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John Fielding,
CEO
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The federal court that hears cases from Pennsylvania recently ruled that credit-card holders can sue banks and credit lenders to avoid unfair annual fees.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Federal circuit court cases, and various state appellate cases, issued after the Pilot Life decision have construed that case as expressly holding that state statutory regulation of claims handling practices are preempted by ERISA's enforcement provision irrespective of the construction and application of the preemption provision.
The federal courts have been moving rapidly to implement a new case management system that allows attorneys to file court documents electronically, and plans are underway to provide public access to those documents over the Internet.
Federal courts have applied co-employment to hold both staffing agencies and their business clients liable for each others’ violations of employment laws in several recent landmark cases.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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It is said in cases decided in the federal courts that the question as to whether an existing rate is reasonable is a judicial question, and that the question as to what rate shall be collectible in the future is a legislative question.
Unfortunately, the federal courts in these cases did not uphold the First Amendment rights of these publishers.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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The federal courts have been so overwhelmed with drug prosecutions that Chief Justice Rehnquist has expressed exasperation at the burdening of federal courts with petty drug cases.
Meanwhile, federal courts are considering several cases that challenge the INS' right to detain or deport convicted foreign-born criminals without a hearing.
Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that a gave precedence in federal cases to a 1968 federal law about voluntary confessions over the 1966 Miranda ruling.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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There are many precedents for federal courts to hear cases involving whether a new political party, or independent candidate, was kept off the ballot by faulty petition-checking procedures.
Federal courts are considering cases that challenge racial preference in admissions, and in state after state, voters are taking aim through referenda at an earlier generation’s commitment to civil rights.
The high court's refusal to take the Maine cases leaves standing a federal appeals court ruling and a Maine Supreme Court decision barring the use of tax money to pay for tuition at religious schools.
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