#court-ruling

#court-ruling

The ruling upheld a lower court's preliminary injunction, the latest rebuke to a major shift that advocates warn would push 170,000 people in federally subsidized housing back into homelessness.

U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett stated, 'There really is no way around taking into account the events in the state case.' She expressed skepticism about moving the federal trial to 2027, noting it would not solve existing scheduling issues.

The Gibson plaintiffs claimed that eXp negotiated the agreement with the Hooper plaintiffs after conducting prolonged, unsuccessful settlement negotiations with Intervenor Plaintiff counsel, conducting a reverse auction in an attempt to gain a sweetheart deal.

The court ruled that Plamberger's expertise created a specific legal duty to protect his novice partner. Because Gurtner relied entirely on him, his role shifted from a moral guide to a legally bound protector.

U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins in Sacramento gave the government seven days to return Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, 42, and restore her protections under the Obama-era program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, 'as if her Feb. 19, 2026 removal never occurred.'

Under the SAVE plan, a borrower's monthly payment would be calculated based on income and family size and could be set as low as $0 per month for the lowest-earning borrowers.

In a ruling issued Thursday, the state Supreme Court's Appellate Division said the city can proceed with enforcing the ban, despite arguments that the ban could harm farms outside the city. Instead, the court wrote that local laws "frequently have the potential to create economic ripple effects that extend to other areas of the state, and beyond."

Millions nationwide have begun the process of filing their yearly taxes - including many immigrants without a permanent immigration status. But since President Donald Trump's return to the White House, his administration has sought access to IRS data - including taxpayers' addresses - to further its immigration crackdown and locate undocumented immigrants. And last April, ICE and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, secured a data-sharing agreement with the IRS, alarming many taxpayers who use ITINs to file.

In a federal court filing, the U.S. government said it would drop its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked its campaign against DEI in K-12 schools and higher education institutions - which it alleged discriminated against white students and employees - leaving in place a lower court finding that the effort violated the 1st Amendment and federal procedural rules.

Much of the ruling rests on the words of West Texas A&M President Walter Wendler, which Kacsmaryk adopted throughout his 46-page opinion. In a March 2023 email to the campus community, Wendler wrote that drag "does not preserve a single thread of human dignity," describing it as a performance that "exaggerat[es] aspects of womanhood (sexuality, femininity, gender)" and "stereotype[s] women in cartoon-like extremes for the amusement of others."

Mamdani announced the move on Jan. 7, describing 31st Street as one of the most dangerous corridors in Queens. He said the decision to restart the redesign process and comply with a ruling issued by Queens Supreme Court Judge Chereé Buggs represented the "fastest path" to delivering "critical safety upgrades" along the corridor. The Mamdani administration added that the New York City Law Department will also file a notice of appeal of the court's ruling.

The Toulouse Administrative Court of Appeal has authorised construction of the controversial A69 motorway between Toulouse and Castres - the latest in a long-running legal saga over a road that has become a flashpoint for environmental protesters. Following the recommendations of the public rapporteur, the appeal judges ruled on Tuesday that "the motorway link project must be considered as responding to an imperative reason of major public interest".

The president said such leases "may lead to grave harm" including negative effects on national security, transportation and commercial interests, among other justifications. U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris, for the District of Massachusetts, ruled that the ban is "arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law," and said the concern about "grave harm" was insufficient to justify the immense scope of a moratorium on all wind energy.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

A neighbour who waged a campaign of harassment and "blackmail" against the son of England cricket legend Colin Cowdrey, scuppering the sale of his 3.85m home, is now facing a 500,000 bill after losing a court battle. Film producer Jeremy Cowdrey, 65, whose father famously captained England, successfully sued his neighbour, Vanessa Gibson, over what he alleged were lies that made his sprawling 10-acre country house in Goudhurst, Kent, unsellable.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked OpenAI from using the term "cameo" in the Sora video app. US District Judge Eumi K. Lee's ruling lasts until December 22. Cameo, the personalized video company, sued OpenAI for trademark infringement. OpenAI may have to go back to the drawing board to name a core feature of its popular AI video generation app, Sora.

News broke Thursday that Federal District Court Judge John McConnell of Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits in full by Friday, which the administration is appealing. Hours later, at a photo op with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, Heinrich confronted Trump about the ruling and the appeal, and their impact on Americans.

Armstrong sued Oakland last year, alleging the city and then-Mayor Sheng Thao fired him in February 2023 in retaliation for speaking out against Robert Warshaw, the federal monitor who oversees the police department. Armstrong's lawsuit also accused Thao of violating his First Amendment rights. A federal judge dismissed Armstrong's First Amendment claims last November and sent the remainder of the claims to state court to decide whether the city's leaders violated labor laws.

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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deploying the national guard to Portland, Oregon, according to court documents. Donald Trump had announced on 27 September that he would deploy troops to Portland, authorizing Full Force, if necessary, ignoring pleas from local officials and the state's congressional delegation, who suggested that the president was misinformed or lying about the nature and scale of a single, small protest outside one federal immigration enforcement office.