NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - Defendants accused of creating a public nuisance by operating a smelly dump in Louisiana can’t delay a trial while they wait to see if a court certifies a class action over the same questions, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a decision that dismissed the defense theories as wrong.
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - The widow and sons of a Mississippi Tea Party operative who committed suicide after being arrested for ordering a photo taken of a political rival’s incapacitated wife in her nursing home room have no case against the city that investigated him, a federal appeals court ruled.
The annual convention of the National Crime Victim Rights Law Institute, a one-of-a-kind service and advocacy organization based at the Lewis & Clark Law School.
The annual convention of the National Crime Victim Rights Law Institute, a one-of-a-kind service and advocacy organization based at the Lewis & Clark Law School.
Crime victims across the country have legal rights they might be aware of. To help change that, the locally-based National Crime Victim Law Institute launched an Ask for Rights campaign