A verbose 10th Circuit has split with the 8th Circuit over whether lying is constitutionally protected speech. The disputed ground between the Denver-based 10th Circuit and the St. Louis-based 8th Circuit involves their interpretations of
Continue Reading Circuit courts differ over whether lies to access property are protected by the First Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court denied peanut broker Michael Parnell’s petition for writ of certiorari Tuesday. That means the high court won’t be reviewing any part of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal convictions.
Previously,
Continue Reading Supreme Court won’t review Michael Parnell’s case related to deadly outbreak
Government attorneys who just days ago were on the verge of sending Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son Peter DeCoster to federal prison have now agreed the egg men should remain free long enough to
Continue Reading DOJ is OK with Supreme Court review of DeCoster sentences
Remember the Minnesota dance instructor who was made paraplegic by eating a hamburger from Sam’s Club? Almost a decade after Stephanie Smith of Cold Spring, MN, and others were tragically damaged by eating those hamburgers,
Continue Reading Greater Omaha told to pay Cargill $9 million in E. coli case
