $3 billion deal with Fox to broadcast [...]
June 28, 2011
Supreme Court Rules for Foreign Firms in Accident Suits
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that a New Jersey man who lost four fingers in a workplace accident on a metal-cutting machine cannot sue the British maker of the equipment in New Jersey. The court voted 6-3 Monday that the manufacturer’s connection to New Jersey is too tenuous to allow the lawsuit to [...]
June 27, 2011
Home Depot Accused of Violating Buy American Act
SAN FRANCISCO — The photograph on the Home Depot website shows a line of smiling soldiers unloading a truck stacked with power tools and other company wares. The company says this shows “federal dollars go farther at The Home Depot.” San Francisco Attorney Paul Scott says the photo also shows the company providing Chinese-made products [...]
June 26, 2011
NY Gay Marriages Can Begin as Early as End of July
ALBANY, N.Y. — After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican senators, New York became the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, breathing life into the national gay rights movement that had stalled over a nearly identical bill here two years ago. Pending any court challenges, legal [...]
June 23, 2011
Lawsuit to Block SF Vote on Circumcision Ban
SAN FRANCISCO — An unlikely coalition of Jews and Muslims on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to block a San Francisco ballot measure that would ban the circumcision of male children, a procedure widely practiced by members of both faiths. The case filed in San Francisco Superior Court asks the court to remove the voter initiative [...]
June 23, 2011
Dozens Mistakenly Told They Won Visa Lottery Are Suing
Dozens of people who were mistakenly told they had won a spot to apply for a U.S. visa through the annual visa lottery system are suing the U.S. government. French native Armande Gil is a psychologist in Miami who is among those seeking class action status for a federal lawsuit filed last week in Washington. [...]
June 22, 2011
Judge Upholds Wisconsin Domestic Partnership Law
MADISON, Wis.— A Dane County circuit judge ruled Monday that Wisconsin’s domestic partnership registry does not violate the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage. Judge Daniel Moeser’s ruling was a major victory for the state’s largest gay rights group, which defended the registry established in 2009 to bestow legal rights to same-sex couples. Moeser ruled [...]
June 21, 2011
June 17, 2011
June 15, 2011
Federal Judge Rules Copyright Enforcer Can’t Sue
LAS VEGAS — A federal judge in Nevada says a Las Vegas law firm targeting unauthorized content on the Internet cannot sue others over a news company’s copyrights. The Las Vegas Sun reported Tuesday the dismissal of a lawsuit by copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC against the website Democratic Underground. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Roger [...]