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Lawsuit Challenges Discretion In Issuing Gun Permits
Posted on 12 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - (AP) The nationwide debate over liberalizing gun laws spilled into a federal courtroom in Sacramento on Thursday as gun-rights groups challenged how much discretion California's law enforcement officials have in issuing concealed... Read More

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Constitutional Challenge To Insurance Requirement Of Health Care Reform Act Dismissed
Posted on 8 Oct 2010 by Cheryl Keely

DETROIT - (Mealey's) A Michigan federal judge on Oct. 7 dismissed a constitutional challenge to the health insurance mandate/federal income tax penalty of the Health Care Reform Act, saying Congress has a right to try to eliminate cost-shifting by... Read More

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U.S. High Court Issues Split Ruling On Jurisdiction Of Federal Employees' Suit
Posted on 21 Jun 2012 by Bajeerah LaCava

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) precludes district court jurisdiction over claims by federal employees seeking to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional, a split U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 11 ( Michael B. Elgin... Read More

Tags: Federal Circuit , Civil Service Reform Act , Equal Protection , Michael B. Elgin , Employment Law , U.S. Department of the Treasury , U.S. Department of the Interior , Fifth Amendment , Litigation , Merit Systems Protection Board , MSPB , Michael B. Elgin v. Department of the Treasury , U.S. Supreme Court , CSRA , Selective Service System