Your daily ration of civil justice rationing
San Francisco’s money bail schedule deprives plaintiffs of their rights, a judge ruled while overturning the law, possibly creating an opening for additional challenges. Findlaw.com reports that U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that the sheriff’s use… Read More
According to a recent AP article published in U.S. News & World Report, “Despite the end to federal oversight of a Tennessee county’s juvenile justice system, a U.S. Department of Justice monitor says ‘blatantly unfair” practices persist.’” Monitor Sandra Simkins… Read More
Gun owners are arguing in court that they can’t comply with California’s assault weapon registration due to computer problems. Gun owner groups filed a lawsuit against California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra that “alleges that the system for registering… Read More
by Sara Corcoran, Courts Monitor Publisher North Carolina, long famous for great college sports and some of the nation’s best barbecue, is fast earning recognition of another sort: Being at the forefront of America’s longest-running personal injury litigation,… Read More
Another year brings another report about the need to improve access to civil courts for low-income residents. A court-mandated legal commission in Delaware capped a two-year investigation this fall and issued its recommendations, agreeing the system is unfair… Read More
