A divided federal appeals court on Thursday affirmed that parts of Kansas' "ag-gag" law - among the first laws in the nation restricting undercover animal rights activists - violates the First Amendment, upholding a permanent prohibition against the state enforcing the provisions.
The 10th Circuit on Thursday affirmed a previous court ruling that sections of Kansas’ “ag-gag” law is unconstitutional and violates the First Amendment rights of animal rights advocates.
10th Circuit Overturns Tiger King’s Sentence
A federal appeals panel upheld a jury s convictions against “Tiger King” docuseries star Joe Exotic but remanded the case to the district for resentencing.
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2013, file photo, the late Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, answers a question during an interview at the zoo he runs in Wynnewood, Okla. The Oklahoma zoo, featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary, has closed after federal authorities investigated it for alleged maltreatment of animals and suspended its license. The Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park closed to the public after the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, suspended the exhibitor license for current-owner Jeff Lowe for 21 days.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Elura NanosMay 12th, 2021, 12:32 pm
A bank-robbery hostage who was shot at least 10 times by police received another opportunity to bring her lawsuit against one of the troopers to a jury. Overturning a lower court judge in Oklahoma, a federal appeals court affirmed the dismissal of two of her claims, but it unanimously found that the trooper may have violated her rights by shooting her as she emerged from the suspect’s SUV with her hands in the air.
Released on Monday, the Tenth Circuit’s ruling begins, bluntly: “January 21, 2016, was a terrible day for
Julie Huff.”
Harris Hartz, a
George W. Bush appointee writing for the three-judge panel, went on to describe just how terrible that day had been for Huff.