The Ninth Circuit just released its decision in a lawsuit regarding groundfish regulations on the West Coast. The case is West Coast Seafood Processors Association ("Association") v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. and the decision can be downloaded here.
The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service challenging aspects of
Taken during port call in Honolulu
New case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Will review and comment later, but for now the opinion in the case of Tracy Barker v. Halliburton Company, et al., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12696 and can be found here.
The Sky’s the limit. Or so says Chief Justice Roberts who, in dissent, thought that injured rairoad workers should have to show that their injuries were proximately caused by their employers. The Supreme Court rejected that interpretation of the statute and held that proximate cause was not fairly read into the Federal Employer’s Liability Act. So
New case from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Will review and comment late, but for now the opinion in the case of SW Traders LLC v. United Specialty Ins. Co.,, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 23736 and can be found here.
